News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced additional details today on the legislative hearing the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold on Thursday, December 9, at 11:30 a.m. (EST) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, "Holding Big Tech Accountable: Legislation to Build a Safer Internet."


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on the passing of bipartisan legislation to improve cybersecurity and ensure American leadership in next generation communications technology.


Carper Applauds Clean Water Funds Announcement from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement of water infrastructure funding for states provided by his Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act legislation in the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.


Leader Rodgers: We need to take this urgent action on fentanyl analogues

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-Related Substances."


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in a Health Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-Related Substances."


The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Driver of Tractor Trailer Carrying 69 Undocumented Non-Citizens Pleads Guilty

News Release: SAN ANTONIO - An El Indio man pleaded guilty today to transportation of undocumented non-citizens.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), ...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on the passing of bipartisan legislation to improve cybersecurity and ensure American leadership in next generation communications technology.


Chairs Thompson, Barragán Release Statement on Court-ordered Reimplementation of ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, & Operations, released the below statement following the announcement from the Department of Homeland Security that the U.S. and Mexico reached an agreement on the court-ordered reimplementation of the Trump Administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Daniel Peggs, 34, Altoona, Wisconsin was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 96 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography. This prison term will be followed by 10 years of supervised release.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations...


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations...


The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.