By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks during a Health Subcommittee markup on his amendment that urged the Committee to hold at least one hearing on the status and welfare of the children separated from their families as a result of the Trump Administration’s “Zero Tolerance" policy. The Pallone amendment failed to pass after all Subcommittee Republicans voted against it unanimously...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Environment markup of two nuclear waste bills...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today highlighted the Trump administration’s total lack of compliance with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Department of Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the Compassionate Calling and Immigrant Family Reunification Act of 2018 today to put an end to the abusive practice of charging detained immigrant parents extortionary rates to use the phone to either contact their children that...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today expressing his enduring grave concerns about the well-being of children currently in the custody of HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), who were traumatically separated from their parents under the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance" immigration policy.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today to discuss draft legislation to reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). WHY: #SubCommTech Chairman Blackburn said, “Make no mistake, the...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced their latest efforts to improve the integrity of the Medicaid program following the release of state Medicaid data scorecards earlier this month.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today on the benefits of American oil and gas development, and the associated jobs, economic development, energy security advantages, and geopolitical impacts. WHY: “Today, we are holding this hearing to take a closer...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 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 Communications and Technology hearing on “Discussion Draft: National Telecommunications and Information Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018:"
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 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 Energy hearing titled “The Shifting Geopolitics of Oil and Gas:"
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a markup for Wednesday, June 27, 2018 in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building at 11:00 a.m. or 15 minutes after the conclusion the Subcommittee on Health markup, whichever is later.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today announced a markup for Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today on the current status of and future issues with the advanced biofuels component of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). WHY: “Unfortunately, cellulosic biofuels have not progressed as well as hoped," said...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 931, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017, by unanimous consent. H.R. 931 first passed the House in September 2017, by voice vote. The Senate passed the bill, with an amendment, in May by unanimous consent. H.R. 931 now heads to the President’s desk for signature.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Rep. Jerry McNerney delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Advanced Biofuels Under the Renewable Fuel Standard: Current Status and Future Prospects:"
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky's (D-IL) remarks as prepared for delivery for the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommitttee hearing on “H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017":
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced that they are now accepting applications for Tribal Opioid Response Grants.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ahead of the House’s vote on H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act, 161 patient advocacy groups wrote to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) urging the House’s swift, bipartisan support.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today to examine H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017. #SubDCCP members heard from expert witnesses representing a range of perspectives about this legislation and its impact...
