By EPA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: I’d like to thank our witness, Dr. James Matthews, Executive Director for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, more commonly known as MedPAC. MedPAC provides a valuable service to lawmakers in Congress, as an independent, non-partisan commission providing data analysis and policy recommendations to improve the Medicare system. We value this input and appreciate the work of the commission.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 1 at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) cleanup of nuclear and hazardous waste sites. The hearing is entitled, “DOE’s Mounting Cleanup Costs: Billions in Environmental Liability and Growing."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to six federal agencies today requesting briefings on efforts to address the alarming rate of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. Since 1987, the number of reported pregnancy-related deaths in America has more than doubled from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births to 18.0 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2014.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to six federal agencies today requesting briefings on efforts to address the alarming rate of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. Since 1987, the number of reported pregnancy-related deaths in America has more than doubled from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births to 18.0 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2014.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 1 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, on reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Act. The hearing is entitled, “The State of Pipeline Safety and Security in America."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders wrote today to Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressing their concern about reports of a massive database of precise location information on hundreds of millions of consumers, known inside Google as “Sensorvault, " and requesting a briefing and answers on how this information is used both inside and outside the company.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 23, 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) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on legislation to protect consumers from abusive robocalls...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders wrote today to Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressing their concern about reports of a massive database of precise location information on hundreds of millions of consumers, known inside Google as “Sensorvault," and requesting a briefing and answers on how this information is used both inside and outside the company.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 30, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Prescription Drug Coverage in the Medicare Program."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to request a briefing on the efforts CDC is taking to educate the public and prevent heat illnesses among youth athletes. Pallone’s letter comes in the wake of several of these avoidable tragedies, including one affecting a family in his home state of New Jersey.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its new rule regulating the use of asbestos...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce leaders sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar expressing their serious concerns regarding the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Title X family planning services grants awarded in March. The letter was signed by Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO).
By EPA Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote today to Deputy Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Heidi King to reassume the Committee’s traditional role of oversight over the Agency.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rep. Donna Shalala (D-FL) announced the introduction of the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 today. Pallone unveiled the legislation at an event in New Jersey alongside public health advocates. The new legislation aims to address the sharp rise in use of tobacco and e-cigarette products among young people.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: On the 100th day of the 116th Congress, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) highlighted the Committee’s activity up to this point of strengthening the economy, creating good paying jobs, providing much-needed relief to consumers, combating climate change and conducting robust oversight.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced their strategy to strengthen America’s position in the race to 5G, support the next generation of wireless connectivity, and connect rural communities to digital opportunity.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chair Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a series of letters today to eight utility companies and the law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth (Hunton) ...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Priced Out of a Lifesaving Drug: Getting Answers on the Rising Cost of Insulin:"
By EPA Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: I would also like to thank our DOE witnesses, Assistant Secretary Daniel Simmons and Mr. James Campos, for appearing before us today. Daniel actually testified at our last Subcommittee hearing, so we welcome him back for another round of questioning.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Trump signed two executive orders granting himself wide-reaching authority to control and approve pipeline infrastructure projects...
