By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on news that the Republican leaders of the House and Senate commerce and judiciary committees are asking the Obama Administration to reconsider the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA):
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a legislative hearing examining legislation to improve public health.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered the following remarks at today’s meeting of the Senate and House Conferees on S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016. Included in the House amendment to S. 2012 were several committee provisions that have...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at the opening meeting of Senate and House Conferees on S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Disrupter Series: Advanced Robotics."
By EPA Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the historical perspectives of the Federal Power Act. The hearing builds on a June committee letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Norman Bay requesting...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), have announced a joint hearing for Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room HVC-210 of the Capitol Visitor Center. The hearing...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 7, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing titled, “Federal Power Act: Historical Perspectives:"
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: Bipartisan leaders from the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee today sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The letter stressed the importance of a successful implementation of MACRA so doctors and other health care providers can deliver the quality care their patients deserve.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders from the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee today sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The letter stressed the importance of a successful implementation of MACRA so doctors and other health care providers can deliver the quality care their patients deserve.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 3, 2016
News Release: This weekend represents a holiday - and a long weekend - for many. As we approach Labor Day, we’d like to thank all of the passionate patient advocates for their work on behalf of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: With a hurricane and tropical storms hitting both the East Coast and Hawaii this week, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), ranking Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, today urged the Senate to pass the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters, or the SANDy Act when it reconvenes next week.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell requesting additional information regarding EpiPen’s classification and...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 5.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding possible violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA). The ADA prohibits agencies from spending monies not appropriated by Congress, among other limitations. Federal employees who violate...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today sent a letter to full Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) requesting a joint subcommittee hearing on steps Congress can take to protect consumers from the growing number of unwanted and potentially predatory robocalls.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement after Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) announced he will resign from Congress next week...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, September 8, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability."
By EPA Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Federal Power Act: Historical Perspectives." Subcommittee Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX) will preside over the hearing.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced a legislative hearing for Thursday, September 8, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Legislation to Improve Public Health."
