By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law the “Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2016." A House amendment to S. 2276 passed earlier this month, and the final legislation cleared the Senate last week. As the product of bipartisan work from the...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after President Obama signed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act into law. The legislative...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, all 23 Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats issued the following statement in response to a provision in Speaker Paul Ryan’s latest health care proposal that would cap federal Medicaid spending...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Energy & Power Subcommittee Hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today welcomed a court’s ruling that the Department of the Interior does not have authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal lands.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law the “Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2016." A House amendment to S. 2276 passed earlier this month, and the final legislation cleared the Senate last week. As the product of bipartisan work from the...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today during House Floor consideration of H.R.5525, the “End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2016":
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that the subcommittee will continue its ongoing oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at a July 12, 2016, hearing featuring all five FCC commissioners.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tomorrow, at 11:30 a.m. in a signing ceremony at the White House, the Frank Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act will clear its final hurdle and be signed into law. The landmark update to the nation’s chemical safety laws has been a top priority for House Energy and Commerce...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2016
News Release: Monday marked The Longest Day of the year, and with it came a special day of advocacy during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month from the Alzheimer’s Association in the push to #EndALZ. House Energy and Commerce Committee members already on the #Path2Cures eagerly shared their support.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today issued the following statement on the path forward for a House-Senate conference on energy legislation.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), has scheduled a full committee markup on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider five bills. Members will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday and reconvene Thursday, June 23, 2016, at 10 a.m.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today highlighted two reports released this week by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO). Both reports highlight improvements the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to make, one calling for more strategic planning for its scientific initiatives, and one calling for more comprehensive planning to enhance the coordination between medical product centers.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess continues to grow. This week, we added Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy’s (R-PA) landmark mental health bill to the list of legislation that has passed the full committee with a strong bipartisan vote.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 20.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan committee leaders today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office requesting a review of the Office of Emergency Communications’ (OEC) handling of funds. The OEC, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is tasked with supporting various programs and organizations aimed at improving public safety communications and interoperability.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) sent a letter earlier this week to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew calling on the Treasury Department to stop obstructing Congressional oversight into the administration’s implementation of Obamacare’s cost sharing reduction (CSR) program.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan committee leaders today sent a letter to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office requesting a review of the Office of Emergency Communications’ (OEC) handling of funds. The OEC, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is tasked with supporting various programs and organizations aimed at improving public safety communications and interoperability.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Renewable Fuel Standard - Implementation Issues."
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at an Energy and Commerce Committee markup on H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act...
