Rep. Jeff Duncan Named Subcommittee Chairman on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security
February 3, 2023
Congressman Jeff Duncan released the following statement after being named the Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chairman on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security helps shape the United States’ energy policy, and its jurisdiction includes National energy policy, fossil energy, renewable energy, nuclear energy, nuclear facilities, the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, among others. As the Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair, Chairman Duncan is the highest-ranking South Carolinian to serve on Energy and Commerce since Congressman Isaac Holmes chaired the Committee in 1843.
“I am honored and thankful to have been selected as the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chairman,”said Congressman Jeff Duncan. “In this role, I will continue my fight for American families as our nation faces an unprecedented energy crisis due to the Biden Administration’s war on domestic energy production. I am excited to help lead on energy policy to utilize our nation’s vast natural resources, bring down skyrocketing energy costs, strengthen grid security, and re-establish American energy independence, so we are no longer relying on our adversaries to meet our energy needs.”
“Energy security is national security, and now more than ever, it is imperative that the United States is energy secure,” said Congressman Jeff Duncan. “We must utilize an all-of-the-above approach to address our nation’s energy crisis, including through nuclear energy production, which provides clean, reliable, and affordable energy 24/7/365. It is time we unleash domestic energy production and restore American energy independence and dominance.”
“Under the leadership of Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, I am confident the Committee on Energy and Commerce will address the United States’ energy crisis head-on by unleashing domestic production and delivering commonsense solutions to tackle record-high energy costs.”
Background:
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the United States House of Representatives and was originally established in 1795 as the Committee on Commerce and Manufactures. The Committee became the Committee on Energy and Commerce in 1981 because of its leading role in drafting energy policy. The Committee on Energy and Commerce has jurisdiction over telecommunications, consumer protection, food and drug safety, public health and research, environmental quality, energy policy, and interstate and foreign commerce, among other areas.
