By EPA Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A letter signed by every Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee was sent to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today demanding that the text of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal bill be posted for the public to view for at least 30 days before a markup is held in the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today voiced concern over the rise of unregulated gambling on online multiplayer video games and the dangers it is posing for minors in light of a recent investigation by ESPN.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), continuing their oversight efforts in examining the agency’s Laboratory Response Network (LRN). The LRN was established to boost our federal preparedness for bioterrorism.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the international anti-doping system. The hearing came after a bipartisan July 2016 letter to the International Olympic Committee and a series of reports on doping incidents.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after President Donald Trump laid out his health care reform proposals in a joint address to Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) spoke about the importance of preventing doping in international sports at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Ways to Improve and Strengthen the International Anti-Doping System:"
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking the agency to review the harms to consumers of eliminating rules that protect consumers’ privacy.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Wilbur Ross as Secretary of the Department of Commerce.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) on Thursday, requesting their assistance in questioning all federal agencies within their jurisdiction about their plans to address the urgent public health threat of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon review of a leaked copy of the House Republican’s healthcare proposal...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. offered the following statement in response to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai's announcement that he is seeking a stay on some of the FCC's broadband privacy protections...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Thursday, March 2, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining FDA’s Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Programs."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier this week, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), announced a hearing for Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, on the international anti-doping system.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Under Obamacare, there’s a new class of uninsured, and it begins with those choosing to pay the individual mandate penalty instead of buying government-ordered health care.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Committee members Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), and Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) sent a letter to the Full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL) sent a letter to President Trump today urging him to reconsider his decision to remove the Secretary of Energy from the Principals Committee of the National Security...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A bipartisan group of Senate and House health committee leaders today sent colleagues a letter to highlight the importance of immunizations, saying: “Vaccines save lives."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), announced a hearing for Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Ways to Improve and Strengthen the Anti-Doping System."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A bipartisan group of Senate and House health committee leaders today sent colleagues a letter to highlight the importance of immunizations, saying: “Vaccines save lives."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) sent a letter to Acting Administrator McCabe at the Environmental...
