The House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s section of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act boosts domestic energy production, advances American technological leadership, and strengthens, secures, and sustains Medicaid for generations to come.
Here is what stakeholders are saying:
American Exploration and Production Council, Anne Bradbury, Chief Executive Officer: “Congress is taking a critical step towards unleashing American energy with this legislation, including by temporarily eliminating the punitive natural gas tax and alleviating pain points that have stymied the build out of American energy. Advancing this legislation is fundamental to ensuring American-made energy remains affordable, reliable, and globally competitive.”
American Petroleum Institute (API), Mike Sommers, President and Chief Executive Officer: “We applaud the House Energy and Commerce Committee for taking an important first step toward abolishing the ‘methane fee’ while also advancing important progress on permitting for infrastructure and U.S. LNG. We look forward to working with the EPA and Congress to ensure a smart regulatory framework for continued American energy development, and we hope that the final package includes the permanent repeal of this punitive tax.”
Americans for Prosperity (AFP), Brent Gardner, Chief Government Affairs Office: “On behalf of our members nationwide, we applaud Chairman Guthrie and all the Members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee who demonstrated a clear commitment to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse wherever they found it. Americans deserve a government that respects their tax dollars, fixes what’s broken, and works for the people who rely on it. The legislation coming out of this committee is an important first step to improving and modernizing our federal government and focusing programs and services on helping the people they were created to help.”
Broadcom: “In its reconciliation draft, @HouseCommerce rightly highlights the #6GHz band's crucial role in #Wi-Fi/#broadband #innovation for consumers and businesses. The @FCC's 2020 move was a game-changer for US economic growth and global #tech #leadership.”
Center for Individual Freedom: “We commend @HouseCommerce for working to restore critical spectrum auction authority and for supporting unlicensed access to the 6 GHz band—essential for the future of Wi-Fi and innovation.”
Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE): “Kudos to President Trump, Speaker Johnson, and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Guthrie for focusing Medicaid benefits on children, mothers, people with disabilities and the elderly; restoring guardrails to prevent Medicaid fraud and verify eligibility; adopting work requirements for capable adults; preventing money laundering schemes that inappropriately subsidize health insurance for illegal aliens; preventing Medicaid funding for ‘gender reassignment’ surgery on children; and protecting taxpayers from being forced to fund the Big Abortion industry. We strongly support inclusion of these provisions in the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’”
Cisco: “Restoring @FCC auction authority and preserving access to 6 GHz for Wi-Fi are critical for U.S. technology leadership and economic growth. Thanks, @RepGuthrie, for working to advance these critical goals.”
Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE): “Thanks to @HouseCommerce for taking steps to ensure Americans stay connected—restoring auction authority and protecting the 6 GHz band helps power the Wi-Fi we all rely on.”
Consumer Technology Association: “@CTATech is pleased that language was included in the @HouseCommerce's reconciliation bill to 1) renew the @FCC's spectrum auction authority & 2) preserve the 6 GHz band for #WiFi.”
CTIA, Ajit Pai, President and Chief Executive Officer: “On behalf of the wireless industry, I commend House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Guthrie, Committee members, and the White House for their leadership in including reauthorization of FCC spectrum auction authority with a pipeline of 600 megahertz of spectrum for full-power, licensed commercial use in the House Energy & Commerce Budget Reconciliation text. This concrete pipeline, paired with clear deadlines, is critical to meeting consumer demand for mobile connectivity, promoting U.S. economic competitiveness, and protecting national security. We urge Congress to advance this legislation quickly so that America’s wireless providers can put these airwaves to work–creating jobs, growing our economy, fostering competition and innovation across industries, and restoring America’s global leadership in wireless.”
Eagle Forum, Kris Ulman, President: “...we support the House Energy and Commerce language that eliminates federal funding of abortion mills and gender transition procedures. The American taxpayers have been forced to prop up the abortion industry by giving millions of dollars to non-profit organizations like Planned Parenthood despite their billion-dollar budgets. They have aided human trafficking, disregarded laws on late-term and partial-birth abortions, and blatantly lied to women about their options. Now, with only brief telehealth appointments, they are not only handing out do-it-yourself abortion drugs, but cross-sex hormones as well that could permanently sterilize young men and women. The Energy and Commerce language to prohibit insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act from covering these types of egregious procedures at any age and plans under Medicaid and CHIP for minors are necessary steps in protecting individuals who are being coerced into the transgender agenda.”
INCOMPAS, Chip Pickering, Chief Executive Officer: “I applaud Chairman Guthrie on investing in the transformative potential of AI to modernize government through the reconciliation package. This is a critical use of resources that fosters innovation, will result in cost savings, and reinforces US leadership in AI. To ensure the success of that effort it is essential to put a hold on burdensome state regulations. I’m also pleased to see the Committee put forward a solution to streamline and expedite energy deployment. Bolstering our energy and digital infrastructure is essential to winning the AI race against China.”
Innovation Economy Institute: “If you love innovation you have to be grateful to @HouseCommerce taking action to revive #spectrum auction authority and protect the 6 GHz band—essential steps to support next-gen #Wi-Fi and innovation.”
