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Manchin Statement on BOEM’s Final Notice of Sale for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2023
News Release: Charleston, WV - Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement following the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) Final Notice of Sale (FNOL) and Record of Decision (ROD) for Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 261 that reduces the size of the sale by approximately 6 million productive acres on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
E&C Bipartisan Leaders Demand Online Marketplaces Divulge Efforts to Remove Harmful, Recalled Products from Platforms
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Full Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Meta and other online marketplaces today requesting information regarding efforts to end the sale of banned and recalled hazardous products on their platforms.
E&C Bipartisan Leaders Demand Online Marketplaces Divulge Efforts to Remove Harmful, Recalled Products from Platforms
By DOE Newswire | Aug 23, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Full Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Meta and other online marketplaces today requesting information regarding efforts to end the sale of banned and recalled hazardous products on their platforms.
ICYMI: Barrasso Op-Ed: Biden’s Anti-Nuclear Move Fits His Anti-American Energy Agenda
By DOE Newswire | Aug 22, 2023
News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso. Aug. 21, 2023. National Review. The American people want our nation to be energy-independent. They know increasing production of American energy is the best way to achieve that. President Biden is telling the American people to pound sand. According to recent polling, ...
Chair Rodgers on Biden's IRA: Boom for China, Bust for American Families
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s "Inflation Reduction Act" that has failed to reduce inflation or to make life more affordable than it was when he first took office.
Chair Rodgers Statement on Commerce Department’s Completion of Emerging Tech Reports
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the completion of several strategic reports compiled by the Department of Commerce regarding the state of American leadership in key emerging technology sectors.
Chair Rodgers on Biden's IRA: Boom for China, Bust for American Families
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s "Inflation Reduction Act" that has failed to reduce inflation or to make life more affordable than it was when he first took office.
Chair Rodgers Statement on Commerce Department’s Completion of Emerging Tech Reports
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the completion of several strategic reports compiled by the Department of Commerce regarding the state of American leadership in key emerging technology sectors.
One Year Later, Even President Biden Admits the “Inflation Reduction Act” Failed to Lower Costs for Americans
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2023
News Release: One year ago, President Biden signed the Democrats’ so-called “Inflation Reduction Act" into law, promising it would reduce inflation and make life more affordable for Americans. Unfortunately today, people continue to struggle more than they did when the president first took office...
143 press releases published in May by House Committee on Energy and Commerce
By DOE Newswire | Aug 14, 2023
There were 143 press releases published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce in May.
E&C Republicans: SAMHSA Needs To Be Fully Forthcoming About How It Spends Taxpayer Dollars
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), on behalf of the Health and Oversight Subcommittee Republicans, sent a letter to the Substance...
E&C Republicans: SAMHSA Needs To Be Fully Forthcoming About How It Spends Taxpayer Dollars
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2023
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), on behalf of the Health and Oversight Subcommittee Republicans, sent a letter to the Substance...
E&C Presses Unresponsive NIH for Answers about COVID Origins and Risky Research Projects
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2023
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), sent two letters to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) following up on the NIH’s...
Manchin Announces WVU Research Corporation Awarded $400K to Study Process for Producing Green Methanol Using Direct Air Capture and Hydrogen
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2023
News Release: Charleston, WV - Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that West Virginia University (WVU) Research Corporation, located in Morgantown, West Virginia, will receive $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of ...
Barrasso Op-Ed: The GOP's All-of-The-Above Strategy Is Better for the Environment Than Biden's Dangerous Approach
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2023
News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso. August 8, 2023. Newsweek. The federal government shouldn't be in the business of picking winners and losers. The Biden administration ignores this principle by proposing rules that would effectively require all new cars to be electric by 2032. The president is trying to ...
E&C Republicans Ask Secretary Becerra for Documents Showing Lawful Appointment of New NIAID Director
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), on behalf of the Health and Oversight Subcommittee Republicans, sent a letter to Department...
E&C Presses Unresponsive NIH for Answers about COVID Origins and Risky Research Projects
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2023
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), sent two letters to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) following up on the NIH’s...
E&C Republicans Ask Secretary Becerra for Documents Showing Lawful Appointment of New NIAID Director
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), on behalf of the Health and Oversight Subcommittee Republicans, sent a letter to Department...
Barrasso: Biden Blocks Access to Critical Resources through National Monument Designation
By DOE Newswire | Aug 9, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, issued the following statement after President Biden announced his plan to designate areas in northern Arizona as a national monument. This designation would permanently block access to important mineral deposits, including vast amounts of uranium, in the area.
E&C Republicans Demand Answers from Secretary Granholm on Undisclosed Talks with Top CCP Energy Official
By DOE Newswire | Aug 8, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), today sent a letter to Department of Energy...