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Oil company executives spoke about the safety and security of offshore drilling operations, as well as the causes of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the ability of the energy indu…

The House Energy and Commerce Committee met for a markup hearing to draft legislation that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Members debated provisions and proposed amendments to the en…

The House Energy and Commerce Committee met for a markup hearing to draft legislation that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Members debated provisions and proposed amendments to the en…

The House Energy and Commerce Committee met for a markup hearing to draft legislation that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Members debated provisions and proposed amendments to the en…

In a bipartisan event Democratic and Republican members of Congress debated the nation’s energy policy. Jeanne Cummings moderated. This was the third in a series of bipartisan “Congress D…

A hearing was held to examine whether market speculation is inflating the price of crude oil above underlying supply and demand, and whether Congress needs to improve regulatory oversight to…

A hearing was held to examine whether market speculation is inflating the price of crude oil above underlying supply and demand, and whether Congress needs to improve regulatory oversight to…

Witnesses testified about energy industry issues and economic policy. Among the topics they addressed were rising gasoline prices, oil company profits, and consumer perceptions of the oil an…

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the failure of the British Petroleum oil pipeline from Prudhoe Bay. Witnesses testified about saf…

Witnesses testified about the Department of Energy’s efforts to improve the security of its classified information and to protect it from internal and external hackers.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee heard testimony from government officials, as well as consumer and business interests, on gasoline prices, supply, and specifications. Among the issue…

The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a second day of hearings on gasoline prices, supply, and specifications. Business and oil industry executives testified about the impact of recen…

During the weekly Democratic radio address Representative Stupak talked about energy policy, gasoline prices, and oil company profits.

Representative Stupak talked about the Democratic perspective on gas prices and energy and President Bush’s call for price-fixing investigations. On Monday, April 24, 2006, he wrote to Presi…

House Democratic leaders responded to President Bush’s speech earlier in the day on energy policy at the Renewable Fuels Association Energy Summit. They criticized Republican proposals as fa…

Witnesses testified about the impact of Hurricane Katrina on U.S. energy supplies, refining capacity, and prices at the wholesale and retail level. They also focused on the practice of price…

House and Senate conferees met to propose and vote on various amendments to proposed compromise energy legislation.

House and Senate members met to resolve differences in Energy legislation that was passed by both houses of Congress. The conferees marked up electricity, Indian enegy, coal leasing, and por…

Officials testified about the safety and security of nuclear power and weapons facilities in the U.S. Among the topics they addressed were the results of reviews of design-based safety measu…

Secretary Abraham testified about funding requests for the Energy Department. He also talked about gasoline prices, energy consumption issues, alternative energy sources, and the energy dist…