March for Life: “We applaud Speaker Mike Johnson, Chairman Brett Guthrie, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee for including a provision to defund Big Abortion providers. Congressional action to stop taxpayer funding of elective abortions is long overdue. Under this bill, instead of spending taxpayer dollars to end the lives of innocent unborn children and put their mothers at risk of harm, these funds will now be redirected to community based, qualified healthcare providers that support both mother and child.”
National Apartment Association, National Multifamily Housing Council, Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center: “We are particularly supportive of provisions in the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Budget Reconciliation package that would prevent the enactment of duplicative or burdensome AI regulations at the state and local levels. As our organizations have consistently said in the past, a fragmented regulatory approach in data management, security and technology risks stifling innovation and increasing compliance costs. This ultimately undermines the benefits these systems and technologies offer to renters and housing providers alike.”
National Association of Manufacturers, Charles Crain, Managing Vice President of Policy: “On behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers and the 13 million people who make things in America, thank you for your work on the House’s reconciliation bill. Passing a reconciliation package with pro-manufacturing energy, environment, health, technology, and tax policies is a crucial component of the NAM’s comprehensive manufacturing strategy—which will support our industry’s efforts to drive investment, job creation, and growth in America.”
National Pro-Life Leaders Network: “As pro-life state legislators from across the country who are members of the National Pro-Life Leaders Network, we are deeply concerned with the way that big abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood prey on unborn children and hurt women, all while receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from American taxpayers. With a Republican trifecta in Washington, it is time to use the budget reconciliation process to defund big abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. We urge you to include language in the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Finance Committee Budget Reconciliation bills to defund these bad actors.”
National Retail Federation, David French, Executive Vice President, Government Relations: “The National Retail Federation (NRF) applauds the passage of a temporary moratorium on the enforcement of state-level laws regulating artificial intelligence (AI) models and systems in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s budget reconciliation bill… A temporary moratorium on state-level AI legislation will help prevent the emergence of a fragmented regulatory landscape that could hinder both technological advancement and economic growth.”
Save Rare Treatments Task Force: “The Save Rare Treatments Task Force strongly supports the inclusion of the ORPHAN Cures Act (H.R. 946) as part of the House budget reconciliation package. The ORPHAN Cures Act is a bipartisan, critically necessary, targeted legislative fix to unintended consequences in current law. The ORPHAN Cures Act will help millions of Americans with rare diseases by restoring research and development incentives to develop the next generation of treatments and cures…The Save Rare Treatments Task Force encourages the House Energy & Commerce Committee to advance the provisions of the ORPHAN Cures Act so that this needed legislation can eventually become law.”
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, Karen Kerrigan, President and Chief Executive Officer: “SBE Council applauds the House Energy and Commerce Committee for advancing a reconciliation bill that includes overdue reforms to strengthen Medicaid for eligible individuals in need; strategic AI policy that advances a measured regulatory approach to promote innovation and adoption; and the reauthorization of spectrum auction authority for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).”
Students for Life Action (SFLAction), Kristan Hawkins, President: “The Pro-Life Generation is celebrating a milestone as the U.S. House Energy & Commerce budget bill includes defunding Planned Parenthood and all abortion vendors in the base text, directing healthcare investment for families toward those who protect and promote health rather than end it for profit. This good news comes as horrified voters learned that Planned Parenthood got a 13% pay raise from taxpayers, raking in more than $790 million as the ended more than 402,000 young lives, according to their newly released annual report…Students for Life Action thanks Chairman Brett Guthrie, the GOP committee members, and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson for fighting to protect the least of these.”
Wi-Fi Alliance: “Wi-Fi Alliance commends Chairman Brett Guthrie and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for introducing the budget reconciliation text. This legislative initiative represents a positive step toward strengthening the United States’ communications infrastructure and ensuring continued spectrum innovation. We are especially encouraged that the bill explicitly excludes the 5.925–7.125 GHz frequency range. This provision is vital to preserving unlicensed access to the entire 6 GHz band — a foundational resource for the future of Wi-Fi technology. By providing much-needed regulatory clarity, the bill encourages continued investment and innovation in next-generation Wi-Fi technologies, which are already delivering transformative benefits to consumers, enterprises, and public institutions.”
WifiForward: “The House E&C text includes an allocation for 6 GHz WiFi—demonstrating its continued commitment to the 2020 Trump Admin decision. We look forward to continued engagement with lawmakers to ensure America’s spectrum policy reflects American consumer demand.”
WISPA: “WISPA members understand the importance of a stable regulatory landscape when planning and executing on investment decisions. We congratulate the Energy and Commerce Committee for including language to protect the current status of the 6 GHz band in their bill, and we support provisions such as this one that bring predictability to broadband investment, and better services to Americans in rural and under-resourced parts of the country.”
Comprehensive list of organizations supporting provisions within the Committee on Energy and Commerce’s section of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act:
American Exploration and Production Council; American Petroleum Institute (API); Americans for Prosperity; Broadcom; Center for Individual Freedom; Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE); Cisco; Consumer Action for a Strong Economy; Consumer Technology Association; CTIA; Eagle Forum; INCOMPAS; Independent Women’s Forum; Innovation Economy Institute; March for Life; National Apartment Association; National Association of Manufacturers; National Multifamily Housing Council; National Pro-Life Leaders Network; National Retail Federation; National Taxpayers Union; Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center; SBA Pro-Life America; Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council; Students for Life Action (SFLAction); Wi-Fi Alliance; WifiForward; WISPA
