▶ 0:00:06good morning everybody hey thank you thank you good morning everybody it's glad to see everybody fellowshipping and getting the kind of like the first day of school I will call the committee on energy commerce will come to order and I'll recognize myself for an opening statement good morning and and welcome everyone uh to the first meeting of the house committee on energy Commerce of the 119th Congress the committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing committee
▶ 0:00:36standing legislative Committee in the US House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any Congressional authorizing committee with this expansive Authority and distinguished history comes a responsibility what happens in the people's house impacts America Americans in their homes and the American people are counting on us to tackle the most pressing issues deliver results that improve their lives together this committee will hit the ground running playing a pivotal role in
▶ 0:01:06restoring The American Dream by unleashing American Energy lowering the cost of Health Care and ensuring that America Remains the world leader in Tech technological innovation as we look ahead to the new Congress maintaining affordable and reliable energy will be key to America's success support supporting both our economic and National Security unfortunately over the past four years the the Biden Harris Administration has saddled the American people with higher energy prices but I'm excited about changes we can make with the new Administration
▶ 0:01:37we must also take steps to protect our critical energy infrastructure it's time to fortify our national security by strengthening the reliability of our electric grid the past four years saw the implementation of a rulemaking agenda that has put American ener produ energy production in Jeopardy while raising prices for American families Energy and Commerce Republicans will offer Solutions to address these issues and strengthen our grid by preserving existing base low power including natural gas nuclear coal
▶ 0:02:07and hydrop Power American leadership must extend into the development and deployment of emerging Technologies by removing burdensome regulations and encouraging Innovation we will make sure that our econ that our economy can outcompete the Chinese Communist party our lead our leadership in artificial intelligence Advanced manufacturing and wireless technologies will create jobs and unlock a generation of growth and prosperity and we need to make sure that every American has access to has
▶ 0:02:37access to that success unfortunately the Biden Harris Administration failed on its own promise to connect all Americans by bogging down the Broadband equity and excess deployment program with unnecessary red tape that prevented even a single American from being connected despite $42 billion price tag we're prepared to put the country on a new course where we close the digital divide and make sure everyone can enjoy the exciting Tech technological developments that have only just begun
▶ 0:03:08with broad Health jurisdiction this committee will continue focusing on driving down the cost of care providing price transparency to Consumers and businesses supporting Innovation and most importantly working to help restore trust in public health we'll closely examine the Medicare and Medicaid programs to ensure they are working efficiently in better serving the individuals they originally designed to assist additionally we're work to address the opioid epidemic advancing policies to help individuals avoid fanol
▶ 0:03:38poisoning while also giving hope to families and individuals struggling with substance use disorder while the task before us is significant the committee Will Champion a bold Vision to deliver the change demanded by the American people from Healthcare and energy to telecommunications and consumer protection policy I look forward to working together to ensure we successfully Advance solutions to our nation's greatest challenges it's an honor to serve as chairman of the house committee on Energy and Commerce
▶ 0:04:09and I am confident that our Collective efforts we will lead the way to restoring the American dream I will now uh take the privilege of introducing our new members I want to welcome all of our new members to the committee I know that my good friend from New Jersey is going to introduce the new members from his side but I will now uh begin by introducing our new members first we have Congressman Cliff bence he's from Oregon second district Congressman B is a third generation Oregonian raay on his
▶ 0:04:39family's cattle ranches in Harney County and an attorney he specializes in ranch or reorganizations in water law and was a member of the Oregon State Senate welcome Cliff Mr bin I guess just to say next is congresswoman Aon hin from Indiana's 9th District congresswoman howchin was a who your small business owner operating a public relations company focused on helping law enforcement communicate the good work they do in addition to her private sector work she served as a member of the Indiana State senate
