By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), yesterday announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities Balance Enforcement and Patient Safety."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
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 issued the following statements in response to the publication of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) order repealing net neutrality in the Federal Register...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 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) today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the Department’s ongoing non-compliance with federal requirements, outlined in the agency’s most recent financial audit for Fiscal Year 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities Balance Enforcement and Patient Safety."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Update on the Restoration of Puerto Rico’s Electric Infrastructure."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: 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 (VA-03) released the following joint statement today in response to the Trump administration’s release of a proposed rule that would allow health insurance companies to offer short-term plans that do not comply with Affordable Care Act (ACA) consumer protection standards...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a proposed rule to allow short-term insurance plans for longer periods of time.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today demanding answers on outrageous reports of Pruitt’s luxury travel at taxpayer expense. According to multiple press reports, Pruitt has repeatedly traveled in first-class at taxpayer...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “State of the Nation’s Energy Infrastructure."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Today, following the horrific mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, all 24 Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) urging the Republican leaders to hold a hearing as soon as possible on federal investment in gun violence prevention research. The tragic school shooting in Parkland this week, which killed 17 people, is just the most recent instance of this uniquely American tragedy.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement after President Trump signed Kari’s Law, H.R. 582, into law.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today calling for a top-down review of HHS to confront the ethical lapses and conflicts of interest that have plagued the department over the past year. Secretary Azar is scheduled to appear before the Energy and Commerce Committee later today for a hearing on the Trump Administration’s budget proposal.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing continuing its record of oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Bipartisan committee leaders sent follow-up letters today to McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen, expanding on its ongoing investigation into alleged pill dumping in the state of West Virginia. Combined, these letters pose more than 70 questions and include more than 40 requests for documents about the distributors’ efforts during the height of the opioid epidemic in West Virginia.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today calling for a top-down review of HHS to confront the ethical lapses and conflicts of interest that have plagued the department over the past year. Secretary Azar is scheduled to appear before the Energy and Commerce Committee later today for a hearing on the Trump Administration’s budget proposal.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services:"
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services:"
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Last April, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, led the charge for his agency to approve rules allowing television broadcasters to greatly increase the number of stations they own. A few weeks later, Sinclair Broadcasting announced a blockbuster $3.9 billion deal to buy Tribune Media - a deal those new rules made possible.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan committee leaders sent follow-up letters today to McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen, expanding on its ongoing investigation into alleged pill dumping in the state of West Virginia. Combined, these letters pose more than 70 questions and include more than 40 requests for documents about the distributors’ efforts during the height of the opioid epidemic in West Virginia.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Bipartisan committee leaders sent follow-up letters today to McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen, expanding on its ongoing investigation into alleged pill dumping in the state of West Virginia. Combined, these letters pose more than 70 questions and include more than 40 requests for documents about the distributors’ efforts during the height of the opioid epidemic in West Virginia.
