{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://weber.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3882", "Rep. Weber\u2019s PACK Act Powers Forward, Passes Full House Energy & Commerce Committee with 25 Ayes", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Randy K. Weber, Sr.", "W000814", "weber.house.gov", "weber", "https://weber.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed Congressman Randy Weber\u2019s (TX-14) bipartisan H.R. 6832, the Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act, by a vote of 25-18, clearing the way for consideration by the full House of Representatives.\n\nThe vote marks the PACK Act\u2019s third major milestone in less than two months. The legislation received a hearing before the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee on July 22nd, advanced through the Subcommittee on September 1st, and has now passed the full Energy and Commerce Committee.\n\n\u201cToday, consumer protection won,\u201d said Congressman Weber. \u201cFamilies should not need a law degree to figure out which bin their garbage goes into, and American manufacturers should not need 50 different rulebooks to label the same product nationwide. The PACK Act backs these claims with independent third-party certification, giving Americans clearer, more trustworthy information.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe passed the Subcommittee. We cleared the full Committee 25-18. Now, the PACK Act is charging toward the House floor,\u201d Weber continued. \u201cFolks, the Golden State\u2019s garbage law, S.B. 343, should not become America\u2019s rulebook. We are putting the costly patchwork behind us and moving one commonsense national framework closer to the finish line.\u201d.\n\nThe PACK Act would:\n\nPROTECT CONSUMERS: Requires recyclable, compostable, and reusable packaging claims to be accurate and independently certified.\n\nHELP LOWER COSTS: Replaces conflicting state labeling requirements with one consistent framework for products sold nationwide.\n\nKEEP CLAIMS VOLUNTARY: Gives businesses the choice to make covered packaging claims while holding those claims to clear standards.\n\nCREATE ONE NATIONAL FRAMEWORK: Directs the Federal Trade Commission to administer consistent requirements with input from the Environmental Protection Agency and a new advisory council.\n\nPRESERVE STATE AND LOCAL CONTROL: Keeps decisions about solid waste, recycling programs, and infrastructure investment with states.\n\nThe legislation has earned support from a broad coalition of manufacturers, retailers, consumer product companies, and trade associations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Dow, National Association of Manufacturers, Consumer Brands Association, American Beverage Association, Consumer Technology Association, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo, Nestl\u00e9 USA, Keurig Dr Pepper, and McCormick & Company, and others.\n\nThe PACK Act is cosponsored by U.S. Reps. Troy Balderson (R-OH), Buddy Carter (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Adam Gray (D-CA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), David Joyce (R-OH), Nick Langworthy (R-NY), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Addison McDowell (R-NC), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Barry Moore (R-AL), Michael Rulli (R-OH), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), and Tony Wied (R-WI).\n\nWatch the full exchange here.\n\nRead my full op-ed in 535 News here.", 1, "2026-09-17T09:52:05Z", "2026-09-17T09:53:00Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://weber.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3882"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3328208588063717, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}