▶ 0:05:09for nearly a decade and has held several leadership positions in her community welcome congresswoman Congressman Russell fly from South Carolina's Seventh District Congressman fry is a true example of the American dream he put himself through undergraduate education at the University of South Carolina and law school at Charleston School of of School of Law Congressman fry served in the South served South Carolina as a member of the state's House of Representatives as an eagle scout Congressman fry shares the sentiment that you should leave your campsite
▶ 0:05:40better than you found it Congress welcome to the committee Congressman la lee joins us from Florida 15th District congresswoman Lee is a wife mother and daughter of a two-star general United States Air Force Laurel grew up in a military family born at Wright Patterson Air Force Force Base congresswoman Lee has been a lifelong public servant including being the 30th Secretary of State of the great state of Florida and a judge for the 13th Judicial Circuit
▶ 0:06:10Court of Florida Welcome to the committee next is Congressman Nick Langworthy from New York's 23rd District Congressman Langworthy has a deep background rooted in public service and represents the communities in New York where he was raised and worked his entire life his deep-seated belief in the values of hard work is driven by his up up bringing working in his family's restaurant business welcome to the committee Congressman Tom Kane Tom Kane Jr joins us from New Jersey 7th District from a
▶ 0:06:40young age Congressman Kane has understood and recognized the importance of Civic engagement as a former staffer and member of the New Jersey General Assembly Tom has been dedicated to serve in his community welcome Tom to the neck oh I i' left out part in addition to his professional duties in Washington DC he was the vice president of a fire department where he volunteered As A Firefighter in emergency medical technician thanks for Welcome to the committee
▶ 0:07:11and next is Congressman Mike ruy from Ohio six District over a hundred years ago Congressman ry's grandfather and great uncle founded Ry Brothers Market which he and his brother ran together before he came to Congress he extremely passionate about our nation's future previously serving as a member of the Ohio Senate representing the thir 33rd District Welcome to the committee Congressman Gabe Evans is from Colorado's e8th District Congressman Evans served his country in the US Army in Colorado National Guard as a blackout helicopter
▶ 0:07:42and Company com pilot and Company Commander completing a combat deployment to the Middle East thank you for your service and welcome to the committee Congressman Craig Goldman is from the 12th District of Texas Congressman Gman is a fifth generation Texan and fourth generation Fort Worth native before entering public office Craig spent nearly a decade working alongside his father at their family run business in Fort Worth and served in the Texas state house representing the 97th District Welcome to the committee and welcome congresswoman
▶ 0:08:12Julie fdor from North Dakota congresswoman foror is a fourth generation North Dakota and brings a wealth of experience previously serving on the North Dakota Public Service Commission so welcome to the committee I now recognize the gentleman from New Jersey Mr Mr palong for 5 minutes for his opening statement well thank you chairman Guthrie I I want to begin by congratulating you on becoming chair of the full committee and over the last couple of congresses it's been a pleasure working with you on some of the most important
▶ 0:08:42bipartisan Health Care bills that we've Advanced out of the committee and seen passed into law this committee as you mentioned has a strong and proud tradition of bipartisan collaboration I'm hopeful that bipartisan cooperation will continue this Congress and I look forward to working with you to advance policies that will make a real difference in the lives of the American people and I did want to particularly mention uh Beijing China I do agree with you completely as you know a previous chair uh Kathy Rogers was very
▶ 0:09:13constantly emphasizing to us the the the threats that we face not only from a national security point of view but from an economic point of view from from Beijing um and and I just want you to share that to say that that's one of the things I think that we have to be mindful of and I appreciate you're mentioning it um I have to say though I'm very concerned about about what we're hearing from president Trump uh Democrats will fight any efforts to gut health care environmental and consumer protections that
▶ 0:09:44we fought so hard for to enact over the years and we're going to work to protect Americans Health Care from attempts to repeal Medicare price negotiation or sabotage of Affordable Care Act or cut Medicaid funding for low-income elderly and disabled Americans and I am concerned from what I hear that Republicans Arc crafting plans to take to do what I consider take Health Care away from low and middle inome Americans so they can provide huge tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations
▶ 0:10:14so next year thanks to Democrats finally empowering Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices seniors are expected to save 1.5 billion dollars in out of pocket costs on the first 10 drugs that were negotiated and that's a lot of money and medic care is set to negotiate another 15 drugs this year it was also another year of record enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces with nearly 24 million Americans signing up so far for 2025 and these records are thanks
