By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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 Tuesday, April 2, at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act of 2019...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: I’d just like to reiterate here at the beginning that I remain committed to a bipartisan solution to preserving a free and open internet. I believe it is achievable and I want to express to my friends on the other side of the aisle that our offers to work together are genuine and have been made in good faith.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) issued the following joint statement today after the Trump Administration wrote to the Fifth Circuit urging the court to uphold the district court ruling in Texas v. United States striking down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: House Democratic leaders today unveiled a sweeping bill that would protect people living with pre-existing conditions, lower health care costs for consumers, and reverse the Trump Administration’s harmful actions to sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions & Making...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) issued the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1839, the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019, by voice vote. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA).
By EPA Newswire | Mar 25, 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 markup on Wednesday, March 27, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The Subcommittee will markup 12 bills to lower Americans’ health care and prescription drug costs.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1839, the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019. This package of bills includes short-term extensions of several key Medicaid programs that have previously passed the House on a bipartisan basis.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 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 markup on Tuesday, March 26, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) issued the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the health and safety studies it used to conduct its risk evaluation of Pigment Violet 29 (PV29) - studies the Agency had previously refused to make public after wrongly claiming that they constituted “Confidential Business Information":
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler today requesting that EPA immediately release the health and safety studies it used to conduct its risk evaluation of Pigment Violet 29 (PV29), a chemical commonly found in paints and plastics.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a list of 40 chemicals that it will consider for risk evaluations, a requirement under the 2016 Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-DE) are raising new questions about whether Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials William Wehrum and David Harlow helped to...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 20, 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 to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today asking how it would use additional resources to protect consumer privacy and increase data security...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency releasing its final rule regulating methylene chloride, a toxic chemical commonly used as a paint stripper...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on “Enhancing Vehicle Technology to Prevent Drunk Driving:"
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at a press conference where House Republican Committee Leaders called for hearings on the Green New Deal. The leaders also sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) this morning urging her to direct the Democratic Chairmen of the committees of jurisdiction to schedule hearings on the Green New Deal.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Republican Committee Leaders today sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) urging her to direct the Democratic Chairmen of the committees of jurisdiction to schedule hearings on the Green New Deal.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: 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) today began an investigation into the concerning practices of Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance (STLDI) health care plans and insurance brokers by requesting documents and information from twelve companies that either sell or assist consumers in signing up for these junk plans.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Techonology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requesting the committee to take up bipartisan self-driving vehicle legislation.
