House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Interstate and foreign commerce generally, national energy policy, energy production, supply, pricing and regulation, electric power, interstate and foreign communications, public health and quarantine, health facilities, biomedical research, consumer protection, and regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry.

House Committee on Energy and Commerce has 54 members, made up of 30 Republicans and 24 Democrats. Brett Guthrie chairs it. Frank Pallone, Jr. is the ranking member, which is the senior post held by the minority party. House committee assignments are made at the start of each 2-year Congress, so membership can change substantially after every general election. The membership below is generated from the roster this site maintains against clerk.house.gov and senate.gov.

Jurisdiction source: House Rule X

How business reaches this committee

House Rule X gives this committee the subjects above. Each bill introduced in the House is referred to the committee whose Rule X jurisdiction covers its primary subject, and a bill that spans several subjects can go to more than one committee at once. This committee then decides whether to hold hearings, amend the text and report it to the floor.

Subcommittees

The committee divides its work among 6 subcommittees:

  • Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
  • Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Energy
  • Subcommittee on Environment
  • Subcommittee on Health
  • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Who serves on it

54 representatives sit on the committee: 30 Republicans and 24 Democrats. That gives the majority 30 of the 54 seats. Brett Guthrie is the chair. Neal P. Dunn is the vice chair. Frank Pallone, Jr. is the ranking member. They sit for 54 districts, and each of those districts has its own page on this site.

Following its work

Hearing notices, markup schedules, witness lists and published reports live on the committee’s own site, linked at the top of this page. The full member list below links to each member’s page here, with contact details and the seat they hold. For background on how seats and chairs are handed out, read How congressional committees work. For what happens to a bill after a committee reports it, read How a bill becomes law. To look up who represents a particular place, start at Browse all 435 districts.

Members

54 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.

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