▶ 0:10:44to Democrats efforts to make the ACA more affordable saving Americans an average of $800 annually on their premiums and nearly 80 million Americans are now enrolled in Medicaid and the children's health insurance program thanks to Democrats easing unnecessary burdens that make it impossible for people to enroll in and maintain their coverage so again we should be working together to build upon these successes not repealing or weakening them and we will also as Democrats oppose any efforts to repeal the climate Provisions
▶ 0:11:14in the inflation reduction act that is strengthening our economy lowering energy costs and combating the worsening climate crisis that is costing lives and livelihoods we're seeing the results of the climate crisis play out right now in California with the devastation wildfires in Los Angeles it's just another reminder that we have to continue to aggressively combat the climate crisis our investments in clean energy are growing our economy for the future so far more than 400,000 good paying jobs have been created and the
▶ 0:11:44law is expected to create 9 million jobs over the next decade many of those are are in Republican districts so if Republicans move forward with any kind of agenda that puts polluters over people that will undermine our clean energy efforts and that will also surround under our clean energy leadership to our adversaries so again I think that we can focus on fighting on behalf of the American people on a bipartisan basis uh we should be focused on lowering everyday costs for American families growing our economy protecting
▶ 0:12:15consumers and leading the clean energy transition so let me now if I can uh welcome and introduce the seven new Democratic members of the committee uh they are a diverse group uh in terms of their talent and very capable new members I don't I'm not saying as much about them as you did maybe that's my my fault that I should have more information but you know I think you know most of them so first is representative Alexandria okazi Cortez of New York uh I think most of you know she's been a strong advocate
▶ 0:12:45for addressing the climate crisis and protecting the environment and also fighting to create a more just economy uh then we have representative Jake oen CLA of Massachusetts he's in his third term he's prioritized promoting clean energy lowering healthc care costs and ending gun violence and I do know a little bit about his family because I have to say I often talk about how in my district we have so many Republican presidents particularly from Ohio as as Bob ladin knows but one of my predecessors in Congress was a guy
▶ 0:13:15by the name of Jake James Oren Claus not Jake but James Oren Claus and I asked Jake one time whether they were related and in fact they are so and he was a republican too James or just so you know then we have uh representative Troy Carter of Louisiana who's focused on environmental justice mental health and Health Equity during his four years in the house and of course one of the reasons I like him is because he's from Cajun Country so now we have a Cajun Country guy here uh and then we
▶ 0:13:45have from my own State very proud to have representative Rob Menendez who's he used to be uh before he was in Congress he was on the port authority and he did a lot uh in our state to Modern ours our crumbling infrastructure uh and also increase affordability for American families so we have two new jerseyans one on your side and one on our side uh and then we have representative Kevin Mullen of Northern California uh who's fought to strengthen climate resilience and to build an economy that works for everyone
▶ 0:14:16uh and we have representative Greg uh lansman of Ohio who's been a strong advocate for Children and Families over his entire career in Congress the last two years in particular but even before and last but not least as representative Jennifer mlen of Virginia uh she's in her second term she's focused on a lot of issues but I'm very proud of her record and and preserving uh and being an advocate for Reproductive health care so congratulations to all the new members on both sides of the aisle welcome everyone uh and obviously
▶ 0:14:46after today we get to work thank you Mr chairman thank you I do welcome everyone I know uh you mentioned our our new member Mr Carter I think all of us watched you uh as you were dealing with what was going on in your great City on New Year's Day our thoughts and prayers are with you and I know Miss Buton I we' got a lot of Californians on the committee but I know you're LA and surrounding La I think ober's LA or northern part of it because District comes in and our thoughts and prayers are with you and all Californians and uh hopefully the winds will die down and we can get a handle on
▶ 0:15:16this so thank you for um you're in our thoughts and prayers so uh the chairman reminds members that pursuant to the committee rules all members opening statements will be made part of the record are there any further opening statements Mr chairman yes General ladies recognized for one minute thank you Mr chairman uh welcome to all of the new members uh but I wanted to say uh to you Mr chairman it's uh I think we got to know each other it was probably 15 years ago on a trip to Afghanistan and since that
