This Week At E&C
This week, the House passed 15 @HouseCommerce bills to lower energy costs, protect communities from the threat of illicit drugs, and keep AM radio in American vehicles — including the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed by a vote of 417-3. The House also overturned two Biden-Harris EPA waivers that let California dictate national policy, while the Energy and Health Subcommittees held hearings on affordable nuclear energy and Medicare payment reform, and the Full Committee advanced 16 more bills to strengthen American technological leadership.
The week began on Tuesday when Chairman @BobLatta led an Energy hearing on affordable nuclear energy, including the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses and the work of storing, recycling, and disposing of spent nuclear fuel in voluntary host states, and Chairman @RepMGriffith led a Health hearing examining legislative proposals to reform Medicare provider payment and bolster health care cybersecurity.
Later that day, Chairman @RepGuthrie took to the House floor in support of @HouseCommerce bills to support energy affordability, strengthen public health efforts, and promote American travel as well as turning over one of the Biden-Harris EPA waivers.
On Wednesday, Chairman @RepGuthrie then led a Full Committee markup, reporting 16 bills to the House floor to enhance American technological development and strengthen our communications networks. The House passed the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act by a vote of 417-3 and approved the second resolution overturning the Biden-Harris EPA waivers behind California’s costly maritime emissions mandates.
📺 Tuesday brought an Energy Subcommittee hearing led by Chairman @BobLatta on affordable nuclear energy to power America. Members examined @ENERGY’s Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses and what Congress must do to move spent fuel toward storage, recycling, and disposal in voluntary host states.
📺 Also on Tuesday, Chairman @RepMGriffith led a Health Subcommittee hearing examining legislative proposals to reform Medicare provider payment and bolster health care cybersecurity. Members discussed how to bring greater stability to providers across the country while giving rural hospitals the resources to fend off growing cyber threats.
📜 Later on Tuesday, Chairman @RepGuthrie spoke on the House floor in support of 15 @HouseCommerce bills to protect families from rising energy costs as demand climbs, safeguard communities from illicit xylazine and fentanyl, keep AM radio available to drivers during emergencies, and support a domestic battery recycling industry.
📜 Tuesday evening, the House passed 14 of those bills, including the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, Tyler’s Law, and the Stop Pills That Kill Act to confront the drugs harming American communities, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act to keep emergency communications within reach of every driver, and the High-Capacity Grid Act and Load Forecasting Enhancement Act to strengthen a grid facing record demand. The House also passed H.J. Res. 210, overturning a Biden-Harris waiver that let California drive up costs for American families.
📺 On Wednesday morning, Chairman @RepGuthrie led a Full Committee markup of 16 bills to enhance American technological development and strengthen our communications networks, reporting all 16 to the House floor. The package includes the American Quantum Competitiveness Act, the Open-Source AI Leadership Act, and the Automotive National and Economic Security Act, along with bills to modernize satellite licensing, expand broadband, and shut down the scams targeting American consumers.
📜 Wednesday afternoon, the House passed the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, led by Congressman @RepGabeEvans, by a vote of 417-3. The bill directs state public utility commissions to set large-load standards for data centers using more than 100 megawatts of electricity, so the companies building them — not American families and small businesses — pay for the power they use.
📜 Wednesday also brought passage of H.J. Res. 213, overturning another Biden-Harris EPA waiver that allowed California to impose emissions mandates on ocean-going tankers and commercial harbor craft.