By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - During a hearing held today by the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives to examine The Pricing of Fetal Tissue, Fay Clayton, a lead Democrat witness, told the panel that StemExpress should be asked to turn over their banking records and documents to determine if they have or haven’t profited from the sale of baby body parts.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing work to address the opioid and drug abuse crisis facing our nation, the Health Subcommittee will vote this afternoon on a number of bipartisan solutions.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing focusing on the need for stronger oversight of high-containment laboratories.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Fiscal Year 2017 budget request. All four NRC commissioners testified on behalf of the budget request.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the safety and security of U.S. bioresearch labs, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released its own supplemental memo ahead of today’s hearing. The memo details the committee’s investigation on the 2014 discovery of smallpox vials at the NIH’s Bethesda, Maryland, facility.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today commended the U.S. Senate for passing S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act, a bipartisan energy bill.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement after Senate passage of S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today approved 12 bills, nearly all of which help address the opioid and drug abuse crisis facing our nation. Today’s votes advance the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing efforts to address the opioid epidemic.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a markup considering several bills that improve Americans’ access to public safety, improve spectrum efficiency, bring broadband to skilled nursing facilities, and keep the spending of the FCC’s Lifeline program in check.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) introduced H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016. The bipartisan legislation will help provide the regulatory structure needed for safe, advanced nuclear energy technologies to play an important role in the U.S. energy portfolio.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing entitled, “Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives." Members examined the intersection of the benefits associated with strong encryption and...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a markup considering several bills that improve Americans’ access to public safety, improve spectrum efficiency, bring broadband to skilled nursing facilities, and keep the spending of the FCC’s Lifeline program in check.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Hearing on “Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Tomorrow at 10:00am Eastern Time in HVC-210, the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives will hold a hearing to examine The Pricing of Fetal Tissue, and whether abortion clinics and middleman businesses were making a profit from the transfer of human fetal tissue - a violation of federal law.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the implementation of Medicare payment reforms included in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015. The hearing examined how physician organizations and their members...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt requesting details after several recent Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and HHS OIG reports found possible waste and mismanagement in CMS’ administration of Obamcare’s...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) blasted House Republican Appropriators today for exempting e-cigarettes and other vapor products from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation. The measure was approved as part of a Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 appropriations bill that funds the FDA.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at a Health Subcommittee Hearing on the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) that examined physician efforts to prepare for Medicare Payment Reforms.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In advance of tomorrow’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on the safety and security of U.S. bioresearch labs, the House Energy and Commerce Committee today released a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. The report, “High-Containment...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, April 29, House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats led by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), in partnership with the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), will hold a forum...
