House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Government - Washington DC, Washington, N/A
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce Details
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest continuous standing committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. It was originally 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 a wide variety of issues, including:health care, including mental health and substance abusehealth insurance, including Medicare and Medicaidbiomedical research and developmentfood, drug, device and cosmetic safetyenvironmental protection clean air and climate changesafe drinking watertoxic chemicals and hazardous wastenational energy policyrenewable energy and conservationnuclear facilitieselectronic communications and the internetbroadcast and cable televisionprivacy, cybersecurity and data securityconsumer protection and product safetymotor vehicle safetytravel, tourism and sports interstate and foreign commerceThe Committee also oversees several federal departments and agencies, including:Department of Health and Human ServicesNational Institutes of HealthFood and Drug AdministrationCenters for Disease Control and PreventionIndian Health ServiceEnvironmental Protection Agency Department of EnergyNuclear Regulatory CommissionFederal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Communications CommissionFederal Trade CommissionConsumer Product Safety CommissionConsumer Financial Protection BureauDepartment of CommerceDepartment of TransportationDepartment of Homeland Security
