Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: The Challenges Facing Frontline Communities

The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee (established 1795) in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing committee.

Today, the committee has responsibility for matters including telecommunications, consumer protection, food and drug safety, public health and research, environmental quality, energy policy, and interstate and foreign commerce among others.

The committee is led by E&C Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and E&C Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR).