February 23, 2023 – Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement on a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, the bipartisan law passed in 2016 that updated the Toxic Substances Control […]
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Full Committee Legislative Hearing on the LIFT America Act
Washington, D.C. March 22, 2021 – Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a full Committee legislative hearing titled, “LIFT America: Revitalizing our Nation’s Infrastructure and Economy:” Today, we begin the process of rebuilding and revitalizing our economy by modernizing our nation’s […]
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Democratic Health Leaders Blast Trump Administration for Latest Attempted Sabotage of the Affordable Care Act
December 1, 2020 – Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron […]
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Pallone, Scott to Trump Health Officials: Take Immediate Action to Support a National Testing Strategy to Protect Workers from COVID-19
October 6, 2020 – Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) sent a letter to Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Scalia and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Azar demanding increased protections for our nation’s frontline workers as the COVID-19 pandemic […]
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Committee Leaders Demand Trump Administration Develop Plan to Respond to Natural Disasters in Midst of COVID-19
Washington, D.C. July 16, 2020 – Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Science, Space, and Technology Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence today demanding that the White House direct all federal agencies to develop contingency plans for responding to natural […]
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Pallone and DeGette Raise Concerns about COVID-19 Impacts on Food Safety and Supply Chain Disruptions
Washington, D.C.May 27, 2020 – Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., today on the agency’s efforts to maintain food safety and address food supply disruptions in the U.S. during the […]