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House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington said Congress needs to lift the debt ceiling and impose fiscal controls “immediately".

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are pitching legislation queued up for a floor vote this week as a salve to high gasoline and electric costs, though it remains hazy how quickly and aggressively the measure would lower prices.

House Republicans are pitching a bill this this week as a way to reduce energy costs, but it’s unclear how quickly it might lower prices.

ORLANDO, Fla. — House Republicans spent the last day of their annual issues conference discussing their top legislative priority, an energy package dubbed HR 1, that will test the new majority’s ability to unite around major legislation when it hits the floor next week.

House Republicans are rallying around an energy package that will test their ability to unite around major legislation.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s budget request would allocate billions of dollars for climate and low-carbon energy programs just as Republicans press for less environmental protection and more fossil fuel production, muddying the outlook for potential areas of agreement.

Biden's budget request would spend billions on climate and low-carbon energy programs as Republicans press for more fossil fuel production.

WASHINGTON — The House will take up legislation on energy issues during the last week of March, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Wednesday.

The House will take up legislation on energy issues during the last week of March, the chamber's majority leader said Wednesday.

House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman says he’s optimistic there’ll be bipartisan support for a permitting overhaul this Congress.

The U.S. is spending billions to spur technology that climate scientists say is necessary but remains costly, rare and unproven at scale.