Chairman Guthrie Delivers Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills

Name: Chairman Guthrie Delivers Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills
Uploaded: 2026-05-21T20:39:49.285Z
Duration: 3 min 3 s
Channel: Energy & Commerce GOP

Energy & Commerce GOP

May 21, 2026

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 Chairman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (NJ-06).

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Good morning and thank you for all attending today's markup of 16 bills touching on issues across the committee's jurisdiction. Today's markup includes the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act sponsored by Congresswoman Miller-Meeks which establishes a pilot program at EPA to help build out recycling infrastructure in areas that currently lack household recycling. The bill also includes provisions to improve the collection of data regarding recycling rates and help identify areas for improvement. We have also worked across the aisle on our title of the surface transportation reauthorization and I want to commend the members of and staff across the whole committee for their hard work to get us to where we are. Matt Furlow who has led that effort I don't know if he's in the room right now on our side and working with the committee members on your side. I think about everybody you could possibly work with Matt has worked with and all I hear from people who've worked with him is that what an outstanding person he is. I wish he was in the room but maybe he's watching on C-SPAN. So this so thanks Matt. So this package modernizes the automotive industry and ensures that NHTSA has the tools it needs to ensure motor vehicle safety. The package also includes important priorities for many of our members ranging from modernizing tire regulations to strengthening flammability standards for automobiles. But having a thriving American-based automotive supply chain is also a core national security issue which is why we included a bipartisan ban on Chinese vehicles in this bill. The Chinese Communist Party has made clear that their government will use every tool at their disposable to surveil influence and manipulate Americans for their own gain. Our bipartisan approach today is to support a vibrant automotive industry, enhance safety and repel the threats coming from our adversaries in Beijing. This package makes progress on all three of those goals and I'm proud we were able to work together on this. Further today's markup builds upon the health subcommittee's work last week to advance 10 bills that increase flexibility to patients and providers, strengthen FDA's oversight of our supply chains and ensures vital public health programs continue to serve Americans. A handful of the bills before us at the committee today including the EARLY Act, the ADAPT Act and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act to name just a few focus on reauthorizing critical public health programs supporting patients by meeting them where they're at. Finally, we'll also advance bills to modernize FDA's review and enforcement authorities and we will also support two important pieces of access bills, the Choices for Increased Mobility Act and the Healthcare Efficiency through Flexibility Act which seek to reduce administrative burdens, increase flexibility for both patients and providers. I look forward to the productive discussion on these 16 bills and voting to report them to the full house.