By EPA Newswire | Apr 4, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Select Investigative Panel Chairman Marsha Blackburn issued the following statement in response to comments made this weekend by Hillary Clinton on NBC’s Meet the Press when she asserted that constitutional rights don’t apply to the “unborn person."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, a bipartisan group of 44 current and former Senators and 164 current and former House members - including a former Republican Senator and former Republican House Member - from 38 states as well as the District of Columbia and the Northern Mariana Islands have joined in filing...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and committee member Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) today sent a letter to the nonpartisan watchdog Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking them to examine the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) set-top box proposal.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bicameral leaders sent a letter on Thursday to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) applauding their decision in a Feb. 1, 2016, final rule to hold off from finalizing a previously proposed definition of line extension drugs in the Medicaid program. Instead, CMS’s...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The momentum to deliver #CuresNow continues to grow stronger by the day, and the last several weeks have brought out some bright stars for 21st Century Cures. From news correspondents, rock legends, and the littlest champions for Cures, we continue to take significant steps on the #Path2Cures.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into the 2007-2008 heparin contamination crisis, Republican Energy and Commerce Committee leaders this week sent a letter to newly confirmed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf. The letter was signed...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced the issuance of 12 new subpoenas to organizations who have failed to fully cooperate with both requests for information and previous subpoenas from the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement commending President Obama’s announcement on new actions to escalate the fight against prescription drug opioid abuse and heroin epidemic. The President announced, among other things, new efforts today to...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement today regarding the partisan subpoenas issued by Chairmen Fred Upton (R-MI) and Kevin Brady (R-TX), which compel the U.S.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement on the administration’s latest efforts to combat the growing opioid epidemic...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of a nearly yearlong effort to obtain information regarding unlawful spending, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Committee on Ways and Means today issued subpoenas to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The committees have been seeking...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) held a panel discussion Wednesday entitled, “Conversation on Child Cures." The discussion, headlined by Roger Daltrey of The Who and co-founder of Teen Cancer America, featured patients and advocates.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Subcommittees: * Energy and Commerce (114th Congress) . Participant List: Roger Daltrey. Rock legend from The Who, and co-founder of Teen Cancer America. Sarah Kennedy. Mother of Brooke and Brielle Kennedy, sisters battling Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) in Mattawan, Michigan, and the inspiration behind...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) have the stage set for today’s “Conversation on Child Cures." The all-star lineup of participants is ready to go. Get to know the voices on today’s #Path2Cures...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today held a panel discussion entitled, “Conversation on Child Cures." The discussion featured patients and advocates, including an 18-year-old young man...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), and Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) - the top Democrats on committees with jurisdiction over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) - today released the following joint statement to highlight the sixth anniversary of the law...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republican committee leaders in the House and Senate today asked the administration for information about the 316 security breaches on HealthCare.gov catalogued in a new report released today by the nonpartisan government watchdog, the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republican Leadership joined House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) in urging the Administration to abandon its proposed changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA) Employer Group Waiver Plans (EGWPs). These changes would negatively impact millions of Americans who rely on EGWPs for high-quality health care.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) will hold a panel discussion entitled, “Conversation on Child Cures" tomorrow, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In a stunning reversal during today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on oversight of the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Tom Wheeler admitted that he wants the FCC to have the ability to regulate broadband rates.
