By EPA Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding localities like New York City ignoring the agency’s current authority over nutrition labeling, and instituting their own standards. The letter was signed by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA).
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement regarding the 2017 Medicare Trustees Report.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Thursday, July 20, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Bipartisan Legislation to Improve the Medicare Program."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Environment Subcommittee markup of the, “Drinking Water System Improvement Act:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today advanced legislation that seeks to bring greater investment in the country’s aging drinking water infrastructure as well as facilitate compliance for our drinking water delivery systems. H.R.___, the Drinking Water System Improvement Act passed #SubEnvironment by voice vote.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Senate Republicans released an updated draft of the Trumpcare bill...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding reports of “patient brokers" who are serving as an intermediary and profiting from recruiting patients seeking treatment for addiction. The letter, ...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding reports of “patient brokers" who are serving as an intermediary and profiting from recruiting patients seeking treatment for addiction. The letter, highlighting a need...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Examining Medical Product Manufacturer Communications:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining current challenges states have in combating the opioid epidemic, ways the federal government can assist, and whether their efforts that have begun to make a difference.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining ways Congress could clarify how drug and device companies can responsibly disseminate truthful and non-misleading data and information that is not included in their product labeling.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of the Food and Drug Administration Reauthorization Act (H.R. 2430):
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 2430, the FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017, by voice vote.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Communications and Technology (CAT) Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter today to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and CAT Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) urging them to follow through...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Battles in the States:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1492, the Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding a recently released Report of the Blue Ribbon Panel to Review the 2014 Smallpox (Variola) Virus Incident on the NIH Campus. The leaders noted that the report pointed out previous missed opportunities to discover vials of the smallpox virus.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced two hearings as part of the committee’s new “Powering America" series. The “Powering America" series will provide committee members the opportunity to explore electricity markets, learn more about electricity generation, distribution, consumption, and the resiliency of the electric grid.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a markup for Thursday, July 13, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) blasted the Trump Administration today for suspending an increase in penalties for auto companies that violate fuel economy standards, as mandated by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015...