▶ 0:15:47time you have uh demonstrated that you're a thoughtful and effective member and I'm really looking forward to your uh leadership of this um outstanding committee the committee that produces most legislation that passes through the US House um looking forward to working with bob L on the energy committee as well but I you know at the end of the year there were so many bipartisan initiatives coming out of Energy and Commerce that did not make it across the Finish
▶ 0:16:17Line whether we're talking about community health centers preventing maternal deaths um uh Mission zero pediatric cancer hidden fees act the ticket act and then we had a lot of by partisan work to protect kids online of their privacy and their safety and the shine for automatic so there were there was a lot of work at the end of the year that just didn't didn't get done and I I'm curious about your view of getting to work early to get back to some of those bipartisan initi I'm looking at Mr
▶ 0:16:47Carter everything that we did to combat the gouging of uh Pharmacy benefit managers as well so just I'm curious before we go into the rules what your view is on getting back to that that bipartisan work and trying to get it inact well thank you for asking that I we're all I was disappointed that those didn't get past the Finish Line at the end it was a lot of hard work by members on this committee and and bipartisan I know that we we'll have our our moments but most of you will know we work almost every I was telling our new members
▶ 0:17:17almost every Bill we pass most of the bills we pass has a a sponsor from both sides of the aisle and and everything in that package was one of those they were important trying to find the right Avenue for them they are still alive they are they it's a priority of the this side of this committee I know it's a priority because they're all bipartisan they wouldn't have been in that bill we're just trying to find the right Avenue to be able to move those policies forward and it is they're a priority so thanks for bringing that up we oh Dr Joyce
▶ 0:17:48yeah I was going to recognize you in a little while later but go ahead Dr Joyce uh thank you chairman got three as we begin this new Congress the Energy and Commerce Committee stands ready to meet the challenges that are facing our our nation as a vice chairman of this committee I look forward to working with all 17 of our new members to achieve meaningful victories that our constituents are expecting us to do returning our nation to energy dominance closing the digital divide and addressing the health care issues that matter most to the
▶ 0:18:18American people will be critical in the upcoming days it is time to lower the cost of medications it is time to utilize the energy resources that are underneath the feet to secure our electric grid and it's time to connect more Americans to fast and reliable internet these will be issues that we will all face together as the only member of this esteemed committee from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania I excited about the chance to address these issues and again I extend
▶ 0:18:48welcome to all 17 of the new members thank you Mr chair and I yield back thank you I was actually GNA announce and as we were moving forward but uh Dr Joyce is the vice chair of the full committee and we'll be uh engaged in everything we're doing so we really appreciate you taking that responsibility and look forward to working with you in the whole committee so thank you chairman and thank you ranking member palone thank and ranking member palone would announce the vice chair of the yeah I I was going to do it later too but I want to mention that Lizzie Fletcher is our vice ranking member
▶ 0:19:18and we're very proud of that thank you Lizzy thank you I you back thank you any other opening statements seeing none uh the chairman now calls up the resolution to adopt the committee rules for the 119th Congress and ask the clerk to report resolution offered by chairman Guthrie with that objection the first reading of the resolution is dispensed with and resolution will be open for Amendment at any point the chairman recognizes himself for five minutes on resolution
▶ 0:19:48these committee rules are identical to the rules adopted from the Congress there were two changes okay these identical to the okay that's right we changed the jur identical to the rules of dep 118th Congress that said I would like to quickly go through a few policies the committee will follow this Congress we'll have paperless hearings the committee will continue its policy of paperless hearings by electronically Distributing testimony before all hearings subcommittee hearing
▶ 0:20:19protocol next a policy on participation at subcommittee hearings of which you are not a member by right all members of the House are entitled a nonp particip at hearings even if they are not on the Energy and Commerce Committee so they can sit on the dis but they cannot make a statement or question Witnesses for members of the Energy and Commerce Committee however you may question Witnesses at a hearing even if you are not on the relevant subcommittee members should let this committee know if they plan to participate in any off subcommittee hearing
