"The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold its first hearing under the chamber’s new Democratic majority on climate change.

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), who became the panel’s chairman Thursday when the new Democratic-majority House was sworn in, said climate will come before other major issues within Energy and Commerce’s broad jurisdiction, including health care and technology.

Pallone said he is dedicating the first hearing to climate is meant in part to highlight how Democrats believe Republicans ignored the issue during their eight years in the majority."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill January 3, 2019. [2]