WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Examiner reported yesterday on the passage of S. 512, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, which the President is expected to sign into law. S. 512 is a bipartisan bill that will create more certainty for nuclear plant operations, without compromising safety or government oversight, and encourage greater investment […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1222, the Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017, H.R. 1318, the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2017, H.R. 6615, the Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018, and H.R. 1733, a […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement after the House passed S. 512, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, sending the legislation to the President’s desk to become law. S. 512, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the Farm Bill into law. “This Congress we’ve been hard at work to expand broadband access, and the signing of this bill means giving millions of Americans the resources and opportunities many of us […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and #SubEnergy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 1733 by unanimous consent. The bills now head to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law. H.R. 1733, to direct the Secretary of Energy to review and update a report […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 767 the Stop, Observe, Ask and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act of 2018, sending the legislation to the president desk to become law. […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the committee released a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO). The watchdog’s report, “Information Security: Significant Progress Made, but CDC Needs to Take Further Action to Resolve Control Deficiencies and Improve Its Program,” is the result of a request initiated by previous committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – As USA Today reported this morning, the Energy and Commerce Committee released an investigative report today into sexual abuse within the US Olympic community. The year long, bipartisan investigation found a number of breakdowns and failures in the system to protect athletes, and widespread instances of sexual abuse. The report makes several […]

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