WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Katherine Scarlett, President Trump's nominee to be chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, from a July 23, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Good morning, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for holding today's hearing. I am honored to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee for Chair of the Council on Environmental Qu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Chairman Guthrie Issues Statement Regarding CBO Coverage Update from the One Big Beautiful Bill Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, issued the following statement regarding the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest coverage update on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (O more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * Chairmen Guthrie, Palmer, and Joyce Investigate California's Unlawful Implementation of an EV Mandate Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, and John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), Chairman of the Subcommitt more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Deluzio Celebrates Unfreezing of $500,000 EPA Grant to Support Community-Driven Projects in Upper Ohio River Valley * CARNEGIE, PA -- Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio celebrated his successful push to get the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to unfreeze $499,970 in awarded federal grant funding to local nonprofits New Sun Rising, RiverWise, and The Mon Water Project. The  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * E&C Democrats to Zeldin: Stop Lying About Inflation Reduction Act Funding and Immediately Release Obligated Money Democrats point to Committee Republicans' own words as proof the Trump Administration efforts are illegal * Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * ENR Ranking Member Heinrich Releases Data on Trump Administration Actions that Hike Up Energy Costs Donald Trump and Republicans' Big Bad Bill for Billionaires will raise utility costs by 9-18% across the nation. * Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Energy and Natural  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Jeffrey Hall, President Trump's nominee to be assistant administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at the Environmental Protection Agency, from a July 23, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Good morning, Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Whitehouse, and distinguished members of this committee. It is my honor to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Lummis Welcomes Trump Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to Kemmerer, Touts Wyoming Coal * Kemmerer, WY - Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) on Thursday welcomed U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer to Kemmerer, Wyoming to tour the Kemmerer Coal Mine and discuss Wyoming energy and jobs. "It's always an honor to welcome Trump administration leaders to Wyoming to meet the hardworking men and more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following testimony opening statement from a July 9, 2025, business meeting to consider the nominations of Usha-Maria Turner to be assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and David Wright to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: * * * Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll speak very briefly to Ms. Turner. This administratio more PR