By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following opening statement today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing on “Concussions in Youth Sports: Evaluating Prevention and Research."
By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining concussions in youth sports, as part of the committee’s broad review of concussions. The hearing followed the committee’s first roundtable discussion held in March. The...
By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy regarding EPA actions that could potentially undermine the stay issued by the Supreme Court on the Clean Power Plan.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: The Ludlam family of Michigan, who lost a loved one to Huntington’s disease, is now leading the charge to find a cure. And joining them on the #Path2Cures are some unexpected allies: their flock of sheep.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Coming on the heels of the House’s passage of H.R. 4641, legislation offered by committee members Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) to establish an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and how pain medication is prescribed, the House passed 10 more Energy and Commerce Committee bills to combat the opioid epidemic.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today commended the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) announcement that it is taking additional steps to cut harmful methane emissions produced by the oil and gas industry. Methane is a potent contributor to climate change, with...
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved two bipartisan bills, H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 and H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued another suite of regulations for oil and gas facilities.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today commented on the ruling from a federal judge on the House’s lawsuit on Obamacare.
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following opening statement today at a Subcommittee on Health Hearing on “Health Care Solutions: Increasing Patient Choice and Plan Innovation."
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) got a House call today from Dr. Phil McGraw, commonly known by the title of his television show, “Dr. Phil."
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 10 a.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, entitled “The Obama Administration’s Medicare Drug Experiment: The Patient and Doctor Perspective."
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: In a piece for The Hill’s Congress Blog, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) preview this morning’s Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee hearing on “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives." Upton and Pallone write, ...
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following opening statement today at a Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Hearing on “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives."
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - The Select Investigative Panel has turned its attention to the allegations of practices by late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart and a Germantown, Maryland, abortion clinic. Public reports indicate at least five women have been sent to the hospital since December while seeking an abortion in this clinic. The clinic is one of the few in the nation that performs abortions during the third trimester.
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following opening statement today at a Subcommittee on Energy and Power markup of H.R. 4979, the “Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016," and H.R. 4775, the “Ozone Standards Implementation Act."
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Long before we got to the Super Bowl ads this year, the Fall saw a whole set of commercials run signaling the arrival of a new industry - Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS). Nearly 60 million people participated in fantasy sports last year, with millions of dollars at stake at any time. Already it’s estimated...
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the Energy and Commerce Committee’s efforts to combat the growing opioid epidemic, the House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4641, bipartisan legislation offered by committee members Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA). H.R. 4641 would establish an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and how pain medication is prescribed.
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing entitled, “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives." Full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) previewed the...
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining health care solutions that would improve pre-existing condition protections, lower patient costs, and encourage plan innovation without government mandates.
