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Chair Rodgers on Drug Shortages: We Must Ensure People Can Find Lifesaving Care and Medicines

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Examining the Root Causes of Drug Shortages: Challenges in Pharmaceutical Drug Supply Chains."


Energy Department discusses Combined Notice of Filings #1 on May 11

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie Statement on End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement as the Biden administration lifts the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency...


E&C Leaders Continue Bipartisan Investigation into Data Brokers' Potential Exploitation of Americans' Privacy

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), today wrote to the heads of data broker companies, requesting information to help the Committee protect Americans’ data...


Oak Ridge Makes Former Reactor Safer as It Awaits Demolition

News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - EM crews are slated to take down hundreds of old, contaminated buildings at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Y-12 National Security Complex.


Chair Rodgers Warns of EPA's Spending Surge While Americans Pay for Record Inflation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Closing the Digital Divide: Overseeing Federal Funds for Broadband Deployment."


Environment Subcommittee Chair Johnson in Hearing with EPA: “Republicans are for Energy Innovation”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled: “The Fiscal Year 2024 Environmental Protection Agency Budget."


O&I Subcommittee Chair Griffith: “Too Many Rural Areas Unserved; Federal Broadband Efforts are Fragmented and Overlapping”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Closing the Digital Divide: Overseeing Federal Funds for Broadband Deployment."


Chair Rodgers on Broadband: “We Need to Reduce the Burdens to Deployment”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Closing the Digital Divide: Overseeing Federal Funds for Broadband Deployment."


O&I Subcommittee Chair Griffith: “Too Many Rural Areas Unserved; Federal Broadband Efforts are Fragmented and Overlapping”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Closing the Digital Divide: Overseeing Federal Funds for Broadband Deployment."


Portsmouth, Paducah Kick Off Major Uranium Oxide Disposal Effort

News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - EM has successfully commenced a major disposal effort for a key uranium-enrichment byproduct with the recent arrival of 60 uranium-oxide storage cylinders by rail at a licensed facility in west Texas.


Environment Subcommittee Chair Johnson in Hearing with EPA: “Republicans are for Energy Innovation”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled: “The Fiscal Year 2024 Environmental Protection Agency Budget."


E&C Leaders Continue Bipartisan Investigation into Data Brokers' Potential Exploitation of Americans' Privacy

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), today wrote to the heads of data broker companies, requesting information to help the Committee protect Americans’ data...


DOE Awards $22.1 Million to Advance Promising Nuclear Technologies

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $22.1 million to 10 industry-led projects, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy and one focused on bringing a microreactor design closer to deployment. The other projects intend to tackle nuclear...


DOE CESER Helps Fortify the Energy Sector’s Digital Supply Chain with GE Gas Power

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) today announced a collaboration with GE Gas Power to test one of the company’s critical infrastructure systems used in gas, steam, and wind applications.


DOE CESER Helps Fortify the Energy Sector’s Digital Supply Chain with GE Gas Power

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) today announced a collaboration with GE Gas Power to test one of the company’s critical infrastructure systems used in gas, steam, and wind applications.


West Valley Supports Local Environmental Competition for Students

News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - With support from EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP), students from local high schools recently joined a competition based on environmental topics, with this year’s special focus on adapting to climate change.


Sounding the Alarm at Hanford: It’s Only a Test

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Sound testing kicked off recently at the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant as team members measured ambient sound levels throughout the plant’s facilities. The testing allows the team to verify that fire alarm volume levels meet fire codes and workers can hear...


Environment Subcommittee Chair Johnson in Hearing with EPA: “Republicans are for Energy Innovation”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled: “The Fiscal Year 2024 Environmental Protection Agency Budget."


Chair Rodgers Warns of EPA's Spending Surge While Americans Pay for Record Inflation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Closing the Digital Divide: Overseeing Federal Funds for Broadband Deployment."