By EPA Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 849, the Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act, by a vote of 307-111.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing titled, “Oversight of FirstNet: State Perspectives:"
By EPA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to examine consumer data security practices, trends, and areas for improvement across the credit reporting industry.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Securing Consumers’ Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce:"
By EPA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today checking in on the progress made in the deployment of FirstNet, the first nationwide, interoperable broadband public safety network.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) today introduced H.R. 4191, the HHS Cybersecurity Modernization Act, legislation to address cyber threats to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By EPA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “MACRA and Alternative Payment Models: Developing Options for Value-based Care."
By EPA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), House Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), House Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Finance Ranking...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee opposing the nomination of Ms. Dana Baiocco...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today scheduled a legislative hearing for Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Discussion Draft, Energy Star Reform Act of 2017 and H.R. 3477, Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act."
By EPA Newswire | Oct 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent letters to both Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins, Jr. today demanding responses to overdue oversight requests and requesting a formal investigation into former top chemical...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai’s announcement that he intends to dramatically downsize the Lifeline program...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) following up on several exchanges that occurred between committee members and Mr. Neil Doherty, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) at a Wednesday hearing before the full committee.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) today released the following statement in response to President Trump’s declaration that our nation’s opioid crisis is a public health emergency...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The 2017 Hurricane Season: A Review of Emergency Response and Energy Infrastructure Recovery Efforts."
By EPA Newswire | Oct 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Concerns over Federal Select Agent Program Oversight of Dangerous Pathogens."
By EPA Newswire | Oct 26, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Ways and Means Committee today announced they have come to a policy agreement on a permanent repeal of the annual limit on per-patient therapy expenditures in Medicare, commonly known as “therapy caps." The policy will repeal the therapy...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today announced Mary Martin as the new Chief Counsel for both the Energy and Environment Subcommittees.
