By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andrew Slavitt to express concerns about fraudulent Medicare spending despite the Agency’s recent efforts to prevent improper payments before they are sent out the door.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today added to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess by unanimously passing H.R. 1301, the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015, sponsored by committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL). The bill, which originated out of the Communications...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously passed committee members Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Rep. Jerry McNerney’s (D-CA) H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016, furthering the committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released two undercover reports of the Obamacare marketplace with testing results for the 2015 and 2016 coverage years.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed legislation by voice vote to ensure sports medicine professionals are covered by their malpractice insurance when providing care to their athletes or teams in other states. H.R. 921, the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2016, is authored by Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY).
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today is poised to advance seven committee bills today. To date, over 100 bipartisan Energy and Commerce bills and provisions have cleared the House in the 114th Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy & Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved four measures advanced by the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee to protect jobs and consumers. H.R. 5104, Better Online Ticket Sales Act, and H.R. 5111, the...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee Markup of five bipartisan public health bills...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2016
News Release: In those first few moments of his life, I knew something was wrong. I only had a moment to touch him before he was whisked away to the NICU. After a year and a half, we finally had a diagnosis. A RASopathy called Noonan Syndrome. No treatment. No cure.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 12.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Health Hearing on “An Examination of Federal Mental Health Parity Laws and Regulations":
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ ...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today highlighted a new report from the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) detailing policy considerations regarding per capita Medicaid caps...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining federal mental health parity laws and regulations.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing examining H.R. 2566, Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act, introduced by Rep. David Young (R-IA).
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a markup convening on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., or 10 minutes after the conclusion of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup, whichever is later, in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building for opening statements only. The subcommittee will reconvene on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 at 2 p.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Department of Energy’s Role in Advancing the National, Economic, and Energy Security of the United States." Subcommittee Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX) will preside over the hearing. Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz is slated to testify.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: In a world often confronted with bad news, positive developments are welcome. Our nation’s energy situation is providing such relief to what’s often a drought of good news.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.), Senate Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today, ...
