By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Across the country 158 million Americans have health care plans sponsored by their employer or union. Some Democrats are advocating to take away millions of people’s health care plans to replace it with an expensive government-run, single-payer system. This would effectively eliminate people’s choice and raise their taxes for worse health care.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) sent a detailed letter to Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Alex Azar today reminding the Secretary that the Department does not have legal authority to implement a block grant or per capita cap on the Medicaid program. The letter follows...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) discussed in an interview with Stuart Varney on Varney & Co. how bipartisan legislation, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, will help end the illegal phone calls that have been plaguing American consumers.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee markup of H.R. 3432, the Safer Pipelines Act of 2019...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy markup on “H.R. 3432, the Safer Pipelines Act of 2019."
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today requesting updated information on the agency’s inspections of imported cosmetic products. Pallone’s request follows an alarming announcement from FDA that the agency has not conducted any foreign cosmetic inspections in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 and does not intend to conduct any inspections in FY 2020.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that William Wehrum is stepping down as Assistant Administrator for the EPA Office of Air and Radiation. Pallone and other Committee leaders launched an investigation in April of the Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG):
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman E. “Ned" Sharpless, M.D., today requesting briefings on two key agency actions related to the opioid epidemic. The Committee leaders are seeking information on the...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Today, we are here to address a major concern of consumers - those annoying and illegal robocalls. The rising tide of illegal robocalls was once a nuisance, but it has grown to threaten the way consumers view and use their telephones. If we don’t get a handle on them, I am fearful robocalls will undermine our entire phone system.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American Families."
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement after the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 3375 ) was reported to the full Energy and Commerce Committee by voice vote...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on, “Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American Families:"
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Robocalls are plaguing American consumers, scamming individuals and undermining our communications systems. Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are marking up bipartisan robocall legislation today to cut the line on robocalls once and for all. Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup on H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing its proposed rule for five Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) chemicals - a class of toxic chemicals subject to explicitly stricter standards under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman E. “Ned" Sharpless, M.D., today requesting briefings on two key agency actions related to the opioid epidemic. The Committee leaders are seeking...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, June 26, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to mark up H.R. 3432, the Safer Pipelines Act of 2019.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement on the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act (PAHPA) becoming law today.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Today, 11 House Committee chairs sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to redefine the poverty threshold-a move that would drastically shrink eligibility for public programs such as Medicaid, housing assistance, and free school meals.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a markup on Tuesday, June 25, at 2 pm in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The Subcommittee will markup bipartisan legislation to stop abusive robocall practices.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) had the following prepared remarks today at a joint Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Driving in Reverse: The Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy and Clean Car Standards:"
