Energy & Commerce Democrats

Americans should be protected from outbreaks and public health emergencies, no matter election results or political party.
RFK, Jr. is wasting taxpayer dollars and endangering Americans’ health. - @pallone.house.gov, @degette.house.gov, @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social

The @energycommerce.bsky.social Oversight Subcommittee recently held a hearing on fraud in Medicare and Medicaid -- an important area for oversight. But it became clear that the real goal was to give Trump a pretext to continue attacks on communities across the country. I called that out.

Trump's EPA is ignoring its mission to protect American lives and health.

I'm proud to join my @houseseec.bsky.social colleagues in opposing this dangerous rollback.

Commissioner Marty Makary must testify before the Health subcommittee on his terrible leadership of the Food & Drug Administration. Trust in safety & efficacy standards is collapsing.

Memorial Hermann offers voluntary buyouts amid industry-wide financial pressures Houston’s largest health system says buyouts are part of a strategic plan to respond to industry-wide cost and funding challenges.

We're seeing the impact—in real time—of what Congressional Republicans' cuts to Medicaid and failure to extend ACA tax credits are doing to the whole health care ecosystem. It's not good.
www.houstonchronicle.com/health/artic...

There goes our clean air and clean water…and the only folks who benefit?

Their donors.

It shows.

Pallone Blasts Trump Administration for Repealing Endangerment Finding

NEW: Ranking Member @pallone.house.gov calls the Trump Admin’s repeal of the endangerment finding “a lose-lose for middle class families and an absolute coup for Trump’s wealthy corporate buddies who are being allowed to run roughshod over our country.”

Trump is cutting secret deals with Big Pharma that may not actually lower your drug costs. Democrats won’t take either of their word for it. @pallone.house.gov

Neither our witnesses nor the Republican chairman of our subcommittee could answer a question about the secret deals that drug companies have made with the White House.

How do we know if they are saving anyone money if we don't know what the deals are?

Under the guise of "investigating Medicaid fraud," the Trump Admin has given ICE agents free rein to terrorize our communities & execute Americans in broad daylight.

They're simultaneously stripping healthcare from millions, all to give tax breaks for billionaires.

@energycommerce.bsky.social

Democrats Say AI Data Centers Must Pay More to Ease Consumer Costs There is political pressure on businesses to make sure local communities don’t get squeezed by higher power prices as energy-hungry data centers proliferate.

Democrats are crystal clear: Big Tech MUST pay their own power bills, not transfer the costs of running their data centers to you and your families.
www.wsj.com/articles/dem...

The cost of health care, not food or rent, is now Americans’ top worry As politicians prepare their pitches for the midterm elections, a survey finds that about 1 in 3 Americans are “very worried” about health care costs.

House Republicans can try to keep running, but they can’t hide from the fact that they spent the last year showering billionaires with tax cuts and making YOUR health care more expensive.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Pallone to Carr: FCC’s Efforts to Eliminate Media Ownership Caps Violate the Law and Reek of Political Favoritism | Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr sounding the alarm on his efforts to eliminate all media o...

Read the full letter here 👇
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-...

Chair Brendan Carr continues to do Trump’s bidding at the FCC.

Ranking Member @pallone.house.gov today reminded Carr he has no legal authority to remove the national media ownership cap and demanded he follow the law.

More than a year in, Trump’s Day One promise to lower costs is still just a campaign promise.

During his first year, people spent over $1,600 more across the country.

My SECURE Grid Act, which passed though the Energy Subcommittee today, addresses those threats by requiring states to develop and maintain Energy Security Plans and providing federal funding to implement these plans.

We cannot wait for another tragedy to take action. [2/2]

In California, we take grid resiliency seriously because we know how easily the electric grid can spark a wildfire that can engulf thousands of acres. [1/2]

E&C Democrats Demand Answers from Trump Administration on Unethical Hepatitis B Experiment on Newborns | Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders wrote to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Jim O’Neill today demanding answers after the agency funded a highly controve...

More details here 👇

E&C Democratic Leaders demand answers from Trump Administration on highly unethical hepatitis B experiment on newborns.

Corporate profits vs your utility bills….we pushed this government official to get costs down👇🏼

Republicans say they want to tackle waste, fraud, and abuse in health care. They should start with TrumpRx.
 
Ranking Member @pallone.house.gov on the launch of Trump’s latest scam:

With an ACA fix uncertain in the Senate, Republicans replay old health care fights Things are looking bleak for a fix in Congress for ACA premiums that have doubled, on average. And Republicans are making arguments against the law that haven't worked in years past.

Donald Trump and Republicans have done NOTHING while health care prices skyrocketed for millions of Americans.

They’re still refusing to work with Democrats to extend the ACA credits and save families’ health care.

Vulnerable communities have borne the brunt of the health and environmental impacts of energy projects while struggling to pay their energy bills.

I joined @energycommerce.bsky.social Democrats to ensure projects approved by FERC benefit ratepayers without harming disadvantaged communities.

Democrats Say AI Data Centers Must Pay More to Ease Consumer Costs There is political pressure on businesses to make sure local communities don’t get squeezed by higher power prices as energy-hungry data centers proliferate.

With AI data centers, you’re either with big tech or our towns. We need every public official to be with us, not them. They’re fine. They have billions. Our towns need us.

www.wsj.com/articles/dem...

38,000 American jobs ❌
$34 billion in investments ❌
$30 billion in American manufacturing ❌

All LOST. Republicans are Making America Broke Again.

Today in @energycommerce.bsky.social I’m demanding answers from FERC about what must be done to fix the growing affordability and reliability crisis facing our power grid.

Americans are watching their power bills skyrocket. Meanwhile Trump has been illegally CANCELING new energy projects across the country, making the electricity affordability crisis even worse.

Democrats’ drug price negotiation law is resulting in lower costs for seniors, but a Republican loophole is undermining that law.
 
Ranking Member @pallone.house.gov on the next 15 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation:

PFAS chemicals like GenX can be found in pots and pans, food packaging, and more.
 
Marketed as a “safer alternative,” GenX still ended up polluting drinking water and has been linked to cancer in communities.