The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing committee.
The committee was originally established on December 14, 1795, as the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures when the growing demands of the young nation required that Congress establish a permanent panel to exercise its constitutional authority to “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States.”
In 1819, the committee was renamed the Committee on Commerce in recognition that the committee’s jurisdiction had expanded beyond its original scope. The name changed again in 1891, becoming the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The committee assumed its present name in 1981 to emphasize its lead role in the nation’s energy policy.
Today, the committee has responsibility for matters including telecommunications, consumer protection, food and drug safety, public health and research, environmental quality, energy policy, and interstate and foreign commerce among others.
Membership
NORTH DAKOTA
FLORIDA's 12th DISTRICT
INDIANA's 8th DISTRICT
TEXAS' 26th DISTRICT
GEORGIA's 1st DISTRICT
TEXAS' 2nd DISTRICT
UTAH's 3rd DISTRICT
SOUTH CAROLINA's 3rd DISTRICT
FLORIDA's 2nd DISTRICT
VIRGINIA's 9th DISTRICT
KENTUCKY's 2nd DISTRICT
NORTH CAROLINA's 8th DISTRICT
OHIO's 6th DISTRICT
PENNSYLVANIA's 13th DISTRICT
ILLINOIS' 16th DISTRICT
OHIO's 5th DISTRICT
ARIZONA's 8th DISTRICT
MISSOURI's 7th DISTRICT
WEST VIRGINIA's 1st DISTRICT
WASHINGTON's 5th DISTRICT
OKLAHOMA's 2nd DISTRICT
ALABAMA's 6th DISTRICT
INDIANA's 6th DISTRICT
LOUISIANA's 1st DISTRICT
MICHIGAN's 6th DISTRICT
MICHIGAN's 7th DISTRICT