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News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today advanced 13 bipartisan solutions during a Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup.

Risch on ROK-Japan Agreement to Resolve Wartime Dispute

By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the recent agreement between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan to resolve a wartime dispute:

EPA protects Hawaii Island water resources, orders closure of illegal cesspools at My Self Storage

News Release: EPA protects Hawaii Island water resources, orders closure of illegal cesspools at My Self Storage Owner of self-storage business will close cesspools and pay $53,011 penalty HONOLULU (March 8, 2023) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken an enforcement action to close two illegal large-capacity cesspools at the My Self Storage locations in Kailua-Kona and Kealakekua. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, EPA banned such cesspools in 2005.

Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Transparency and Competition

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a hearing that will focus on examining ideas to drive down the cost of health care through transparency and competition.

EPA Announces $16 Million in Pollution Prevention Grants Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

News Release: SEATTLE (March 8, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $16 million in new grant funding opportunities for states and tribes to provide technical assistance to help local businesses develop and adopt pollution prevention or P2 practices and to better address environmental justice concerns in disadvantaged communities. This additional $16 million builds on the nearly $14 million in P2 grants funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law last year.

Chairs Rodgers, McCaul Urge Transparency from DOE and Intelligence Community on COVID-19 Origins

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm and National Intelligence Director Avril Haines requesting a briefing regarding the DOE’s assessment that concludes the COVID-19 pandemic was most likely caused by a lab leak in China.

Chairs Rodgers, Latta Applaud the Passage of Bill to Enhance the Cybersecurity of American Communications Networks

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) commended the passage of H.R. 1123, the Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act, which was passed on the House floor by suspension yesterday...

C&T Subcommittee Chair Latta Opening Statement at Subcommittee Markup of 13 Bipartisan Bills

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup of 13 bills.

C&T Subcommittee Chair Latta Opening Statement at Subcommittee Markup of 13 Bipartisan Bills

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup of 13 bills.

From David’s Farm to Your Table, Biden’s Energy Crisis is Raising Prices

News Release: President Biden’s war on American energy is making life unaffordable, including for David Hickman, a fifth-generation farm owner and operation from Horntown, Virginia.

Lewiston, Maine Bakery Recognized by EPA for Energy Efficiency

News Release: BOSTON - The Lepage Bakery of Lewiston was recently recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of 86 U.S. manufacturing plants that earned the agency's 2022 ENERGY STAR certification.

Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Announce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Transparency and Competition

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a hearing that will focus on examining ideas to drive down the cost of health care through transparency and competition.

E&C Republicans Demand Answers from Biden Administration on Migrant Children Exploitation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) wrote to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to demand accountability for the safety of migrant children who are coming to our country at an alarmingly high rate.

Manchin Statement on Interior’s Unprecedented Delay on Five-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Plan

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) unprecedented delay in releasing a five-year leasing plan.

UPDATE Witnesses Added for Hearing on Afghanistan Emergency Evacuation

By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2023

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full Committee will convene a hearing entitled “During and After the Fall of Kabul: Examining the Administration’s Emergency Evacuation from Afghanistan" on Wednesday, March 8th to examine the administration’s disastrous emergency evacuation from Afghanistan. New witnesses have been added.

Rodgers and Smith: Biden Medicare Gimmick Won’t Save Medicare but Will Lead to Fewer Cures

News Release: Washington, D.C. - In anticipation of President Biden’s forthcoming plan to expand government price controls that kill cures, increase taxes, and relies on gimmicks for funding, Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) issued the following statements...

Chair Rodgers: Our C&T Bills Will Unleash American Innovation and Help us Beat China

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup of 13 bills.

Rodgers, Westerman, Graves Statement on H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman (R-AR), and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statements about H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act.

Chairs Rodgers, Latta Applaud the Passage of Bill to Enhance the Cybersecurity of American Communications Networks

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) commended the passage of H.R. 1123, the Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act, which was passed on the House floor by suspension yesterday...

Crapo Statement on Tried-and-Failed, Tax-and-Spend Budget Proposals