By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved seven committee bills, one of which is H.R. 3387, the Drinking Water System Improvement Act. H.R. 3387 seeks to bring greater investment in the country’s aging drinking water infrastructure as well as facilitate compliance by our drinking water delivery systems.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) sent a letter today to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting an expanded investigation, and additional information, in...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Natural Resources Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) sent letters to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Department of Interior (DOI) Inspector General’s office today requesting investigations into whether recent actions...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved seven committee bills including H.R. 3388, Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research in Vehicle Evolution Act or the “SELF DRIVE Act." Passing with unanimous bipartisan support at 54-0, this legislation will prioritize consumer safety, reduce traffic-related fatalities, and clarify federal and state roles around emerging automated vehicle technologies.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 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 “Powering America: A Review of the Operation and Effectiveness of the Nation’s Wholesale Electricity Markets:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today called on President Trump to immediately staff up the Centers for Disease...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its second hearing as part of its recently announced “Powering America" series. Last week, #SubEnergy kicked off the series with a review of electricity markets. Today, subcommittee members heard from all seven Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent Service Operators (ISOs) to get their take on the status of wholesale electricity markets.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting an investigation into Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry’s potential misuse of appropriated taxpayer funds when he wrote an opinion piece for an Ohio newspaper critical of the Affordable Care Act. Yesterday, press reports noted that DOE used its official Twitter account to promote the opinion piece.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record during today’s Subcommittee on Health hearing titled, “Examining the Extension of Special Needs Plans:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the extension of Special Needs Plans (SNPs) under Medicare Advantage.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Digital Commerce & Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Oversight and Reauthorization of the Federal Communications Commission:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) sent letters to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price and to McKinsey & Company today raising serious concerns over HHS’s analysis of an amendment to Trumpcare offered by Senators...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement today after Hon. Ann Marie Buerkle was nominated to serve as the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a hearing to discuss the agency’s effort to facilitate broadband deployment and streamline regulations to better reflect the realities of the internet age. FCC Chairman Pai and Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael O’Rielly joined the subcommittee to provide an update on the agency’s work over the course of the last several months.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 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) wrote to committee leaders to express the need to expand the list of witnesses for the full committee hearing on the Federal Communications Commission’s...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced a Full Committee hearing entitled, “Ground Rules for the Internet Ecosystem" on Thursday, September 7 at 10 a.m. in 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Walden made the announcement during opening...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Digital Commerce & Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3178, the Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017, by voice vote.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a full committee markup on Thursday, July 27, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider legislation that will protect consumers on roadways, modernize the nation’s drinking water infrastructure, and advance public health.
