By EPA Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to various Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to better understand the role of PBMs in the drug supply chain.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) requesting they conduct additional research looking at questions pertaining to hospital consolidation and the financial impact it has on Medicare patients and the program.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Perfluorinated Chemicals in the Environment: An Update on the Response to Contamination and Challenges Presented."
By EPA Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing for Thursday, September 6, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Federal Efforts to Ensure Quality of Care and Resident Safety in Nursing Homes."
By EPA Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - All 10 Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment wrote to Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today renewing a request for the Chairmen to schedule a hearing on the Environmental...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Opportunities to Improve Health Care."
By EPA Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), announced details today for next week’s hearing with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on the company’s algorithms and content moderation. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, and it is entitled, “Twitter: Transparency and Accountability."
By EPA Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today urging the Commission to get to the bottom of allegations that Sinclair Broadcast Group lied to the FCC in the company’s failed attempt to acquire Tribune Media Company.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following the publication of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Inspector General (IG) report on Chairman Ajit Pai’s relationship with Sinclair Broadcasting...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After opening an investigation last year into the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS), Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced today that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will testify before the committee the afternoon of Wednesday, September 5, 2018, regarding Twitter’s algorithms and content monitoring.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Today 66 House Democrats urged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to suspend efforts to finalize a proposed rule that would roll back safety and security standards for chemical facilities established under the Obama Administration.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 23, 2018
News Release: Top House and Senate Democratic health leaders released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report today that exposes the deficiencies in the Trump Administration’s management of the 2018 Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) open enrollment period.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy & Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today warned the Trump Administration against moving forward on Medicaid waivers submitted by Kentucky and other states that violate the purpose of the Medicaid program by restricting care and creating barriers for Americans who count on the program.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Kevin McIntyre requesting an explanation for recent statements made by his Chief of Staff...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Trump announced his replacement program for the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today requested that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Inspector General David L. Hunt investigate Chairman Ajit Pai’s failure to disclose a conversation he had with White House Counsel Donald McGahn about the Sinclair-Tribune merger after Pai committed to Pallone during a Committee hearing last month that any such conversations would be disclosed in the public docket.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has approved the first generic version of the EpiPen, used to treat allergic reactions.
