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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As Obamacare approaches its seventh birthday, Congress has more questions than answers about the president’s signature law. Last March, we highlighted some of our own birthday wishes for the failed law (spoiler alert: they haven’t come true).

NEW REPORT: Nonpartisan Government Watchdog Cautions CMS to Halt Phase-In of Encounter Data Program to Ensure Proper Medicare Advantage Payments

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a new report highlighting the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) insufficient progress implementing the encounter data system, a critical component of administering proper Medicare Advantage payments. The...

Walden, Pallone Applaud FDA’s Establishment of Oncology Center of Excellence

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today welcomed the FDA’s establishment of an Oncology Center of Excellence. The announcement, part of Vice President Biden’s cancer moonshot initiative, is the culmination of the FDA’s June 2016 announcement to create the first-of-its-kind center.

Walden, Pallone Applaud FDA’s Establishment of Oncology Center of Excellence

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today welcomed the FDA’s establishment of an Oncology Center of Excellence. The announcement, part of Vice President Biden’s cancer moonshot initiative, is the culmination of the FDA’s June 2016 announcement to create the first-of-its-kind center.

Energy & Commerce to Hold Committee Organizational Meeting TUESDAY

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that the Energy and Commerce Committee’s formal organizational meeting for the 115th Congress will take place Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at 1 p.m. in room 2167 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Pallone on CBO Report on Impact of ACA Repeal

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the effects of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on health insurance coverage and premiums...

Nonpartisan Watchdog: FDA Still Lacks Inspection Data on Almost 1,000 Foreign Drug Firms Shipping to U.S.

News Release: The non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued a new report acknowledging that while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made some important improvements to its foreign drug inspection program, there are still serious data gaps on foreign drug firms shipping finished...

Nonpartisan Watchdog: FDA Still Lacks Inspection Data on Almost 1,000 Foreign Drug Firms Shipping to U.S.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued a new report acknowledging that while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made some important improvements to its foreign drug inspection program, there are still serious data gaps on foreign drug firms...

Blackburn Introduces Legislation to Address Onerous FCC Requirements

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced H.R.__, a bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke certain changes to the ownership reporting requirements for noncommercial educational broadcast stations.

Walden and Murphy Press CDC for Unredacted Documents Detailing Secret Lab Incidents With Dangerous Pathogens

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requesting more information on a series of lab incidents involving select agents, as reported by USA Today. The letter was sent by full committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA).

E&C Releases “The State of Obamacare”

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Every day patients and middle-class families are facing higher premiums. The Energy and Commerce Committee today released 21 graphics showcasing states where premiums have gone up by the national average of 25 percent or more. All of the graphics can be found on the committee’s newly created Health Care Central, a go-to resource in the effort to deliver meaningful health care reforms.

Committee Leaders Comment on EPA’s Emissions Standards for Cars and Light Trucks

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Mid-Term Evaluation of its greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and light trucks. EPA chose to leave the standards unchanged.

Pallone on House Passage of GOP Budget Resolution to Repeal the Affordable Care Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement after the House passed the Fiscal Year 2017 Republican Budget Resolution (S.Con.Res. 3), which provides the first step toward Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA):

Pallone on Justice Department Settlement with Takata Corp.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Justice Department reaching a settlement with Takata Corp., which will include a total fine of $1 billion and criminal charges against the company. The settlement includes a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million in victim compensation, and $850 million to compensate automakers who have suffered losses from massive recalls.

Walden on House Passage of Budget Resolution

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the FY 2017 Budget Resolution, an initial step in the effort to repeal Obamacare and reform our health care system.

Latta Comments on Takata Settlement

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) today issued the following statement after Takata agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and reached a settlement with the Department of Justice following its defective airbag scandal.

Pallone on EPA’s Pollution Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles