By EPA Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent letters to the Acting Assistant Administrators and Acting Regional Administrators of 19 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offices to request a briefing from each on President Trump’s proposed cuts to the Agency. The request comes after...
By EPA Newswire | May 4, 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 after the House passed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), legislation to repeal Obamacare and begin rebuilding our health care system.
By EPA Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House voted 217 to 213 in favor of Trumpcare...
By EPA Newswire | May 4, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s executive order subverting civil rights protections under the guise of religious freedom...
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, funding the government and other key priorities through September. Also included in the bill were a number of committee legislative priorities.
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai briefed a group of bipartisan members of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a report originally issued in 2010 by former Rep. Henry A. Waxman, who served at the time as Chairman...
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Legislation Addressing Pipeline and Hydropower Infrastructure Modernization:"
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement on an amendment to the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a legislative hearing examining 10 bills to promote and modernize the nation’s hydropower and pipeline infrastructure.
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing titled, “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid’s Personal Care Services Program:"
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the Trump administration issued a one year delay of the onerous Obama-era menu-labeling rule...
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid’s Personal Care Services (PCS) program. In recent months, both the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector...
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Natural Resources Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) sent a letter to Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke today expressing concerns over President Trump’s executive order instructing DOI to consider new oil and gas leasing...
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining four bills consistent with the committee’s bipartisan efforts to support the review and regulation of medical devices as part of the FDA user fee reauthorization process.
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Examining Improvements to the Regulation of Medical Technologies:"
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued a statement about the spending deal reached by bipartisan and bicameral leaders. The deal includes a number of committee priorities, namely additional resources for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as provided by the landmark 21st Century Cures Act.
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) responded to President Donald Trump’s claims on CBS Face the Nation yesterday that the Trumpcare bill guarantees protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Thursday was a big day at the Energy & Commerce Committee, as former Chairman, Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), had his official portrait unveiled during a special ceremony in the hearing room. The room was packed with family, friends, and colleagues from across the aisle, and country - each of whom played a special role in helping Rep. Upton achieve major legislative accomplishments.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2017
News Release: Today, Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General, requesting an investigation into Administrator Scott Pruitt's decision to reject a petition banning the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos, reversing a previous EPA proposal to terminate use of this chemical and ignoring the EPA's scientific record on the risks from this neurotoxin.
