By EPA Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced it will markup 12 bills on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. A number of these bills help address the opioid and drug abuse crisis facing our nation. The markup was first announced on Friday.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 18, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee Markup of seven bills, which included his Securing Access to Networks in Disasters (SANDy) Act.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of April 18.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Earlier this week, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and committee member Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) pressed EPA administrator Gina McCarthy to provide legal justification for the agency’s proposed regulation outlawing the modification of vehicles to be used for racing. Today, EPA announced that they have dropped their proposed regulations on racing vehicle modifications.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s (R-IL) H.R. 2666, the No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act by a vote of 241-173. The legislation would prohibit the FCC...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today voiced his opposition during House floor debate to H.R. 2666, the deceptively named “No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its oversight of Obamacare, with a hearing examining its reinsurance program. The program was created to provide financial assistance to insurers offering Obamacare plans, ultimately...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on H.R. 2666, the No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act. The bill authored by committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) would prohibit the FCC from regulating the retail rates charged by Internet service providers (ISPs) ...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 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 the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) temporary reinsurance program.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives passed three more Energy and Commerce Committee bills this week, further advancing the committee’s proud bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building, entitled “How Secure are U.S. Bioresearch Labs? Preventing the Next Safety Lapse." The hearing will focus on the need for stronger oversight of high-containment laboratories.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today continued its oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Members pressed NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind on the implementation of the committee’s...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), is currently holding a hearing on H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016. The hearing continues the subcommittee’s efforts to protect jobs, economic growth, and the public health. The bipartisan bill seeks to...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup for Monday, April 18, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider several bills that improve Americans’ access to pubic safety, improve spectrum...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 21, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “EPA’s Brownfields Program: Empowering Cleanup and Encouraging Economic Redevelopment."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing entitled, “H.R. 4775, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016." Members examined the EPA’s revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone, the practical...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at an Energy and Power Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 4775, the deceptively named “Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has announced the witnesses for the Tuesday, April 19, 2016, hearing entitled, “Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at a Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Hearing on automobile safety and oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
