By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the drug supply chain.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the coming days, the House of Representatives will consider a Continuing Resolution (CR) that includes H.R. 3922, the CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act. H.R. 3922, which first passed the House last month on a bipartisan vote. H.R. 3922 will extend funding for CHIP, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and other important public health programs.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
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 “The Impacts and Future of North American Energy Trade:"
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today marks the one-year anniversary of the 21st Century Cures Act becoming law. This game-changing law brings our health care innovation infrastructure into the 21st Century, delivering hope for patients and loved ones, and providing necessary resources to researchers to continue their efforts to uncover the next generation of cures and treatments.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement this morning calling on the Trump Administration to extend the Open Enrollment period through January 2018...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing entitled, “The Impacts and Future of North American Energy Trade."
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
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 titled “Examining the Drug Supply Chain:"
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), and the Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), teamed up for a joint hearing on the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program (CAFE) and greenhouse gas (GHG) standards set for motor vehicles and their impact on innovation, jobs, and consumer choices.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Today, President Trump signed two bills into law, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report and HR. 4374, legislation to address a provision within the NDAA.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a joint hearing of the Subcommittees on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection and Environment titled, “Update on the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program (CAFE) and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Motor Vehicles:"
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed three Energy and Commerce Committee bills that further the committee’s efforts to advance energy infrastructure, promote clean and renewable hydropower, and improve the recycling and reuse of materials.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on, “Examining Concerns of Patient Brokering and Addiction Treatment Fraud:"
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) today held a hearing examining concerns of patient brokering and addiction treatment fraud in the wake of the opioid crisis.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced joint consumer protection efforts.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) release of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining the agencies’ roles in relation to broadband providers...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the agency’s mission, his “Back to Basics’ concept, and his efforts to refocus the agency on pursuing its important public health and environmental missions as Congress originally intended.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prepares to announce their December 14 open meeting agenda and in response to recent calls to delay the vote on restoring internet freedom.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.J. Res. 123, the Continuing Appropriations Act, by a vote of 235-193. In addition to H.J. Res. 123 making further appropriations for FY 2017, it also provides a short-term technical adjustment to address some states’ dwindling funds for the state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
By EPA Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on the Environment hearing on “The Mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" with Administrator Scott Pruitt...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ-06), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Eric Hargan, Department of Labor...
