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December 14, 1795

30

Members

6

specialized subcommittees

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From the Committee

Aug 28, 2026

Press Release

Chairmen Guthrie and Hudson Announce C&T Subcommittee Markup of Six Bills to Strengthen Communications Networks and Modernize Satellite Regulations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, announced a subcommittee markup of six bills to strengthen communications networks and modernize satellite regulations.

WHAT: Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup of six bills.

DATE: Tuesday, September 1, 2026

TIME: 2:00 PM ET

LOCATION: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

Items to be considered:

H.R. 8255, the Satellite and Telecommunications (SAT) Streamlining Act (Reps. Guthrie and Pallone)
H.R. 9129, GUARD Act (Reps. Moolenaar and McClellan)
H.R. 6152, Foreign Robocall Elimination Act (Reps. McDowell and Morrison)
H.R. 7294, AI for Secure Networks Act (Reps. Menendez and Pfluger)
H.R. 2805, PLAN for Broadband Act (Reps. Walberg and Peters)
H.R. 4950, Data BRIDGE Act (Reps. Houchin and Kelly (IL))

This notice is at the direction of the Chairman. The markup will be open to the public and press and will be livestreamed online at energycommerce.house.gov. If you have any questions concerning this markup, please contact Noah Jackson at Noah.Jackson@mail.house.gov. If you have any press-related questions, please contact Daniel Kelly at Daniel.Kelly@mail.house.gov.

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Aug 28, 2026

Press Release

Chairmen Guthrie and Bilirakis Announce CMT Subcommittee Markup of 12 Bills to Strengthen American Competitiveness and Enhance Consumer Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, announced a subcommittee markup of 12 bills to strengthen American competitiveness and enhance consumer protections.

WHAT: Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade markup of 12 bills.

DATE: Tuesday, September 1, 2026

TIME: 10:15 AM ET

LOCATION: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

Items to be considered:

H.R. ____, Memory Chip Competitiveness Assessment Act (Reps. Miller-Meeks and Soto)
H.R. ____, Automotive National and Economic Security Act of 2026 (Reps. Harshbarger and Dingell)
H.R. ____, Open-Source AI Leadership Act (Rep. Evans)
H.R. 6207, Chip EQUIP Act (Reps. Lofgren and Obernolte)
H.R. ____, American Quantum Competitiveness Act (Rep. Langworthy)
H.R. 6832, Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act of 2025 (Rep. Weber)
H.R. 7502, Recycled Materials Attribution Act (Reps. Langworthy and Gonzalez)
H.R. 9385, PROTECT USA Act of 2026 (Rep. Fitzgerald)
H.R. 7945, Nitrous Oxide Safety Act of 2026 (Reps. Mullin and Bice)
H.R. 2713, Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for (MAIN) Event Ticketing Act (Reps. Harshbarger and Carter (LA))
H.R. 5967, Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act (Reps. Menendez and Houchin)
H.R. 6488, Reducing Exploitative Social Media Exposure for Teens (RESET) Act (Rep. Houchin)

This notice is at the direction of the Chairman. The markup will be open to the public and press and will be livestreamed online at energycommerce.house.gov. If you have any questions concerning this markup, please contact Jackson Rudden at Jackson.Rudden@mail.house.gov. If you have any press-related questions, please contact Daniel Kelly at Daniel.Kelly@mail.house.gov.

Aug 27, 2026

Press Release

Chairmen Guthrie and Palmer Announce Legislative Hearing to Safeguard America’s Drinking Water

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, announced a hearing titled “Reliable Water in the Digital Age: Examining Legislation to Strengthen Drinking Water Systems and Protect Ratepayers.”

“Throughout this Congress, the Committee has worked to ensure Americans have access to safe and reliable drinking water,” said Chairmen Guthrie and Palmer. “This hearing will provide an opportunity for members to discuss legislation that safeguards our drinking water infrastructure, protecting water systems against cyber threats and other risks. Further, we will consider draft legislation to ensure that data center builders, and not American families, are responsible for the water that their infrastructure requires.”

Subcommittee on Environment hearing titled Reliable Water in the Digital Age: Examining Legislation to Strengthen Drinking Water Systems and Protect Ratepayers

WHAT: Subcommittee on Environment hearing to discuss legislation that would ensure the safety and reliability of drinking water in communities across the country.

DATE: Thursday, September 3, 2026

TIME: 9:00 AM ET

LOCATION: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

Items to be considered:

H.R. ____, [Safe Drinking Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2026]
H.R. ____, [Water Cost Accountability Act of 2026]

This notice is at the direction of the Chairman. The hearing will be open to the public and press and will be livestreamed online at energycommerce.house.gov. If you have any questions concerning this hearing, please contact Seth Ricketts with the Committee staff at Seth.Ricketts@mail.house.gov. If you have any press-related questions, please contact Ben Mullany at Ben.Mullany@mail.house.gov.

