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News Release: One of the core missions of the EPA is one that I think we all agree with - for Americans to have clean air, clean land, and clean water. The EPA works toward this worthy goal through a variety of means, including partnerships with state and local governments, grants to states, non-profits, educational...
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 525, the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act, which was introduced by Walden and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), by voice vote.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 583, the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement (PIRATE) Act, introduced by Reps. Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), by voice vote.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 501, the Poison Center Network Enhancement Act of 2019, by voice vote.
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News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-DE) have asked the Acting Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate whether EPA officials William Wehrum and David Harlow helped reverse the agency’s position in a major enforcement action to favor a client of their former law firm.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statements after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) circulated its draft 2019 Broadband Deployment Report, ...
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Trump Administration’s draft final Title X rule...
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote today to Acting Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Ann Marie Buerkle to reassume the Committee’s traditional role of oversight over the Commission.
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the Paris Climate Agreement on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell...
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, ...
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News Release: House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today warned the Trump Administration against the ongoing promotion and approval of harmful Medicaid waivers, citing the significant coverage losses taking place in states like Arkansas and the Administration’s failure to appropriately track or evaluate the impact of the misguided policies.
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, on the current measles outbreak and response efforts. The hearing is entitled, “Confronting a Growing Public Health Threat: Measles Outbreaks in the U.S."
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News Release: Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman...
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on the Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019, on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The legislative hearing is entitled “Clean Energy Infrastructure and the Workforce to Build It."
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 10:00 am in the John D. Dingell...
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding a briefing from the company following a troubling consumer complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission that personal health information of certain Facebook users who were participating...
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House...
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News Release: Eight House Committee leaders sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney today requesting an immediate extension of public comment periods, hearings and meetings that were affected by the government shutdown earlier this year.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) announced today that the Oversight...
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Chair Paul Tonko (D-NY) requesting the committee work together to find bipartisan climate solutions.