United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce
The United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce is a standing committee of the House of Representatives of the United States. It was founded in 1795 as the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures, making it one of the oldest committees of the House of Representatives. The current chairman is Fred Upton (R- MI), leader of the opposition ( Ranking Member) is Henry Waxman (D -CA).
Remit
The Committee has one of the most far-reaching duties of all congressional committees. It is responsible for the oversight in the following areas: energy, health care, national and international trade, consumer affairs and protection, biomedical research and development, telecommunications, travel and tourism, drug and food monitoring, and pollution of the environment.
Members ( 113th Congress )
- Fred Upton, Michigan, Chairman
- Ralph Hall, Texas
- Joe Barton, Texas
- Ed Whitfield, Kentucky
- John Shimkus, Illinois
- Joseph R. Pitts, Pennsylvania
- Greg Walden, Oregon
- Lee Terry, Nebraska
- Mike J. Rogers, Michigan
- Tim Murphy, Pennsylvania
- Michael C. Burgess, Texas
- Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
- Phil Gingrey, Georgia
- Steve Scalise, Louisiana
- Bob Latta, Ohio
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington
- Gregg Harper, Mississippi
- Leonard Lance, New Jersey
- Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
- Brett Guthrie, Kentucky
- Pete Olson, Texas
- David McKinley, West Virginia
- Cory Gardner, Colorado
- Mike Pompeo, Kansas
- Adam Kinzinger, Illinois
- Morgan Griffith, Virginia
- Gus Bilirakis, Florida
- Bill Johnson, Ohio
- Billy Long, Missouri
- Renee Ellmers, North Carolina
- Henry Waxman, California, Ranking Member
- John Dingell, Michigan
- Frank Pallone, New Jersey
- Bobby L. Rush, Illinois
- Anna Eshoo, California
- Eliot Engel, New York
- Gene Green, Texas
- Diana DeGette, Colorado
- Lois Capps, California
- Michael F. Doyle, Pennsylvania
- January Schakowsky, Illinois
- Jim Matheson, Utah
- G. K. Butterfield, North Carolina
- John Barrow, Georgia
- Doris Matsui, California
- Donna Christian -Christensen, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Kathy Castor, Florida
- John Sarbanes, Maryland
- Jerry McNerney, California
- Bruce Braley, Iowa
- Peter Welch, Vermont
- Ben R. Luján, New Mexico
- Paul Tonko, New York
Currently, the following sub-committees exist ( Subcommittees ):