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News from July 2021


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act of 2021...


Pallone Applauds Committee Passage of 16 Bipartisan Health Care Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the full Committee voted to advance 16 health bills to the full House of Representatives...


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Christopher Cline A/K/A Carisa Cline Facing Federal Indictment for Two Bank Robberies and One Attempted Bank Robbery

News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Christopher Michael Cline, a/k/a “Carisa Cline", age 44, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, for the federal charges of bank robbery and attempted bank robbery. The indictment was returned on June 2, 2021 and unsealed today upon Cline’s initial appearance.


Recap: Highlights from Wednesday’s Full Committee Markup

News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, the Energy and Commerce Committee held a markup and passed 16 health bills and 8 communication and technology bills with bipartisan support.


Four Individuals Sentenced to Federal Prison for a total of 36 Years for Carjacking and Firearm Offenses

News Release: Memphis, TN - Eric Cole, 22, Edward Brown, 26, Daterious Gipson, 20, and Warren Guy,22, have been sentenced to a total of 433 months in federal prison for carjacking and firearm offenses. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentences today.


Pallone Floor Statement on H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act of 2021...


Neal Statement on UK Proposed Approach on the Northern Ireland Protocol

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on the United Kingdom’s proposed approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol...


2021 Investment Climate Statements Released

Release: Today the Department of State released the 2021 Investment Climate Statements, which analyze the investment climates of more than 170 countries and economies that are current or potential markets for U.S. companies. The reports provide up-to-date information gathered by our economic officers in embassies...


Op-Ed: Biden Tax Hikes Reverse TCJA’s Benefits for Workers and Small Businesses

News Release: Op-Ed: Biden Tax Hikes Reverse TCJA’s Benefits for Workers and Small Businesses.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAVID SINGLETON, age 62, of New Orleans, was indicted on July 16, 2021 by a federal grand jury for violations of the Controlled Substances Act. Specifically, SINGLETON was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the...


Secretary Granholm Announces New Building Energy Codes To Save Consumers Money, Reduce Impacts Of Climate Change

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today at the National Energy Codes Conference, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm announced new building energy code determinations from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that will save U.S. homes and businesses $138 billion over a 30 year period in energy costs – equivalent to $162 in annual savings per residential unit – and reduce the climate change impacts of America’s buildings sector.


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News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on U.S. policy on Turkey. The committee heard witness testimony from The Honorable Victoria Nuland, under secretary of State for political affairs.


Comments sought on draft White Mountains and Steese travel management plans

News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding virtual public meetings Aug. 4 and 5 and seeks public comment by Aug. 20 on its proposals and associated environmental assessment to manage travel and transportation in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and Steese National Conservation Area.


Boozman, Ag Committee Republicans Sound the Alarm on Devastating Impact Democrats’ Reckless Tax & Spend Agenda Will Have on Rural America

News Release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, led a group of his colleagues in a series of speeches on the Senate floor that highlighted the detrimental impact that the Democrats’ reckless tax and spend agenda will have on family farmers, ranchers and rural America.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released Version 2.0 (V2.0) of the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2), a tool designed to help companies of all types and sizes evaluate and improve their cybersecurity capabilities. The C2M2 updates address the evolving cyber threat...


Pallone Opening Remarks at Full Committee Markup of 24 Health & Cybersecurity Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a full Committee markup of health and cybersecurity bills...



News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered the following remarks at the beginning of today’s full Committee markup on 24 bills.