▶ 0:20:49because we will need to make a unanimous consent request which traditionally has been given in addition you will not be recognized at the hearing until all of the subcommittee members have been recognized that said still try to attend as much of the subcommittee hearing as possible so you have a better sense of what questions have been asked and topics covered showing up to the hearing on time on a related note I encourage members to be prompt and show up on time for hearings this is a courtesy to both our Witnesses and your fellow members so markup
▶ 0:21:19protocols the committee will continue its longstanding tradition of giving bipartisan amendments priority recognition that means if the amendment is by members on both sides of the aisle those are members who have priority when we have markups for the last several years priority recognition has be given to Amendment submitted at least two hours before the start of a markup members are encouraged to submit their amendments as soon as possible but I believe two hours prior to the start of a market would be sufficient for all members to review the
▶ 0:21:50Amendments the majority leader follows protocols in scheduling legislation for the floor and while these Protocols are not binding in the in committee I would encourage you to observe the protocols in drafting legislation following those protocols will help our bills be considered and passed on the floor I intend to continue the committee's tradition to not postpone or roll votes I will only postpone or row votes if unique situation arises I'll work with the minority in determining a time to proceedings that
▶ 0:22:20said I want to make sure that we know as as based on what happens we may have row votes in the more in the future future than in the past we want to make our markups efficient I think I heard that from my members you heard it from your members making markups more efficient and if we have to postpone or row votes we will we will be able to do that so other protocols with regard to the Chairman's authority to call and convene meetings and markups I will try the maximum practical extent to avoid scheduling committee proceedings on
▶ 0:22:50days and at times that would conflict with Democratic caucus meetings or republican conference meetings and other leadership functions to avoid scheduling I should say other other committee events I now recognize Mr palone for a colloquy on The subpoena Authority um I had two questions I'll start with the subpena authority since that's what you mentioned but I also want to uh talk a bit about remote witness and the and the house rule but with regard to The subpoena Authority Mr chairman
▶ 0:23:21the committee rules authorize the chair to issue subpoenas after and to the extent practical consultation 72 hours in advance of issuance between the Democratic leader of the committee and the chair and written notice must be provided to committee members no later than one week from the date of issuance The subpoena power obviously is one of the congress's most important tools for collecting information and needs to legislative effectively so experience shows that the mere threat of subpoena is often
▶ 0:23:51sufficient to get Congress the information that it needs however was as with all government authorities The subpoena power should be used thoughtfully to avoid abuse the current committee rule was written in the 114th Congress then chairman Upton used his authority five times during that Congress and then Mr Walden chair Walden used the authority just once during the 115th Congress and in each case The subpoena was either requested by the witness a so-called friendly subpoena or authorized only after
▶ 0:24:21extensive attempts to gather the information from the witness and being denied set information now I did not use this as The subpoena Authority at all during the 116th and 117th Congress when I was the chair and chair Rogers used the authority just once during the 118th Congress so I'm hopeful that reasonable and responsible exercise of this Authority continues so my question Mr chairman will you commit to taking reasonable steps before resorting to The subpoena Authority such as building a
▶ 0:24:51committee record on the matter by requesting voluntary briefings or interviews information requests negotiating with objects of the subpoena so that it can be tailored to the committee's specific needs I think that is a reasonable what you just read and and spoke about and I intend to follow the rule set forth in our committee rules with respect to subpoenas but i' absolutely think that's reasonable well thank you now let me ask uh also will the chairman commit to taking reasonable steps including a face-to-face
▶ 0:25:21conversation or phone call or email to consult with me at least 72 hours before issuing The subpoena yes and to provide the required notice to members after issuing a subpoena yes I will okay I think these exchanges are good to get on the record and I appreciate U your um the cqu and I think it's important for the function of the committee when things do get heated that we have these understandings going in uh you know for
▶ 0:25:51both sides and so with that uh Mr chairman oh I do want to ask about remote or comment on the remote Witness now the remote witness rule is actually a house rule uh that governs the appearance of remote Witnesses at committee hearings for the 119th Congress but even before the covid-19 pandemic on a bipartisan basis the Energy and Commerce Committee allowed witnesses to testify remotely when warranted allowing witnesses to participate in hearings remotely provides the ability to hear from people
