Chairman Pallone on Texas Energy Emergency
Chair Pallone floor speech on the American Rescue Plan
Former Facebook Director speaks out against platform
MUST WATCH: Former Facebook Director of Monetization Tim Kendall explains how social media companies used Big Tobacco’s playbook to get users addicted to their products.
The Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act
The Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act:
🔋 Increases energy efficiency
💡 Supports the development of renewables
🚗 Promotes electric vehicle adoption
🔌 Modernizes and builds grid resiliency
🏭 Addresses carbon pollution from existing and traditional energy sources
WATCH Chairman @FrankPallone speak on the bill’s importance during floor debate 👇
Opportunities for an Equitable, Low-Carbon Recovery
The public health, economic and climate crises are all happening simultaneously, and we must tackle all these challenges head-on. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke discusses how we can avoid recreating past problems, and instead, create a future that is cleaner, equitable and inclusive.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act
GOOD NEWS — The House just passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act by a vote of 234-179. This legislation will make health care and prescription drugs more affordable, expand access to health coverage and strengthen the ACA for the future. This is critical at a time of such uncertainty when the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans continue to sabotage the ACA. Watch Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. during floor debate earlier today.
Rep. McNerney Questions About Disinformation Online
At our hearing on disinformation online yesterday, Congressman Jerry McNerney asked, “What is Mark Zuckerberg hiding?” Facebook’s failure to answer questions from Congress about dangerous disinformation on its platform is unacceptable.
Chairman Frank Pallone Questions Key Health Officials
Trump is trying to turn the page on the COVID-19 pandemic even though the pandemic is surging. He refuses to listen to the public health experts, but our Committee did. Watch Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. today.
ECC Hearing on Environmental Justice
Watch: Congressman Donald McEachin at yesterday’s environmental justice hearing on the need to protect vulnerable and at-risk communities during COVID-19. Our witness, Jacqueline Patterson, offers a powerful response.
Heroes Act Floor Deabte
Today, the House will vote on the Heroes Act as the next step in Congress’ COVID-19 response. WATCH Chairman Frank Pallone Jr.'s remarks from floor debate today 👇
EPA not acting on climate crisis
We cannot afford to ignore the threat of the climate crisis, but that is exactly what Trump's EPA Budget does. At today’s hearing, EPA Administrator Wheeler gave E&C members talking points instead of clear answers.
Oversight of the Coronavirus Outbreak
WATCH LIVE: Health Subcommittee hearing on oversight of the government's response to the coronavirus outbreak with officials from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Energy Hearing On Energy Efficiency
What has Trump's DOE done to advance energy efficiency? According to Chairman Frank Pallone Jr., nothing except missed deadline after deadline to update energy standards.
Impacts of restricted access to abortion
Powerful testimony: “I cannot reconcile that our government trusted me to hold weapons of protection for our country and serve as a respected member of our armed services, but could not trust me to make the right decision over my own body.” Today, the Committee heard testimony about the impact restricting access to abortion services has on women and how the Women's Health Protection Act removes those barriers.
Lawmakers press e-cigarette executives
The nicotine levels in e-cigarette products are often much higher than traditional cigarettes. We cannot stand by while manufacturers entice a new generation into a lifetime of nicotine addiction and preventable death. Our members questioned top execs at this week's hearing 👇
Stopping Trump from cutting Medicaid
Trump is good at 2 things: breaking laws and breaking promises. His latest move to cut Medicaid manages to do both. Today, House Democrats condemned this illegal act. Watch highlights from floor debate 👇
The Moving Forward Framework
There is no better way to strengthen our economy for the future than to modernize our nation’s badly aging infrastructure. The Moving Forward Framework that House Democrats announced this week honors our commitment to work for the people. It rebuilds our nation, combats climate change and creates about 10 million good-paying jobs. Watch Chairman Frank Pallone Jr.’s remarks at the rollout earlier this week.
House acting on toxic forever chemicals
Toxic “forever chemicals” are an urgent health threat, and due to EPA inaction, PFAS contamination has spread throughout our environment. That’s why the House took action and PASSED the PFAS Action Act for the people last week.
House Action on PFAS
Every day millions of Americans are exposed to unsafe levels of PFAS. Today, the House took decisive action by passing the PFAS Action Act to limit human exposure to these toxic chemicals by requiring cleanup, a drinking water standard and comprehensive health testing. It's on the Senate now to act.
Facebook failing on misinformation
Congressman Jerry McNerney is right – Facebook hasn't stepped up to its responsibility to combat misinformation. Whether for social, monetary or political gain, if bad actors online can make people believe a lie, they can manipulate us into taking actions we wouldn’t otherwise take.
Committee Press Conference Unveiling Bold Plan to Tackle the Climate Crisis
Today, E&C unveiled the CLEAN Future proposal, to put the U.S. on track to net-zero carbon pollution and prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis. Read the proposal here: bit.ly/2t2TxwT
Surprise Medical Billing
Watch Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. and Ranking Member Greg Walden discuss on MSNBC Live with Katy Tur how they will continue to fight to pass surprise medical billing legislation next year. They also announced an expansion of their investigation into these practices. You can read the letters here: http://bit.ly/2Z7JlyK
E&C Press Conference on Progress for the People
📺 LIVE NOW! E&C takes a look back at the progress the Committee made this year for the people and looks ahead to 2020. In total, we held 84 hearings and 15 markups, passed 62 bills, and sent 150 oversight letters.
Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act
House Democrats took decisive action last week to lower drug costs for the American people. Listen to some of our members tell stories from constituents about the difficult choices they must make. Now, it’s time for the Senate to act.
H.R. 3 Passes the House
BREAKING: The House just passed the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act! This bill works for the people by empowering the federal government to negotiate lower prices and making transformational improvements to Medicare.
House Passes the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act
Yesterday, the House passed the bipartisan Pallone-Thune TRACED Act 417-3 to stop bad robocalls once and for all. This comprehensive bill requires every call to be verified, allows the blocking of spam calls, and empowers Federal Communications Commission to protect Americans from scammers.
E&C Passes 18 Bills
Tired: Congress isn’t getting enough done.
Wired: E&C passed 18 bills fo the people last week alone.
E&C Hearing on Environmental Justice
Hey, Mr. President Donald J. Trump. Thousands of Americans are suffering from environmental injustices. It is time to do more to ensure we reach net zero carbon pollution by 2050. Listen up to what Mustafa Santiago Ali had to say during E&C’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing this week.
E&C Passes 18 Bills
Clearly, all eyes in DC this week were on the E&C markup that passed 18 bills to address:
🚭Youth tobacco epidemic
🤱Maternal care
🧪Toxic chemicals
⚠️Safer pipelines
📡Secure communications networks
🗺Broadband maps
🕵️♂️Web scams
✈️Tourism
See what you missed in 60 seconds 👇
It's time to act on PFAS
PFAS are forever chemicals that contaminate the environment and threaten public health, but we don’t have forever to act. Next week E&C will markup a package PFAS bills that will protect American families from these toxic chemicals.