By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today passed bipartisan legislation to reform our nation’s mental health system by a vote of 53-0. H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, was introduced by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) in the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the U.S. public health response to “superbugs," or antibiotic resistant bacteria. The hearing was sparked by the discovery of the MCR-1 gene in a Pennsylvania woman who...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), today issued the following statement after the D.C. Circuit Court issued its opinion on the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Republicans unveiled a plan to grow our economy by tackling excessive regulations, developing American energy, and promoting financial independence for people who work hard and do the right thing. It is our vision for a Confident America that is the best place in the world to live, work, build things, start a business, and raise a family.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Energy and Commerce Committee markup on H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement commending the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to uphold the FCC’s Open Internet Rules...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) join Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) as he signs landmark chemical safety legislation (Photo Courtesy of Caleb Smith/Speaker Ryan’s Office).
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to Speaker Paul Ryan’s new regulatory reform plan...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today released updated bill text in advance of a full committee markup on Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy’s (R-PA) bipartisan H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. The text will be considered as an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (AINS) to the previous bill text.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing examining the FCC’s proposed privacy rules. The hearing follows up on a letter sent to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the agency’s proposed privacy and data breach notification requirements for broadband Internet service providers (ISPs).
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Combatting Superbugs: U.S. Public Health Responses to Antibiotic Resistance":
By EPA Newswire | Jun 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing entitled “FCC Overreach: Examining the Proposed Privacy Rules":
By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With today’s Senate passage of the PIPES Act - bipartisan legislation to strengthen pipeline safety, clarify safety oversight efforts, and provide greater regulatory certainty in the transportation of energy commodities - the four-year reauthorization of the federal pipeline safety program now heads to the president to be signed into law.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With today’s Senate passage of the PIPES Act - bipartisan legislation to strengthen pipeline safety, clarify safety oversight efforts, and provide greater regulatory certainty in the transportation of energy commodities - the four-year reauthorization of the federal pipeline safety program now heads to the president to be signed into law.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of June 13.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at the Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing on “Home Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards Under the Department of Energy - Stakeholder Perspectives":
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Member John Shimkus (R-IL), House Ways and Means Committee Member and Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA), and House Ways and Means Committee Member Charles Boustany Jr, M.D. (R-LA) issued the following statements today upon receiving...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on “Advancing Patient Solutions for Lower Costs and Better Care", which included several bills that would undermine American’s access to health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining ways to advance patient solutions that lead to lower costs and better care. The hearing builds off of a hearing last month examining patient-centered reforms.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing efforts to modernize government for the innovation era, full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman...