▶ 0:26:22from all across the country and all walks of life it's been extremely valuable in broadening the voices and opinions that we all hear from during our hearings so Congress doesn't compensate Witnesses for taking time off from work and leaving their families to fly across the country on short notice to participate in our hearings so before the last Congress the decision about whether to allow specific remote Witnesses like other decisions related to committee Witnesses was a decision made by the committee and not by the house majority leadership
▶ 0:26:53but an almost but on an almost straight Partyline vote the Republicans in the house adopted rules that only allow non-governmental witnesses to appear remotely at committee or subcommittee proceedings at the discretion of the committee's chair in accordance with the regulations for Section 3i of hres 5 the regulations prohibit remote participation by Witnesses unless a committee chair submits a letter to the majority leader detailing the necessity for the witness to participate
▶ 0:27:23remotely a description of why the witness could not participate in person and why such testimony was necessary for purposes of fulfilling congress's article one responsibility so it's a pretty strict and limited uh situation uh and then the majority leader would then have to provide written approval of such remote participation now obviously I don't like this because I think it defies the way this committee works the house rules that is so for any hearing the Republicans pick their Witnesses and the Democrats
▶ 0:27:53pick ours and Republicans cannot object to someone we pick and vice versa but my concern Mr chairman is that the majority leader would be able to reject our Witnesses if they could not appear in person and as a committee I don't think we should be seeding that control to any leadership outside of this committee I'm concerned that this requirement can also be abused to allow committees to hear from remote witnesses that speak to Republican goals but not those who speak to ours so I I am concerned that
▶ 0:28:24these house rules provide unnecessary restrictions on remote Witnesses that will result in Congress only hearing more from the wealthy and the well-connected who can afford to come here and that's a shame uh you know I don't I don't want to hear from DC lobbyists I want to hear from you know hardworking people at home uh when we have our hearings but I understand that we have to comply with the house rules so I'm interested in in ensuring that the minority retain our authority to select minority witnesses to the greatest extent possible
▶ 0:28:54in compliance with the rules as the minority we're best positioned to determine who are witnesses and who you know for given hearings that can fulfill our article one responsibility and at times well-qualified Witnesses who can provide the committee with valuable information and different perspectives may be unable to appear in person because of financial hardships or family responsibilities or even health concerns so Mr chairman let me just ask this question after all that uh there may be instances
▶ 0:29:24when non-governmental Witnesses selected by the minority are only available ble to participate remotely due to extreme hardship or other exceptional circumstances so can I ask for your assurance that you will work with me to get approval uh for minority selected remote Witnesses under the house rule I commit I I commit to working with you uh to help get approval through the majority Leader's office for rem remote Witnesses for hearings I appreciate that and I I know I I went on here for a while about this but
▶ 0:29:54I really did not agree with the house room but thank you for uh your your response I appreciate it and with that uh Mr chairman I will say that um uh the Democrats are prepared to support the rules package and I and I yield back thank you the gentleman yields back is there any further discussion on the resolution the seeing no further discussion the question now occurs on approving the resolution to adopt the committee rules for 119th Congress
▶ 0:30:25all those in favor shall signify by saying I I I oh the oppose no the eyes have it and the re resolution is approved the chair calls up the resolution establishing the subcommittees of the Energy and Commerce Committee for the 119th Congress and ask the clerk to report resolution offered by chairman Guthrie without objection the first reading of the resolution is dispensed with and the resolution will be open for
▶ 0:30:55Amendment at any point the chair now recognizes himself for five minutes on resolution I look forward to our six subcommittees getting to work this Congress the jurisdiction for each subcommittee are in front of you the only changes made to the subcommittees were to simplify a couple of subcommittee names and to make a couple of clarifying edits to the jurisdiction of the subcommittee on Communications and Technology the jur so we added streaming which uh when we wrote the rules it's kind of relatively
