By EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) sent a letter to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel today requesting an investigation into whether there is a pattern of prohibited personnel practices taking place at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats today sent Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg a list of hundreds of follow-up questions that he could either not answer at the hearing or questions that Democratic Committee members developed as a result of his testimony before the Committee.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today advanced 57 bills to the full Energy and Commerce Committee. Of the bills, 56 were focused on ways to help combat the opioid crisis. #SubHealth also considered the bipartisan, bicameral reauthorization of the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA).
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following an announcement from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on new efforts to address youth access to tobacco products, including JUUL and other e-cigarettes...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders today requested the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement of federal health and environmental safeguards, including EPA’s oversight of state enforcement programs. The request...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The 21st Century Cures Act does more than accelerate the critical cycle of discovering new cures and treatments, developing them, and delivering them. The landmark law also made a number of important mental health reforms. Many of these reforms received critical resources in a government funding package that was signed into law by President Trump last month.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), formally announced a markup for Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at 1 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), yesterday held a roundtable discussion, hearing personal stories from the opioid crisis.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS), and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Benjamin Carson.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today posted a request for information regarding the use of legacy technologies in health care. These technologies, which are in use across the sector, have also been a root cause of many health care cybersecurity challenges.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-MN) sent a letter to President Trump today expressing concern that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is inappropriately issuing waivers to fuel refiners in order to undermine the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS), and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Benjamin Carson.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced it has rescheduled its hearing titled, “Do Not Call: Combating Robocalls and Caller ID Spoofing." The hearing will now take place on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.as they are posted.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (D-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today requesting that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt be placed under oath for his testimony next week, and that the hearing be expanded to include the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - All 24 Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter today to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar expressing serious concerns regarding HHS’ recent decision to, against longstanding Congressional intent, rescind existing guidance on the rights of Medicaid beneficiaries...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced details for the Thursday, April 26, 2018, hearing entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2019 Environmental Protection Agency Budget." The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will be the sole witness.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today a hearing for Thursday, April 26, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Perspectives on Reform of the CFIUS Review Process."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 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 Energy markup of five energy bills...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: Today, the top Democrats of four House Committees sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long requesting an extension of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) mission to restore power in Puerto Rico, which is currently scheduled to expire on May 18, 2018. The letter comes as news reports indicate an island-wide power outage hit Puerto Rico earlier today.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) released the following statement after the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a proposed rule to help reduce the oversupply of opioids, specifically in West Virginia after reports of pill dumping.
