By EPA Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: This weekend, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) penned an opinion piece for one of his home state papers, The Record, outlining the Trump Administration’s efforts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA). You can read Pallone’s article below...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) examining Medicaid personal care services found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) could do more to ensure requirements across programs are in harmony.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 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 designated to serve as Acting Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today announced that the subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, examining the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) reauthorization, budget, spectrum auctions, and proceedings. All three current commissioners are set to testify.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 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 U.S. Senate voted to confirm Rep. Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) as the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald McGahn today raising concerns that a recently issued Department of Energy (DOE) rule may chill nuclear safety whistleblowers and discourage the reporting of safety violations at our nation’s nuclear...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Modernizing Environmental Laws: Challenges and Opportunities for Expanding Infrastructure and Promoting Development and Manufacturing."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Modernizing Energy and Electricity Delivery Systems: Challenges and Opportunities to Promote Infrastructure Improvement and Expansion."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) today sent a letter to the Acting Secretaries...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today issued the following statement after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced further process reforms at the agency.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Self-Driving Cars: Road to Deployment."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) denounced Republican efforts to “strengthen" Medicaid by removing or excluding certain people from Medicaid at a Health Subcommittee markup today...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A recent report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to rely on inaccurate, incomplete, and untimely Medicaid data. Released yesterday, the report outlines how such issues limit the agency’s ability to ensure that federal payments to states are proper and that Medicaid beneficiaries have access to services.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a markup examining two commonsense bills to strengthen Medicaid and prioritize the most vulnerable.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today issued the following statement after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced further reforms to the agency’s processes.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to a decision from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) limiting nine companies’ involvement in the Lifeline Program...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a markup convening on Tuesday, January 7, 2017, at 10 a.m., in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rescinded a number of orders that the FCC adopted at the end of Chairman Wheeler’s term.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week, the Energy and Commerce Committee kicked off its first full week of hearings on a host of topics ranging from Medicaid to cybersecurity. Members are hard at work already and eager to deliver solutions that bring relief to patients suffering under Obamacare, strengthen Medicaid...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today commented on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement regarding 2017 enrollment of Obamacare.