▶ 0:31:26new that we have to update as the time updates right and to say that we update when the time updates we also added the U the Telecommunications Act of 1934 so that was never listed in that um that group so we're going from 1934 to streaming so uh the jurisdictions of all the subcommittees remain the same with those two additions is there any further discussion on the resolution any discussion seeing none the question now occurs on approving the resolution
▶ 0:31:57to adopt the committee subcommittees for the 119th Congress all those in favor shall signify by saying I I all the oppos no the eyes have it and the resolution is approved I recognize myself for to announce the Republican subcommittee rosters for the9th congress members will find the Republican subcommittee rosters and Democratic rosters at their seats I know you're all excited to get work on your respective subcommittees and I really appreciate
▶ 0:32:27um Megan Jackson and Sophie katti in my office working with your office has work with with Tiffany and and your office has worked really hard to get the the ratios and to get members on both sides of the aisle on the subcommittees that y'all do it a little different than we do but uh get sub but make sure we have the slots for the most part to get members of this committee on the subcommittee of their highest interest because we know we're going to have a lot of work and they're going to do a lot of work and we appreciate
▶ 0:32:57working with you in your office to make sure we had the the ratios necessary to accommodate Our member interest so thanks uh to your side Mr palom for that and thanks for our staff directors for working on that I'd also like to introduce as we said vice chairman of the full committee is going to be Dr Joyce of Pennsylvania and I'll read it I didn't read his biography early his fellow American Academy of Dermatology a fellow he's not I'm not a fellow so a fellow of mine he is a fellow in the American Academy of Dermatology
▶ 0:33:27John operated a private Dermatology practice along with his wife Dr Alice Joyce for over 25 years in his hometown of Altuna before coming to Congress in 2019 as a practicing physician small business owner John brings unique perspective to the committee's work and since coming to Congress he has prioritized efforts to increase access to Affordable healthc Care energy and Broadband for the appalachin south central Pennsylvania communities he represents and thank you Joyce do you announce your you want to say something on Miss
▶ 0:33:58Fletcher well I I didn't know I was going to uh talk about Miss Fletcher uh any more than I already have but all of you know her and um the one thing I will say is she's very nice but she but she can be tough when she has to be so uh we'll see as time goes on but thank you Lizzie absolutely for doing this you know Mr chairman I I guess I could mention that um uh we have a rule in the in the the amongst
▶ 0:34:28the Democrats that the vice chair has to be someone who served less than five terms uh in Congress and it's actually um an elected position if if uh the other thing I I could mention if I if you don't mind is the ranking members now you know again in our on our Democratic caucus uh and I don't know if it's true in the Republican conference um I can't really officially announce uh the ranking members because they actually have to go back to the steering and policy committee and the caucus
▶ 0:34:58to be ratified we we choose them amongst ourselves and make a recommendation but the ranking members that we have recommended uh for the subcommittee on Commerce manufacturing and trade uh is Jan chikowski uh for the subcommittee on Communications and technology is darus Matsui the subcommittee on energy is Kathy Caster the subcommittee on the environment is Paul tono and for the subcommittee on health is Diana deette and for the subcommittee on oversight invest instigations is I
▶ 0:35:29Clark so thank you again I yield back I think ours were at their seats but I will um say go down the list you just add so our our subcommittee chair for uh Commerce manufacturing trades is Mr bckas for communication Technologies Mr Hudson for energy Mr L for environment is Mr Griffith for health is Mr Palmer and oversight invest excuse me for health is Mr Carter and oversight and investigations is Mr Palmer got that right yeah
▶ 0:35:59so thanks and and you and I'll you said uh she's both tough and and pleasant I think you said and I think that that kind of summarizes our our committee there going to be issues that we are going to not always agree on and there going to be more opportunities agree than disagree and I think that's been the what my friend from Florida Miss Caster brought up that whole package of uh an enormous importance to this country that was in the final bill that didn't quite get across the Finish is a great example of so many members of this
▶ 0:36:30committee working together we want to continue that tradition I know e said we'll work together when we can and we'll figure out how to how to move forward when we can't but we really appreciate the being part of this committee and I think all the welcome all the members I think we've done all of our official business uh without objection the staff is authorized to make Technical and conforming changes to the resolutions considered by the committee today so ordered when that objection the committee will stand to journ