By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today delivered the following opening statement at a joint hearing of the Subcommittees on Environment & the Economy and Health on the “Flint Water Crisis: Impacts and Lessons Learned."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), have scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, April 20, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Fiscal Year 2017 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Budget."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today delivered the following opening statement at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee Hearing on seven communications bills, including Pallone’s Securing Access to Networks in Disasters (SANDy) Act.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced that the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives will hold a hearing on The Pricing of Fetal Tissue beginning at 10:00am Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in HVC-210 at the U.S. Capitol.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a legislative hearing to examine bills that improve Americans’ access to public safety in emergency situations, improve Spectrum efficiency, bring broadband to skilled nursing facilities, and limit spending in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Lifeline program. Members of the subcommittee examined the following bills...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 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 committee member Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), today sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy requesting legal justification for the agency’s proposed regulation on racing vehicle modifications.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the Energy and Commerce Committee’s efforts to combat the Zika virus, the House of Representatives today passed S. 2512, the Adding Zika Virus to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act. The legislation will add the virus to the list of tropical diseases under the program.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015: Examining Physician Efforts to Prepare for Medicare Payment Reforms." The hearing will be the sequel to a March 10, 2016 hearing on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and National Highway...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Committee Member Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) stressed the need for Congress to pass Luján’s Fair and Clear Campaign Transparency Act after a non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds that some television stations are not including required information on public filings.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of April 11.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, April 15, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Unlawful Reinsurance Payments: CMS Diverting $3.5 Billion from Taxpayers to Pay Insurance Companies."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 14, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 4775, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 7, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 14, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “NHTSA Oversight." National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Mark Rosekind is expected to testify in addition to other witnesses.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) today applauded the Senate Committee...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) today applauded the Senate Committee...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 6, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), and the Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), have scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, April 13, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Flint Water Crisis: Impacts and Lessons Learned."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Wednesday, April 13, 2016, to examine the following bills...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 4, 2016
News Release: As the 2016 Major League Baseball (MLB) season begins, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today demanded that chewing tobacco finally be banned from Major League Baseball. In separate letters to MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred, Jr. and MLB Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark, Pallone said that MLB should ban the use of smokeless tobacco in all parts of the ballparks, including on the field and in the dugout.
