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Washington, D.C. – This week, in an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing with public health experts, the Energy and Commerce Committee continued oversight of the development and safety of potential COVID-19 vaccines. This follows the hearing the subcommittee held on COVID-19 vaccines with drug manufacturers and other aggressive oversight work through the pandemic.

These were the witnesses:

Helene Gayle, M.D., M.P.H., Co-Chair, Committee on Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Ashish K. Jha, Dean, M.D., M.P.H., Dean, School of...

Washington, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) this week joined U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA), Natural Resources Committee Republican Leader Rob Bishop (R-UT), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republican Leader Sam Graves (R-MO), and House Republican Leadership to introduce a bill aiming to provide much-needed updates to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

The Building U.S. Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act (H.R. 8333) aims to streamline the lengthy, burdensome NEPA permitting process to help more quickly deploy updated infrastructure across...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) reintroduced the Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research in Vehicle Evolution (SELF DRIVE) Act. This bill creates a much-needed federal framework to help the U.S. deploy autonomous vehicles (AVs).

While the benefits of AVs for American consumers – improving roadway safety, supporting self-sufficiency for seniors and those with disabilities, and more – were known well before COVID-19, the pandemic has proven another important benefit: contactless deliveries. We’ve seen AVs being put to work to...