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Upton: Energy security must be high on the agenda

07.24.2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today published an op-ed, highlighting the need to secure...

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U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue Downward Trend

07.23.2018

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. carbon emissions in 2017 were the lowest they've been since 1992, according to a...

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#SubEnergy to Examine Draft Legislation to Modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

07.17.2018

WASHINGTON, DC – The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred...

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Walden and Upton on Five Hydropower Bills Headed to POTUS’ Desk

06.29.2018

WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate yesterday passed five Energy and Commerce Committee bills aimed at boosting our nation’s energy infrastructure and improving energy efficiency. The bills now head to President Trump’s desk for his signature.

“This committee has been hard at work to modernize our nation’s energy infrastructure, cut bureaucratic red tape, and capitalize on our energy abundance. That’s what these hydropower bills aim to do and we’re thankful they passed the Senate with such overwhelming bipartisan support,” said Full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and #SubEnergy Chairman Fred Upton...

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#SubEnergy to Markup Four Bills to Modernize DOE’s Nuclear Energy Technologies

06.19.2018

WASHINGTON, DC – The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a markup for Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Building on the committee’s efforts to modernize our energy infrastructure, #SubEnergy will consider several pieces of legislation to address key challenges facing America’s nuclear energy industry.

#SubEnergy will consider the following bills:

H.R. 1320, the Nuclear Utilization of Keynote Energy (NUKE) Act, sponsored by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA), would revise...

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#SubEnergy Advances FIVE Bills to the Full Committee for Consideration

04.18.2018

WASHINGTON, DC – The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today advanced five bills to the full committee that ensure the Department of Energy has the tools it needs to execute its core energy security missions and to promote domestic energy infrastructure and capitalize on the nation’s energy abundance.

#SubEnergy advanced the following bills:

H.R. 5174, Energy Emergency Leadership Act, authored by committee members Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) and #SubEnergy Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), would:

Update the Department of Energy Organization Act to...

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Chairman Walden on Administration’s Memo to Expedite Infrastructure Project Approvals

04.09.2018

WASHINGTON, DC – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the heads of several agencies, including EPA, DOE, and FERC, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to streamline the permitting process for infrastructure projects.

“With these signatures today, the administration has taken another important step to ensure we get important infrastructure projects built on time. Duplicative permitting processes and bureaucratic red tape are hindering economic growth, keeping people from work, and preventing us from capitalizing on our energy abundance. We will continue to...

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E&C Builds on President Trump’s Infrastructure Vision

03.29.2018

WASHINGTON, DC – President Trump was in Richfield, Ohio today discussing his vision for modernizing the nation’s energy infrastructure. In his speech, he spoke to the importance of fixing the permitting process for infrastructure projects across the country and investing in rural communities that are often left behind.

The Energy and Commerce Committee has been working on solutions that fit the president’s vision. From bills that streamline the siting and construction of hydropower facilities and oil and natural gas pipelines, to legislation that boosts rural broadband deployment across the country,...

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