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Pallone Elected Chairman of Energy and Commerce Committee

December 3, 2020

Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement after the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the 117th Congress:

"I am honored to be elected Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee once again by my Democratic colleagues. There is no better committee in Congress, and I am so fortunate to have their support in leading this Committee in the 117th Congress.

"Our nation faces unprecedented challenges, and I stand ready to work with all of my colleagues to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, provide critical assistance to struggling families, and rebuild our economy. In the coming months, we will push an aggressive agenda to ensure the Biden Administration has all the resources it needs to crush this pandemic, make health care and prescription drugs more affordable, rebuild and modernize our nation's infrastructure, combat climate change, and protect people's privacy. We will also examine how to rebuild and restore critical functions of key agencies under the Committee's jurisdiction that were dismantled over the last four years by the outgoing Trump Administration."

The Energy and Commerce Committee is the oldest continuous standing committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. It was established in 1795 to regulate interstate and foreign commerce. Today, the Committee has the broadest jurisdiction of any authorizing committee in Congress. It legislates on health care; health insurance; biomedical research and development; food safety; clean air and climate change; safe drinking water; national energy policy; nuclear facilities; electronic communications and the internet; privacy, cybersecurity and data security; consumer protection and product safety; travel, tourism and sports; interstate and foreign commerce; and other areas.