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Washington, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) this week joined the new Open RAN Policy Coalition over webinar to discuss the importance of ensuring American leadership in 5G, and how Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) technology could be vital for us to expand 5G infrastructure and stop supply chain threats from Chinese-owned Huawei and other suspect competitors.

E&C Republicans have been working to secure our communications networks and speed up the deployment of trusted 5G gear. In March 2020, President Trump signed into law...

Washington, DC – E&C Republicans continue working to protect American consumers, ensure U.S. leadership in emerging technologies, and hold bad actors accountable. This week, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) wrote a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting a classified briefing on TikTok and other technology companies with purported ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

This is not the first time E&C Republicans have called...

Washington, D.C. – This week, members of the Energy and Commerce Committee heard directly from representatives of five companies developing a COVID-19 vaccine at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing. The drug manufacturers represented were AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Moderna, and Pfizer.

These were the witnesses:

Mene Pangalos, Executive Vice President, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca
Macaya Douoguih, Head of Clinical Development and Medical Affairs, Janssen Vaccines, Johnson & Johnson
Julie Gerberding, Executive Vice President and Chief Patient Officer, Merck
Stephen Hoge, President, Moderna
John Young, Chief Business Officer, Pfizer

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