By EPA Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today requesting information about what communications may have taken place between FCC...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee holds its formal organizational meeting for the 116th Congress. The meeting includes the adoption of Committee Rules, the formal appointment of subcommittee leadership and Member rosters, and adoption of the resolution setting forth subcommittee jurisdiction.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Committee’s formal organizational meeting for the 116th Congress will take place on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 at 10 am in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement in response to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar’s refusal to testify at an oversight hearing on the Trump Administration’s inhumane Family Separation Policy...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement after Hon. Ann Marie Buerkle was recently renominated to serve as the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By EPA Newswire | Jan 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) issued the following statement upon the recent renomination of Heidi King to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today requesting internal documents following a series of alarming reports yesterday on the agency’s role in the Trump Administration’s family separation crisis.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the full Republican rosters for all six subcommittees in the 116th Congress. Walden previously announced the committee’s leadership, naming the Republican Leaders for each subcommittee.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after President Trump signed H.R. 251, as amended by the Senate, into law today to extend the Chemical...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting information about the deactivation of the Energy Star Program’s website due to the ongoing government shutdown.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) today requested a briefing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on its efforts to monitor and confront the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the second deadliest outbreak in history.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement in response to Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General announcing the Trump Administration separated thousands more children than previously known...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters requesting information from six companies about the sale and misuse of cell phone geolocation data. The letters were sent to Zumingo, Microbilt, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon. The letters seek to increase transparency surrounding how U.S. wireless carriers and third parties are accessing, transferring, storing, and securing customer location information.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after announcing the subcommittee Republican Leaders for the 116th Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced the full Democratic rosters for the six subcommittees in the 116th Congress, including the six subcommittee chairs and the full Committee Vice Chair, who were elected by the Democrats on the Committee. The six subcommittees and their chairs are...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the House Republican Steering Committee selected Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) to serve on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after President Trump signed S. 512, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, into law yesterday.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai refused to brief Committee staff on why the FCC has yet to end wireless carriers’ unauthorized disclosure of consumers’ real-time location data and what actions the FCC has taken to address the issue to date...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Top Democrats from health care committees in the House and Senate today called on the Trump administration to ensure there are no premium increases or coverage losses due to the president’s reckless, unnecessary ongoing shutdown. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department have been left unfunded by the shutdown and are responsible for paying Advanced Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) and other matters that make health care more affordable for American families.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today requesting he provide an emergency briefing to Committee staff on why the FCC has yet to end wireless carriers’ unauthorized disclosure...
