By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Today, House and Senate Democratic health leaders strongly urged the Trump Administration to put American families first and establish a general Special Enrollment Period (SEP) so that people affected by the coronavirus pandemic can sign up for health coverage. House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Four bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons today urging increased vigilance and enforcement actions against scams as the recently signed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is implemented.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Four bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons today urging increased vigilance and enforcement actions against scams as the recently signed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is implemented.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to adopt a $200 million telehealth program to support health care providers and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds were appropriated as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai demanding the FCC reassure broadcasters that the agency will not revoke licenses for airing legally protected speech.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -As Americans receive illegal robocalls during the COVID-19 outbreak, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) and Chair Mike Doyle (D-PA) penned a bipartisan letter urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to use the enforcement tools they were given under last year’s congressional effort to stop robocalls.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a joint statement today condemning President Trump’s decision not to establish a special Affordable Care Act open enrollment period in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) releasing its draft risk evaluation of asbestos...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Fourteen House Committee Chairs sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought today requesting an immediate extension of public comment periods, hearings and meetings due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Committee leaders asked that OMB direct agencies to extend public comment periods by at least 45 days beyond the end of the declared national emergency.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement after the release...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 31, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Greg Walden (R-OR) joined U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Tom Carper (D-DE) to send a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Kristine Svinicki asking the agency use its authority to temporarily defer the collection of fees and charges from NRC licensees.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a joint statement today...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after joining his House colleagues to pass the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to bring much-needed relief to American workers, businesses, and families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: The American people expect us to set partisanship aside in times of crisis and do what’s best for our country and for constituents, and that’s what we are doing today.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed by voice vote H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the third major legislation passed by Congress to respond to the coronavirus pandemic...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee GOP Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the Senate’s bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, urging his colleagues to swiftly pass the measure when it comes to the House.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) applauds wireless service providers for waiving wireless voice and data overage fees and encourages all providers temporarily make as much data available as possible, as quick as possible, to existing devices so families can access mobile broadband at home immediately during this crisis period.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement today after President Trump signed the Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020 (S. 893 ) and the Broadband DATA Act (S. 1822) into law...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee GOP Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee GOP Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement today after President Trump signed the Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2020 (S. 893 ) and the Broadband DATA Act (S. 1822 ) into law...
