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NEXT WEEK: #SubDCCP Examines Digital Advertising Ecosystem

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced a hearing for Thursday, June 14, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Understanding the Digital Advertising Ecosystem."


VIDEO: Latta Highlights the Catalyst for INFO Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released the fourth video in a series featuring committee members highlighting their legislative efforts to combat the opioid crisis. These videos will highlight just a handful of the 57 legislative solutions the committee advanced to the full House in May.


Pallone Announces Forthcoming NIH Study on Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction

News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a letter from National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins announcing the agency will ask the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to conduct a study on Medication Assisted Treatment...


Pallone Remarks at Hydropower 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 Energy hearing on “Improving the Hydropower Licensing Process:"


Walden and Burgess on House Passage of Rescissions Package

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, by a vote of 210-206.


Pallone & Markey Introduce Bills to Stop Robocalls

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today introduced the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 6026) in the House of Representatives to stop abusive robocall practices. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced similar legislation in the Senate today as well.


News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing today to review a discussion draft that would reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act. H.R. __, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2018, drafted by Reps.


Walden and Pallone on Facebook’s Data-Sharing Partnerships with Chinese Companies

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on Facebook allowing Chinese technology companies access to data of users and users’ friends without explicit consent.


GAO Calls on CMS to Take Further Action on Efforts to Limit Improper Payments

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) is making recommendations that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) take action to help address improper payments in the Medicaid program.


Pallone Remarks at Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization 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 Health hearing on “Examining the Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act:"


Pallone and Walden on Facebook’s Data-Sharing Partnerships with Chinese Companies

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on Facebook allowing Chinese technology companies access to data of users and users’ friends without explicit consent...


VIDEO: Carter Talks About Efforts to Empower Pharmacists During the #OpioidCrisis

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released the second video in a series featuring committee members highlighting their legislative efforts to combat the opioid crisis. These videos will highlight just a handful of the 57 legislative solutions the committee advanced to the full House in May.


Pallone & Doyle Request Immediate Scheduling of FCC Oversight Hearing

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 full committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn requesting they fulfill their commitment to hold oversight hearings of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by immediately rescheduling a hearing that was postponed on February 16.


Bipartisan E&C, Senate HELP Leaders Press HHS for Answers on Health Care Cybersecurity Efforts

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan and bicameral health care leaders today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) raising concerns about the department’s implementation of a portion of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015. The leaders requested information regarding the “Cyber Threat Preparedness Report" (CTPR), as well as other important status updates.


Bipartisan E&C, Senate HELP Leaders Press HHS for Answers on Health Care Cybersecurity Efforts

News Release: Bipartisan and bicameral health care leaders today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) raising concerns about the department’s implementation of a portion of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015. The leaders requested information regarding the “Cyber Threat Preparedness Report" (CTPR), as well as other important status updates.


Walden & Burgess on POTUS Signing Childhood Cancer STAR Act into 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) today issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law S. 292, the Childhood Cancer STAR Act.


Pallone Blasts FCC on Misleading Cyberattack Claims

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after a new report from Gizmodo detailed concerted efforts by Federal Communication Commission (FCC) officials to spread unsubstantiated claims that a distributed denial-of-service-attacks (DDoS) disrupted the public comment docket in the weeks prior to the vote to repeal net neutrality...


Walden and Burgess on 2018 Medicare Trustees Report

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 release of the 2018 Medicare Trustees Report.


Pallone on Medicare, Social Security Solvency Report

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement on a report from the Trustees of Social Security and Medicare indicating that Medicare will become insolvent three years earlier than previous projections...


VIDEO: Walberg Spotlights Jessie’s Law

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released the first video in a series featuring committee members highlighting their legislative efforts to combat the opioid crisis. These videos will highlight just a handful of the 57 legislative solutions the committee advanced to the full House in May.