By EPA Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
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.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) sent a letter to the Chairmen of their respective committees today requesting public hearings immediately on the impact of...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s notice alleging that Fiat Chrysler America knowingly violated the Clean Air Act by using software in its vehicles to circumvent emissions standards testing for certain air pollutants...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bicameral leaders today sent a letter to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) requesting they analyze the optional Medicaid eligibility and benefit categories that states have chosen to cover and spending for those categories. The letter was sent by full committee...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today unveiled “Health Care Central, " a portal dedicated to providing a one stop shop for all things related to health care reform.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today advanced two Energy and Commerce Committee bills, each of which were unanimously approved by the House in the previous Congress. Passage of the two bills today comes a day after the House cleared four additional committee bills further demonstrating the committee’s dedication to advancing bipartisan, thoughtful solutions.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the full Republican rosters for all six subcommittees in the 115th Congress. Walden last week announced the committee’s leadership, naming the Vice Chairman for the full committee along with subcommittee chairmen and vice chairs.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today advanced four Energy and Commerce Committee bills to improve public health. All four of the bills considered by the House of Representatives today previously passed the House in the 114th Congress by voice vote.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The president’s health care law has come to be defined as full of #BrokenPromises and #RateShock. From skyrocketing premiums and fleeing insurers to collapsing CO-OPs, House Republicans are ready to rescue the American people from Obamacare.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The president’s health care law has come to be defined as full of #BrokenPromises and #RateShock. From skyrocketing premiums and fleeing insurers to collapsing CO-OPs, House Republicans are ready to rescue the American people from Obamacare.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following the Obama Administration’s release of the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER), “Transforming the Nation’s Electricity System", which focuses on the national security, environmental protection, and economic development imperatives of the electricity system in the United States...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to Speaker Paul Ryan’s announcement that the reconciliation bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act will also defund Planned Parenthood...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after announcing committee leadership for the 115th Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 5, 2017
News Release: Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Energy and Commerce, released detailed state-by-state fact sheets summarizing the devastating effects on individuals and families if President-elect Trump and congressional Republicans repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By EPA Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: “That means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period." (“Remarks by the President at the Annual Conference of the American Medical Association," The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, June 15, 2009)
By EPA Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: The House Select Investigative Panel has concluded its yearlong investigation and released its Final Report which can be read in full here.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after President Obama’s meeting with Congressional Democrats about preserving his failed health care law.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed four incoming Republican members to the committee.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Today marks the beginning of the 115th Congress and a fresh start for those of us who have the honor of serving the American people in Washington, D.C. After an unpredictable and tumultuous 2016, it is time for us to come together and work towards finding solutions for our constituents in the New Year.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery during House Floor debate on H. Res. 5 are enclosed below. H. Res. 5 will establish the rules for the House of Representatives in the 115th Congress. The rules package creates a special exemption from points of order for legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which will allow Congressional Republicans to add $3 trillion to the national deficit without paying for it...