Aug 13, 2026

Health

New HHS Report Depicts How the Working Families Tax Cuts Lowers Health Insurance Premiums and Hospital Prices for Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) released a report, finding provider tax and state-directed payment policies in the Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC) are expected to reduce health care prices by up to 3.5 percent and reduce costs in Medicaid, commercial insurance, and Medicare—noting an additional $29 billion in savings for Medicare and commercial coverage for every $100 billion in Medicaid savings. Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following statement in response to ASPE's findings:

"Despite Democrat rhetoric, evidence continues to show that our Working Families Tax Cuts will protect patients by not only restoring the long-term security of the Medicaid program, but also lowering costs for patients. By ending abuses of financing gimmicks, we help save taxpayer dollars and ensure federal funding is being used for the most vulnerable.

"It's no secret that the abuse of provider tax schemes and state directed payment arrangements had become an open-ended checkbook for states to shift more and more costs to the federal government, driving unsustainable and unaccountable growth in the Medicaid program. In a new report released by the Department of Health and Human Services, not only will these policies safeguard the Medicaid program and its beneficiaries but will also lower health care prices by 3.5 percent and reduce health care spending for Americans with private commercial insurance and Medicare. Because of Republicans' commonsense policies, we are protecting our most vulnerable and lowering health care costs for all Americans," said Charimen Guthrie and Griffith

BACKGROUND:

Last year, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce rooted out over a trillion dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse through policies that strengthen, secure, and sustain our Medicaid program.
Health care provider taxes have been used to fund Medicaid supplemental payments like state-directed payments (SDPs), drawing down additional federal Medicaid funding to support higher provider rates without additional expenditures from state general funds.
SDPs increased considerably during the Biden Administration, with managed care organizations receiving $43 billion in payments in 2021-an amount that more than tripled to $144 billion by 2025.
Without the WFTC, payments were expected to exceed $300 billion by 2034.
By 2025, the average service covered by an SDP was compensated at 186 percent of the Medicare rate, meaning often we were paying significantly more to care for able-bodied adults than our seniors.
Policies in the WFTC that reduce the abuse of provider taxes and SDP gimmicks are projected to reduce non-Medicaid prices by up to 3.5 percent, benefiting non-Medicaid payers by $502 billion to $875 billion from 2025-2034.
Once fully phased in, these policies are expected to lower annual health care spending by $100 billion to $175 billion.
Some of the savings to non-Medicaid payers also accrue to the federal government, saving an additional $97 billion to $169 billion beyond its savings on Medicaid and reducing total federal health spending by an average of 2.9 percent to 5.1 percent, when fully phased in.
This isn't just savings for taxpayers; ASPE projects the changes to provider taxes and state directed payments under the WFTC could lead to reduced premiums in commercial insurance markets, making employer-sponsored insurance and Marketplace coverage more affordable for Americans than they would have been without the WFTC.

Read additional coverage on this report HERE.

Trending Subcommittees

Full Committee

Energy

National Energy Policy, energy infrastructure and security, energy related Agencies and Commissions, all laws, programs, and government activities affecting energy matters. National Energy Policy focuses on fossil energy; renewable energy; nuclear energy; energy conservation, utility issues, including but not limited to interstate energy compacts; energy generation, marketing, reliability, transmission, siting, exploration, production, efficiency, cybersecurity, and ratemaking for all generated power. Energy infrastructure and security focuses on pipelines, the strategic petroleum reserve, nuclear facilities, and cybersecurity for our nation’s grid. Our jurisdiction also includes all aspects of the above-referenced jurisdiction related to the Department of Homeland Security. Agencies and Commissions in our jurisdiction include: The US Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade

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Interstate and foreign commerce, including all trade matters within the jurisdiction of the full committee; consumer protection, including privacy matters generally; data security; motor vehicle safety; regulation of commercial practices (the Federal Trade Commission), including sports-related matters; consumer product safety (the Consumer Product Safety Commission); product liability; and regulation of travel, tourism, and time. The Subcommittee’s jurisdiction can be directly traced to Congress’ constitutional authority “to regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.”

Communications & Technology

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Electronic communications, both Interstate and foreign, including voice, video, audio and data, whether transmitted by wire or wirelessly, and whether transmitted by telecommunications, commercial or private mobile service, broadcast, cable, satellite, microwave, or other mode; technology generally; emergency and public safety communications; cybersecurity, privacy, and data security; the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Office of Emergency Communications in the Department of Homeland Security; and all aspects of the above-referenced jurisdiction related to the Department of Homeland Security.

Environment

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All matters related to soil, air, noise and water contamination; emergency environmental response, both physical and cybersecurity. In particular, the subcommittee has jurisdiction over The Nuclear Waste Policy Act, The Clean Air Act, The Safe Drinking Water Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act – including Superfund and the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, The Solid Waste Disposal Act, The Toxic Substance Control Act and The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program. Under the Clean Air Act, this subcommittee deals with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for criteria pollutants; National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Standards; New Source Performance Standards (NSPS); Mobile Source Standards for vehicles, aircraft, fuels and fuel additives, including the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. The subcommittee focuses on the regulation of solid, hazardous, and nuclear wastes, including mining, nuclear, oil, gas, and coal combustion waste.

