
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed four bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee bills that will expand broadband infrastructure and strengthen public safety communications.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 26, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “MACRA and MIPS: An Update on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “21st Century Cures Implementation: Examining Mental Health Initiatives:"

By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 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) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will establish a working group to review importing prescription drugs from other countries during the case of a price hike.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Vice Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today demanding answers after the Administration slashed funding for the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Navigators program.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing to get a status update on the implementation of the landmark mental health reforms included in the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures). The reforms were based largely on the bipartisan Helping Families in Mental...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “21st Century Cures Implementation: Updates from FDA and NIH."

By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters requesting information from location data aggregator LocationSmart and third-party services Securus Technologies and 3CInteractive regarding reports of misuse of personally identifiable consumer location information collected by wireless providers.

By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s rollback of the coal ash rule...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced two bills to the House of Representatives for consideration.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Powering America: The Role of Energy Storage in the Nation’s Electricity System:"

By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Background on Renewable Identification Numbers under the Renewable Fuel Standard."

By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today on the growth of large-scale energy storage in the United States, the unique reliability attributes energy storage provides for the electric grid, and the use and impacts of energy storage within wholesale electricity...

By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today with the commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). #SubDCCP members received an update on the FTC’s mission and current priorities including data privacy and consumer...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee Markup of H.R. 6351, Advancing U.S. Civil Nuclear Competitiveness and Jobs Act; and H.R. 6378, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018...

By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bicameral leaders today sent a letter to the CERT Coordination Center (CERT-CC) following up on concerns raised about coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD) practices amid the Spectre and Meltdown cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Examining State Efforts to Improve Transparency of Health Care Costs for Consumers:"

By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on the Environment markup of “H.R. 3128, New Source Review Permitting Reform:"