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News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), expressing concern over the rapidly increasing spread of the monkeypox virus (MPV) across the United...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after the Committee voted favorably to approve her bills, the Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act, following the Committee’s release of a memorandum detailing the...


Leader Rodgers Statement on Biden’s Continued Failure to Address America’s Energy and Inflation Crises
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on President Biden’s announcement concerning climate change.


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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democrats in the House just BLOCKED Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ (R-WA) amendment to stop the Biden administration from selling our strategic energy reserves to China.


Barrasso: American Families Are Being Crushed by President Biden’s Historic Inflation & High Energy Prices
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s climate announcement.


Bipartisan E&C Leaders Hail Committee Passage of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), full Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) released the following joint statement today after Committee members voted to pass H.R. 8152, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) by a vote of 53-2...


Bipartisan E&C Leaders Hail Committee Passage of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Ranking Member Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after Committee members voted to pass H.R. 8152, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) by a vote of 53-2...


Subcommittee Leader Bilirakis Opening Remarks for Full Committee Markup
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) delivered opening remarks at today’s full Committee markup which includes the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act which will protect kids and give Americans more control over their personal online data.


Pallone Opening Remarks at Full Committee Markup of Six Consumer Protection Bills
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a full Committee markup of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act and five other consumer protection and commerce bills...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a bipartisan bill to improve screening of vehicles and cargo entering the United States by increasing the use of non-intrusive inspection systems,...


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News Release: Washington D.C - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s full Committee markup on several bills protecting Americans and their data, including the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which will give Americans more control over their personal information online than any other law in existence.


Chairwoman Maloney Issues Statement on Postal Service’s Decision to More Than Double Purchase of Electric Vehicles
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News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement in response to the Postal Service’s announcement that it will more than double its initial purchase of electric vehicles...


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News Release: Energy and Commerce Republicans are leading on bipartisan solutions to ensure online safety for our kids, hold Big Tech accountable for their harms, counter China efforts to surveil us, and strengthen privacy and data protections for all Americans.


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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a full Committee markup of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act and five other consumer protection and commerce bills...


Wyden Statement on CHIPS Package
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News Release: Washington, D.C.- Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the inclusion of his Investment Tax Credit in the bipartisan CHIPS package...


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News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, released the following statement after the Committee on Oversight and Reform voted favorably to approve the Strengthening Tools to Obstruct and Prevent Fraud Act of 2022 (STOP Fraud Act).


Portman, Collins, Manchin Lead Introduction of Reforms to the Electoral Count Act of 1887
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), and Joe Manchin (D-WV), introduced two bipartisan proposals which include legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 to ensure that the electoral votes tallied by Congress accurately reflect each state’s vote for President.


Oversight Committee Releases New Documents and Findings on Trump Administration’s Illegal Effort to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census
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News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a memorandum detailing new findings from the Committee’s investigation into the Trump Administration’s illegal efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.


Pallone Applauds Committee Passage of Six Consumer Protection Bills
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following the passage of six consumer protection bills during a full Committee markup.


Democrats are Ignoring the Border Crisis
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News Release: Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing on H2 visa programs...