By EPA Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analyzing the impact ending the Affordable Care Act’s cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments would have on the health care markets and the federal budget...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today expressing concerns regarding reports that under his leadership, the FCC has taken actions that suggest favorable treatment towards Sinclair Broadcast Group.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today urging the agency to investigate the Trump Administration’s enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House 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 Tim Murphy (R-PA) today issued the following statement after President Trump formally classified the opioid epidemic as a national emergency.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders today sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requesting additional information on the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, CDC’s role in the Flint water crisis response, and federal investment in lead poisoning prevention...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement on today’s Internet Day of Action.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Justice Retail today raising a series of questions regarding reports that one of the company’s cosmetic products marketed to kids and teens, Just Shine Shimmer Powder, contained high levels of the known human carcinogen asbestos...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) today wrote to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma voicing their deep concerns regarding the recently submitted proposal from the...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Eleven Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats today submitted public comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposal to roll back net neutrality regulations stating that the proposal fundamentally and profoundly run counter to the law. The lawmakers wrote that the FCC’s proposal misstates the distinction Congress made in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 between telecommunications services and information services.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY), and Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Elaine Duke today raising a series of questions following...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
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 wrote to Republican Committee leaders with a list of eight additional witnesses that they say should be added for the full committee hearing...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed two of President Trump’s nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate today passed H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017, by a vote of 94-1, following the House’s passage of the bill last month.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 2, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) called for Congress to take action to strengthen cosmetic product regulation today after releasing a letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) providing a troubling overview of the sharp increase in the number of imported cosmetic...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today issued the following statement following the announcement that the 2028 Olympic Games will be coming to Los Angeles, California.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Subcommittee on Environment Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Inspector General today requesting a review of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s frequent travel to his home state of Oklahoma at the taxpayers’ expense.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), released the following statement today in response to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement of a new regulatory framework for tobacco products...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement this morning after the Senate rejected the so-called “skinny" Trumpcare amendment...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Full Committee markup of legislation on autonomous vehicles, safe drinking water, and public health...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today marked up seven bipartisan bills. Five of the bills originated from #SubHealth, and will advance public health. The #FullCmte also considered bills from #SubDCCP and #SubEnvironment.
