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. The Energy and Commerce Committee is at the forefront of all issues and policies powering America’s economy, including our global competitive edge in energy, technology, and health care. The committee is led by E&C Chairman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and E&C Ranking Member Frank Pallone (NJ-06). The Subcommittee on Energy is led by Chairman Bob Latta (OH-05) and Ranking Member Kathy Castor (FL-14).
Fox and ranking member McGovern. Uh, thank you for holding this hearing
today and the one big beautiful Bill Act cuts wasteful spending,
defends our nation's energy dominance, supports the rapid innovation
of American industry and preserve and protects Medicaid for the Americans
who are most in need. We will send a bill to President's desk that
delivers on Americans' leadership across industries, Burs technological
innovation and supports individual workers.
We will unleash American energy dominance through strategic investments
while also putting an end to wasteful subsidies. We will spur technological
innovation by renewing American wireless leadership through Spectrum
Auction Authority that protects national security. This legislation
begins to refill our dangerously low strategic petroleum reserve
and creates new investments to generate reliable energy that will
secure our grid and power AI. This bill also raises $85 billion of
new revenue through historic agreement reauthorizing the FCC spectrum
authority while protecting US national security. Our priority has
been to strengthen secure and sustain Medicaid for expectant mothers.
Children, people with disability and elderly.
Our legislation starts billions of dollars in waste, fraud and abuse
in the Medicaid program by beginning to close loopholes, ensuring
states have the flexibility to remove an eligible recipients from
their roles and removing beneficiaries who are enrolled in multiple
states. HR1 ends coverage for deceased beneficiaries, limits the
ability of enrollees to obtain duplicative coverage and insures individuals
with million-dollar homes are no longer eligible to qualify for Medicaid
coverage. These are all common sense policies that will return taxpayer
dollars to middle-class Americans and families. Republicans seek
to return the core intent of the Medicaid program, which was created
to protect healthcare for Americans who otherwise could not support
themselves. Democrats expanded the program far beyond this core mission,
allowing spending to grow into trillions, if not addressed.
Our common sense work requirements and community engagement, policies
for able-bodied adults who choose not to work, encourage individuals
to re-enter the workforce and regain their independence. This provision
speaks to Republicans' commitment to strengthening Medicaid to ensure
it is available for those who need it most, and this is an issue
that resonates favorably with the majority of Americans across the
board. HR1 fulfills President Trump's promise of generational growth,
prosperity, and health for the American people. It fulfills our commitment
to lowering taxes for working families, unleashes American energy
and safeguards Medicaid for patients that need it the most and supports
the rapid innovation of American technology. It's time to pass this
file legislation and see it signed into law. And thank you and I
will yie back.
