News from 2023
Chair Rodgers Introduces Bill to Unleash Clean, Reliable Hydropower Through Innovation and Licensing Reform
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today introduced the Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act to expand clean, renewable, reliable, and affordable hydropower production in America, as well as to promote the innovation of the next generation of hydroelectric technology.
Bipartisan Committee Leaders Request Information Regarding the Security of Facilities Handling Certain Chemicals
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)
Chair Rodgers: America Must be Ready to Respond to All Public Health Threats
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled “Legislative Solutions to Bolster Preparedness and Response for All Hazards and Public Health Security Threats.”
Chairs Rodgers, Guthrie, and Griffith Statement on NIH Plans to Update Subgrantee Regulations
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA)
Health Subcommittee Chair Guthrie Opening Statement on Solutions for Public Health Security Preparedness
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled “Legislative Solutions to Bolster Preparedness and Response for All Hazards and Public Health Security Threats.”
Chair Rodgers Urges House to Pass the Save Our Gas Stoves Act
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 1640, the Save Our Gas Stoves Act, a bill to prohibit the Department of Energy (DOE) from implementing a ban on gas stoves.
Chair Rodgers to FERC: “Without Affordable and Reliable Energy, our Economic and National Security are at Risk”
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee hearing titled “Oversight of FERC: Adhering to a Mission of Affordable and Reliable Energy for America.”
Energy Subcommittee Chair Duncan to FERC: “Prices Have Skyrocketed and Reliability has Degraded”
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee hearing titled “Oversight of FERC: Adhering to a Mission of Affordable and Reliable Energy for America.”
Chair Rodgers, Ranking Member Crapo Issue Request for Information to Inform Policymaking on Drug Shortages
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Chair Rodgers Urges Support for the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 1615, the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, a bill to prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from implementing a ban on gas stoves.
Comer & Grassley to Wray: Provide the Unclassified Documents or Face Contempt
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statements after their discussion with FBI Director Christopher Wray about producing to Congress the unclassified, FBI-generated record alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.
Wenstrup Requests Unredacted COVID-19 Origins Documents from HHS
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is requesting two, unredacted documents from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to further assist in the Select Subcommittee’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the Communist Party of China’s cover up.
Wenstrup Continues to Insist CDC Explain Political Interference in COVID-19 School Reopening Guidance Following Two Months of Stonewalling
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)
Comer, Scott Demand Answers as the Biden Administration Coordinates with EU on Progressive Climate Agenda
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
The Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, James Comer (R-Ky.), and the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
Comer Presses White House Over IG Vacancies at Departments of State, Treasury & USAID
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 15, 2023
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to expeditiously nominate highly qualified candidates to fill Inspector General (IG) vacancies at the Department of State, the Department of Treasury, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Fallon, McClain: Democrats Gamble with Americans’ Investments and Retirement to Fund Woke ESG Policies
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) delivered opening remarks at today’s joint hearing titled “ESG Part II:
Grothman: Biden Administration Policies on the Border Have Exacerbated Staffing Challenges
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “Help Wanted: Law Enforcement Staffing Challenges at the Border” by outlining how the Biden border crisis and Administration’s mishandling of resources have debilitated law enforcement and worsened existing staffing challenges.
Hearing Wrap Up: Americans Should Be Confident that Elections are Safe and Secure
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and Committee on House Administration held a joint hearing titled “American Confidence In Elections:
ICYMI: Former AG Barr Refutes Democrats’ Lies That Biden Bribery Investigation Was Closed
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
An unclassified FD-1023 form generated by the FBI containing allegations that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a $5 million bribery scheme with a foreign national in exchange for certain actions is being used in an ongoing investigation, FBI officials and former Attorney General William Barr have confirmed.
Hearing Wrap Up: Asset Managers Prioritize Damaging ESG Measures, Risking Americans’ Hard-Earned Money & Energy Security
By EPA Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a joint hearing titled “ESG Part II: