By EPA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) today held a hearing examining the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) role in combating the opioid crisis.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) and the Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) today held a joint hearing examining the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Fiscal Year 2019 budget request.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2018
News Release: Today, the three House Democratic leaders of the Committees with jurisdiction over health care, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), released a joint statement denouncing the Republicans’ partisan proposal regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously passed S. 2030, the Ceiling Fan Conservation Harmonization Act by voice vote. Nearly identical legislation authored by Rep. Richard Hudson (H.R. 3477 ) passed the committee in January.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today announced the dates of three additional budget and oversight hearings for the committee.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) issued the following statement after the Trump Administration released its plan to combat the opioid crisis.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS), an upgraded data system that holds great potential to ensure the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of Medicaid data.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement on the passing of Rep. Louise Slaughter of New York.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s issuance of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to consider a product standard to lower nicotine in cigarettes to minimally or non-addictive levels...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Thursday, March 22, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislative Hearing on Four Communications Bills."
By EPA Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) and House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) issued the following statements after leading a letter, along with 42 Republican Members of both committees, to the Department...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing to review a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA). The discussion draft was released by bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its third hearing as part of the committee’s ‘DOE Modernization ’ series. #SubEnergy members reviewed four bipartisan bills to enhance the Department of Energy’s ability to address energy supply emergencies and cybersecurity threats to the energy sector, including pipelines and the electric grid.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
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 “Reauthorization of Animal Drug User Fees: ADUFA and AGDUFA:"
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting that he schedule a hearing on Cigna’s recently proposed plan to acquire Express Scripts for $67 billion and CVS’s proposed merger with Aetna for $69 billion that was announced last December.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “DOE Modernization: Legislation Addressing Cybersecurity and Emergency Response:"
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a two-day hearing, beginning on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Prevention and Public Health Solutions." The second day of the hearing will be held on Thursday, March 22, 2018, at 10 a.m. in the same room.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the introduction of H.R 5228, the Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now (SCREEN) Act, which would increase funding to and expand the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority to prevent illegally manufactured opioids, including heroin and fentanyl, from arriving overseas through the mail.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement tonight following the defeat of the House Republicans’ Right-to-Try legislation...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) announced a hearing for Tuesday, March 20, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Role in Combating the Opioid Epidemic."
