By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement on House passage of H. Res. 933, to authorize funding necessary to allow the Select Investigative Panel to complete its inquiry into America’s abortion industry and fetal tissue procurement entities...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement congratulating Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman-elect Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR). Rep. Walden will take over the committee in the 115th Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today following the announcement that Congressman Greg Walden (R-OR) will be the new Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: There is not a single person in this chamber or watching at home today who has not been touched by disease in some way. We have all said too many early good-byes to people we hold dear. Families robbed of a parent that will never get to see their child’s milestones. A child born without the gift of a...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the 21st Century Cures Act by a vote of 392-26.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the 21st Century Cures Act by a vote of 392-26. Included in the bill were mental health reforms spearheaded by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), which were based largely off his bill, H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today following the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s announcement of the first ten chemicals that will be evaluated for potential risks to human health and the environment as required under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As today’s vote nears on the 21st Century Cures Act, support continues to build. The growing support is diverse, coming from: patient advocacy groups, rare disease groups, cancer centers, technology groups, top universities, biopharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, and others. To date, over 300 groups, some representing anywhere from 50 to 200 organizations, have shared letters or messages of support.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: A monumental vote on the 21st Century Cures Act is just hours away, and the New York Daily News added its voice to get #CuresNow across the finish line. Praising the bipartisan hard work of committee leaders, the editorial board highlights a “promising legislative package," saying that Congress “is on the verge of doing something big."
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Energy and Power Subcommittee Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency released its proposed emissions targets for model years 2022-2025.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during consideration of H.R. 34, as amended, the 21st Century Cures Act. Pallone was the lead House Democratic negotiator on this legislation...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 30, 2016
News Release: From the mapping of the human genome to the rise of personalized medicines that are linked to advances in molecular medicine, we have seen constant breakthroughs that are changing the face of disease treatment, management, and cures.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: The 21st Century Cures Act will accomplish what it says, delivering safe new cures and treatments to patients across the nation. Earlier today we looked at five themes of the landmark, nonpartisan legislation - delivering hope, removing barriers to research collaboration, incorporating patient feedback...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has rescheduled its previously postponed hearing entitled Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Settlement: Questions Concerning ZEV Implementation for Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at 10 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday evening, the Senate unanimously passed H.R. 5111, the Consumer Review Fairness Act, authored by Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Vice Chairman Leonard Lance (R-NJ). The bipartisan bill would prohibit gag clauses that prevent consumers from publishing truthful reviews and would authorize the FTC, and states, to enforce the Act with civil penalties. H.R. 5111 passed the House by voice vote in September.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after President-elect Donald Trump announced the nomination of Rep. Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) for the position of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), sponsors of the 21st Century Cures Act, issued the following statement ahead of tomorrow’s House vote...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news that House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) has been tapped by President-Elect Donald Trump to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: 21st Century Cures is an innovation game-changer. This legislation brings our health care infrastructure into the 21st century, delivering much needed hope for patients and their loved ones. It accelerates the cycle of discovering, developing, and delivering new cures and treatments and ensures that America remains the global leader in biomedical innovation. The bill provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help researchers change the way we fight disease.
