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#SubDCCP Discusses Keeping Roads Safe from Drug-Impaired Driving

News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today discussing the latest efforts to detect and prevent drug-impaired driving. WHY: #SubDCCP Chairman Latta said, “Everyone knows driving while under the influence of alcohol is...


Pallone & Doyle Request GAO Review Local Broadcasting Agreements’ Effects on Competition, Localism & Diversity

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) today sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the effect local broadcaster agreements have on the...


Pallone Remarks at 340B Drug Pricing Program Hearing

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Opportunities to Improve the 340B Drug Pricing Program:"


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Powering America: The Role of Energy Storage in the Nation’s Electricity System."


Doyle Remarks at Communications Privacy Hearing

News Release: Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on “Protecting Customer Proprietary Network Information in the Internet Age:"


NEXT WEEK: FTC Commissioners to Testify Before #SubDCCP

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 9:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission."


News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today on protecting customer proprietary network information, or CPNI, in today’s digital marketplace across a range of communications networks. WHY: #SubCommTech Chairman Blackburn said, ...


Pallone Remarks at Drugged Driving Hearing

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 “Drugged Driving:"


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today expressing their deep concern ahead of an anticipated vote at the FCC later this week eliminating the agency’s traditional role of helping consumers resolve informal complaints.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup for Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.


Pallone Blasts Trump Admin’s Navigator Funding Cuts

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today blasting the Trump Administration’s announcement that it would slash funding to $10 million for the Affordable Care Act Navigators program...


Lawmakers Seek Renewable Energy Path for Puerto Rico

News Release: Today, three key federal lawmakers wrote to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), calling for the utility to incorporate renewable energy sources as the beleaguered Island’s energy production and distribution systems are modernized.


HEARING: #SubOversight to Examine State Efforts to Bolster Transparency of Health Care Costs

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing for Tuesday, July 17, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining State Efforts to Improve Transparency of Health Care Costs for Consumers."


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Realizing the Benefits of Rural Broadband: Challenges and Solutions."


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 touring facilities with their colleagues where children detained at the U.S.-Mexico border have been held.


E&C Leaders Press Apple and Google on Third-Party Access, Audio and Location Data Collection

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today sent letters to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Larry Page to probe the companies’ representation of third-party access to consumer data, and the collection and use of audio recording data as well as location information via iPhone and Android devices.


Walden and Burgess on Firefighter Cancer Registry Act Becoming Law

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 President Trump signed into law H.R. 931, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017.


Pallone Requests Hearing on REMS Abuse

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today requested Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) schedule a hearing to examine misuse of the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) program by pharmaceutical manufacturers in an effort to block, impede, or delay generic competitors from coming to market.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement this evening following the announcement that the Trump Administration would stop making risk adjustment payments to insurance companies...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation...