By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (D-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess today requesting immediate hearings to examine the Trump Administration’s readiness for the...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the below statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released its annual fatal traffic crash report for 2016.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman, Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today issued the following statement following the administration’s action allowing employers to claim a religious or moral objection to the birth control coverage mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today it will be holding a markup on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) today wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) requesting an investigation into the alleged waste, fraud, and abuse related to the installation of a “privacy booth" in EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s office.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Department of Energy Missions and Management Priorities." Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry will testify as the sole witness.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
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, “Powering America: Consumer-Oriented Perspectives to Improve the Nation’s Electricity Markets:"
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its seventh hearing as part of the committee’s ongoing ‘Powering America ’ series. Today, #SubEnergy examined the role consumer advocates play in electricity markets and explored end-user concerns, including whether...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a new report on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), as required as part of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which is now law (Public Law No: 114-198 ).
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following last night’s contentious, partisan Committee markup of Republican legislation to reauthorize both the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Community Health Centers and public health laws...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today that the hearing titled “21st Century Trade Barriers: Protectionist Cross Border Data Flow Policies’ Impact on U.S. Jobs" has been rescheduled for Oct. 12, 2017, at 10:15am, in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.as they are posted.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup of legislation to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Community Health Centers (CHC), and other important public health programs...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the impact wildfires have on air quality and emissions in the affected areas across the country. Members examined how better management of our forests is needed to avoid and minimize catastrophic wildfires - particularly members looked at how prescribed burns and fuel reduction are important forestry management tools.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing titled, “Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires: Perspectives of Key Stakeholders:"
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining How Covered Entities Utilize the 340B Drug Pricing Program."
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) today held a markup on a number of bills to extend funding for critical health care safety net programs and bills designed to strengthen the Medicare Part B program.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining patient access to investigational drugs and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) expanded access program, which is designed to help patients who do not qualify for clinical trial access to unapproved therapies. #SubHealth also discussed legislation related to access to unapproved therapies.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing entitled, “Part II: Powering America: Defining Reliability in a Transforming Electricity Industry." Today’s hearing was the second portion of #SubEnergy ’s two part review of electric reliability and grid...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously passed S. 652, the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017, by voice vote. Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) authored the House companion bill (H.R. 1539) earlier this year.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled, “Examining Patient Access to Investigational Drugs:"