Health

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The health sector broadly, including private and public health insurance (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP); biomedical research and development; hospital construction; mental health; health information technology, privacy, and cybersecurity; medical malpractice and medical malpractice insurance; the 340B drug discount program; the regulation of food, drugs, and cosmetics; drug abuse; the Department of Health and Human Services; the National Institutes of Health; the Centers for Disease Control; Indian Health Service; and all aspects of the above-referenced jurisdiction related to the Department of Homeland Security.

Oversight & Investigations

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Responsible for conducting oversight and investigations of any matter related to the jurisdiction of the full committee.

Recent Letters

Aug 28, 2026

Press Release

Chairmen Guthrie and Bilirakis Announce CMT Subcommittee Markup of 12 Bills to Strengthen American Competitiveness and Enhance Consumer Protections

WHAT: Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade markup of 12 bills.

DATE: Tuesday, September 1, 2026

TIME: 10:15 AM ET

LOCATION: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

Items to be considered:

H.R. ____, Memory Chip Competitiveness Assessment Act (Reps. Miller-Meeks and Soto)
H.R. ____, Automotive National and Economic Security Act of 2026 (Reps. Harshbarger and Dingell)
H.R. ____, Open-Source AI Leadership Act (Rep. Evans)
H.R. 6207, Chip EQUIP Act (Reps. Lofgren and Obernolte)
H.R. ____, American Quantum Competitiveness Act (Rep. Langworthy)
H.R. 6832, Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act of 2025 (Rep. Weber)
H.R. 7502, Recycled Materials Attribution Act (Reps. Langworthy and Gonzalez)
H.R. 9385, PROTECT USA Act of 2026 (Rep. Fitzgerald)
H.R. 7945, Nitrous Oxide Safety Act of 2026 (Reps. Mullin and Bice)
H.R. 2713, Mitigating Automated Internet Networks for (MAIN) Event Ticketing Act (Reps. Harshbarger and Carter (LA))
H.R. 5967, Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act (Reps. Menendez and Houchin)
H.R. 6488, Reducing Exploitative Social Media Exposure for Teens (RESET) Act (Rep. Houchin)

This notice is at the direction of the Chairman. The markup will be open to the public and press and will be livestreamed online at energycommerce.house.gov. If you have any questions concerning this markup, please contact Jackson Rudden at Jackson.Rudden@mail.house.gov. If you have any press-related questions, please contact Daniel Kelly at Daniel.Kelly@mail.house.gov.

Aug 27, 2026

Press Release

Chairmen Guthrie and Palmer Announce Legislative Hearing to Safeguard America’s Drinking Water

Subcommittee on Environment hearing titled Reliable Water in the Digital Age: Examining Legislation to Strengthen Drinking Water Systems and Protect Ratepayers

WHAT: Subcommittee on Environment hearing to discuss legislation that would ensure the safety and reliability of drinking water in communities across the country.

DATE: Thursday, September 3, 2026

TIME: 9:00 AM ET

LOCATION: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building

Items to be considered:

H.R. ____, [Safe Drinking Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2026]
H.R. ____, [Water Cost Accountability Act of 2026]

Aug 13, 2026

Health

New HHS Report Depicts How the Working Families Tax Cuts Lowers Health Insurance Premiums and Hospital Prices for Americans

BACKGROUND:

Last year, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce rooted out over a trillion dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse through policies that strengthen, secure, and sustain our Medicaid program.
Health care provider taxes have been used to fund Medicaid supplemental payments like state-directed payments (SDPs), drawing down additional federal Medicaid funding to support higher provider rates without additional expenditures from state general funds.
SDPs increased considerably during the Biden Administration, with managed care organizations receiving $43 billion in payments in 2021-an amount that more than tripled to $144 billion by 2025.
Without the WFTC, payments were expected to exceed $300 billion by 2034.
By 2025, the average service covered by an SDP was compensated at 186 percent of the Medicare rate, meaning often we were paying significantly more to care for able-bodied adults than our seniors.
Policies in the WFTC that reduce the abuse of provider taxes and SDP gimmicks are projected to reduce non-Medicaid prices by up to 3.5 percent, benefiting non-Medicaid payers by $502 billion to $875 billion from 2025-2034.
Once fully phased in, these policies are expected to lower annual health care spending by $100 billion to $175 billion.
Some of the savings to non-Medicaid payers also accrue to the federal government, saving an additional $97 billion to $169 billion beyond its savings on Medicaid and reducing total federal health spending by an average of 2.9 percent to 5.1 percent, when fully phased in.
This isn't just savings for taxpayers; ASPE projects the changes to provider taxes and state directed payments under the WFTC could lead to reduced premiums in commercial insurance markets, making employer-sponsored insurance and Marketplace coverage more affordable for Americans than they would have been without the WFTC.

Read additional coverage on this report HERE.