By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) today announced the creation of a bipartisan working group to examine the Internet of Things (IoT). The goals of the working group are to educate members on IoT, identify issues affecting deployment...
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining waste, fraud, and abuse within the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), and HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) testified.
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) delivered the following statement today at a hearing on “Medicare and Medicaid Program Integrity: Combatting Improper Payments and Ineligible Providers."
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed a landmark bicameral, bipartisan overhaul of our chemical safety standards. The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act passed the House by a vote of 403 to 12 and is further evidence of the committee’s ongoing bipartisan...
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today delivered the following remarks at a Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Hearing on “Legislative Hearing on 17 FTC Bills."
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following statement during House debate on H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century, which modernizes the Toxic Substances Control Act.
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed three bills to boost public safety and increase transparency at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives failed to pass H.R. 4889, the Kelsey Smith Act...
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a report today concluding that the National Football League (NFL) improperly attempted to influence the grant review process for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) brain injury study that the NFL had agreed to fund as part of a $30 million donation.
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 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) called on the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Office of Management and Budget to immediately produce all subpoenaed...
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) on Tuesday will officially launch the Pediatric Trauma Caucus with a briefing featuring an all-star panel of experts. NASCAR Team Owner, Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee, and Co-Founder of the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma, Richard Childress will headline the briefing discussion.
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 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 language was finalized on a bicameral, bipartisan agreement on reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act...
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone released the following statement on the introduction of bipartisan legislation and a bipartisan manager’s amendment to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act...
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight, the House overwhelmingly approved the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act - or the SANDy Act, which was introduced last year by Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ). Pallone gave the following statement on the House floor during debate on the bill...
By EPA Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today applauded the announcement from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it is modernizing its Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods. The new label will present consumers with clearer information on serving sizes...
By EPA Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of May 23.
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine H.R. 3299, the Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act. H.R. 3299, authored by committee members Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), would update and enhance the nation’s abilities to respond to biothreats.
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Late Wednesday evening, the House of Representatives passed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The vote scored a win for the committee’s pursuit of policies that say #Yes2Energy as the bill included language from committee member Rep. Bill Johnson’s (R-OH) H.R. 351, ...
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Cybersecurity Responsibilities at HHS."
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following statement today at a Health Subcommittee Hearing on “Examining H.R. 3299, the Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act."
