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Rodgers Statement on President Biden’s Inauguration 

01.20.2021

Washington D,C.-- House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement on...

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Rodgers Statement on President-Elect Biden’s Vaccine Announcement

01.15.2021

Washington D.C. —House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement about President-elect Biden’s plan for the COVID-19 vaccinations. 

“The COVID-19 vaccines are the key to ending this pandemic, saving lives, keeping at-risk populations healthy, and reopening America’s economy. Because of the medical breakthroughs made possible by Operation Warp Speed (OWS), the country can see the light at the end...

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Rodgers Statement on the Pandemic Scams Act Becoming Law

01.05.2021

Washington, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the Pandemic Scams Act (H.R. 6435) into law.

“The last thing Americans need as we rebuild and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic is a harmful scam that can destroy their lives. Unfortunately, as our nation continues to fight this virus, bad actors are targeting Americans—especially seniors and people with disabilities—with fake treatments, cures, and more. Especially with the vaccine distribution under way,...

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E&C Republican Leaders: Second EUA is a Testament to American Ingenuity

12.18.2020

Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for the 116th Congress Greg Walden (R-OR), Republican Leader for the 117th Congress Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its second emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 vaccine, this time authorizing Moderna’s vaccine for distribution.

“In just one week, we’ve gone from zero authorized vaccines to two that have both exceeded the...

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Walden: Operation Warp Speed shows how we come together when times are tough

12.08.2020

Washington, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) penned an op-ed for the Washington Examiner highlighting the historic results of President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed. He wrote the op-ed ahead of attending the White House’s Summit on COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

You can read the full piece in the Washington Examiner here and catch a few highlights below.

Washington Examiner
Operation Warp Speed shows how we come together when times are tough
E&C GOP Leader Greg Walden (R-OR)
December 8, 2020

Over the past year, COVID-19 has caused great devastation...

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Letter to FCC on Efforts to Assist Companies Replacing Suspect Network Equipment

11.23.2020

Excerpt from letter:

“The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of having reliable and secure communications services, and companies eligible for reimbursement under the Program will have to engage in very careful and intentional planning to replace suspect equipment while at the same time not disrupting its service,” Walden and Pallone wrote. “We urge you to take these specific, non-controversial actions as quickly as possible so these important efforts to secure our communications networks are not delayed.

Click HERE to read the letter.

Letter

FTC Highlights Work to Protect Consumers From Deceiving Ads from Trial Bar

11.20.2020

Earlier this month, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leaders wrote to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging them to crack down on deceptive and dangerous lawsuit advertising and marketing practices by plaintiff lawyers that were potentially jeopardizing patients’ health.

The letter, by Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY),...

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E&C GOP Leaders Seek Missing Info on Lab Capacity for Development of COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics

11.18.2020

Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D. to ask the CDC for complete and updated information on domestic BioSafety Level (BSL)-3 and Animal BSL (ABSL)-3 laboratory capacity with the ability to conduct preclinical animal model research for COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics development.

Ranging from BSL-1 to BSL-4, with BSL-4 posing...

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