By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: At the outset, I do want to thank the Committee leadership for working with us on a number of drug pricing bills we will consider today. We needed to ensure these bills didn’t unintentionally stifle competition and drive up drug prices. I am pleased that we were able to work together since the subcommittee...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act, was favorably reported to the full House of Representatives by a vote of 30-22...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 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 legislative hearing on Wednesday, April 10 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building on a series of bills...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following opening remarks today at a full Committee markup of 14 bills...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 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, April 10, at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) introduced the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act. The bill helps to address the opioid crisis by ensuring that medical providers have access to the full medical history of patients suffering from substance use disorders.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Diabetes is a life-long disease that impacts the lives of millions of Americans, including more than 300,000 Oregonians. Due to the significant research and development efforts of biopharmaceutical companies, there are over 30 types of innovative insulin available in the United States that come in a variety of different formulations and in different delivery mechanisms. There are also numerous oral medications available for type 2 diabetics to help manage their disease.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Priced Out of a Lifesaving Drug: The Human Cost of Rising Insulin Prices:"
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 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) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on oversight of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) had the following prepared remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on “Lessons from Across the Nation: State and Local Action to Combat Climate Change:"
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery on the House Floor today in support of House Resolution 271, Condemning the Trump Administration’s Legal Campaign to Take Away Americans’ Health Care, are enclosed below...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: As you and I have discussed, Republicans are ready and willing to work with you on policies to continue America’s leadership role in developing innovative technologies to produce energy with little or no emissions. Republicans are ready and willing to work with you on conservation, innovation, adaptation and preparation policies that help the environment and don’t harm consumers.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 9, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full-Committee markup on Wednesday, April 3, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Committee will markup legislation...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Four House and Senate Democratic Committee leaders today requested that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson review whether the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma adhered to federal regulations and ethics requirements regarding the awarding of millions of dollars in questionable CMS contracts to Republican communications consultants for her own benefit.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on new reports that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma directed millions of dollars in contracts to Republican communications consultants...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 29, 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 Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle expressing their concerns about a recent report showing that...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following a U.S. District Court decision striking down the Trump Administration’s attempts to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee markup on H.R. 1781, H.R. 938, H.R. 1520, H.R. 1503, H.R. 1499, H.R. 965, H.R. 1385, H.R. 1386, H.R. 1425, H.R. 987, H.R. 986, H.R. 1010...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 2, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office...
