By EPA Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Dr. Jack Michel, Owner of the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, LLC, the Florida nursing home that lost 14 residents in the wake of Hurricane Irma, after the facility’s air conditioning failed. The letter requests a detailed briefing and documents from the owner of the facility.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Dr. Jack Michel, Owner of the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, LLC, the Florida nursing home that lost 14 residents in the wake of Hurricane Irma, after the facility’s air conditioning failed. The letter requests a detailed briefing and documents from the owner of the facility.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the Trump administration announced the nominations of Joseph Simons as chairman and Rohit Chopra as commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By EPA Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today sent a letter to Nuance, a computer software technology corporation that works in the health care space, regarding the NotPetya malware outbreak. The letter follows letters last month from the committee that were sent to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Merck on this issue.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission."
By EPA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) formally announced a hearing for Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Federal Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis: A Status Update on CARA and Other Initiatives."
By EPA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In February of 2017, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) sent letters to the Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting information on studies and/or efforts to identify and eliminate administrative waste within the agencies.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders sent a letter to Acting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Eric Hargan today requesting the analysis and justification used to justify the Trump Administration’s decision to abruptly expand the exemption allowing certain organizations to exempt themselves from the contraceptive coverage requirements guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Top House and Senate Democratic health leaders demanded that the Trump Administration provide Congress with documents used to justify the Administration’s decision to terminate the cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments, including any analyses of the decision’s impact on consumer health insurance costs, access to health insurance, and federal spending, in letters sent today to the President and Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Eric D. Hargan.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai made his first comments in defense of the First Amendment nearly a week after President Donald Trump threatened to revoke the broadcast licenses of TV networks he dislikes...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: Following last week’s forum on sports-related brain trauma, Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders sent a letter to USA Football today requesting an update on the organization’s efforts to improve the safety of youth football programs and its process for evaluating player safety. The letter...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining HHS’s Public Health Preparedness for and Response to the 2017 Hurricane Season."
By EPA Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a rollback of the Obama administration’s favored practice of ‘sue and settle’ agreements.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: After sending a letter to the IRS regarding the agency’s now suspended contract with Equifax, a bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee members today sent a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) requesting information on its data security vetting and requirements for awarding government contracts.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the following statement regarding negotiations to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and important public health priorities, like Community Health Centers (CHC). Following the...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After sending a letter to the IRS regarding the agency’s now suspended contract with Equifax, a bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee members today sent a letter to the General Services Administration (GSA) requesting information on its data security vetting and requirements for awarding government contracts.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Democratic Forum on “Addressing the Long-Term Effects of Football-Related Brain Injuries:"
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Community Health Centers and other public health laws...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the below statement after the IRS’ decision to temporarily suspend its $7.25 million contract with Equifax.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following President Trump’s decision to default on the Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments that help millions of Americans purchase health insurance...
