Environment and Climate Change

Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement about Speaker Pelosi’s expansive, duplicative government spending that will not secure America’s global competitive edge against China.  

“Approaches like USICA or the America COMPETES Act — both massive expansions of government subsidies and federal control— are not how we beat China. From what I’ve seen so far in Speaker Pelosi’s bill, it’s another attempt to outspend the CCP with duplicative, multi-billion-dollar command and control programs that will diminish our global...

Washington, D.C. — In a new letter, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) asks Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm why the Biden administration is endangering our national energy security, raising costs, and forcing America to be dependent on China’s supply chains. Leader Rodgers expressed her serious concerns that the Department of Energy (DOE) is not fulfilling its statutory obligations to ensure American energy reliability and security.

Key excerpts from Leader Rodger’s letter:

ON DOE’s STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS: “As Secretary of Energy, you are responsible...