By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today welcomed the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s announcement that a deal has been reached with the Association of Public Television Stations and PBS to ensure carriage of public television stations on the nation’s cable systems.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today welcomed action by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to reduce regulatory compliance costs for manufacturers. Earlier this month, the subcommittee held a hearing to understand how the...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today welcomed the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s announcement that a deal has been reached with the Association of Public Television Stations and PBS to ensure carriage of public television stations on the nation’s cable systems.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) responded following the release of the Health and Human Services Inspector General’s report on HealthCare.gov. The committee has actively conducted aggressive oversight of the failures of HealthCare.gov.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Led by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), 34 Senators and 171 House Members filed an amicus brief today in the case of State of West Virginia, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislative Hearing to Examine Pipeline Safety Reauthorization." The Energy and Commerce Committee has been at the forefront of improving pipeline safety.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued the following statement in response to the investigation into defective Takata airbag inflators.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell is set to return to 2123 RHOB Wednesday to testify before the Health Subcommittee on the agency’s 2017 budget request. Her appearance is timely given the committee’s still unanswered questions on Obamacare’s cost-sharing reduction program as well as the recent revelation that the administration has “looted" billions in taxpayer dollars to prop up insurance companies.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a letter sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week on federal investments to prevent lead poisoning, Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent letters to the Departments of Health in seven states requesting more information...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2016
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a full committee markup on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a number of bills. Members will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday and reconvene on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at 10 a.m.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of February 22.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today invited Federal Bureau of Investigations Director James Comey and Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to appear before the committee to discuss the issues surrounding encryption - specifically when privacy and national security issues are raised.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today invited Federal Bureau of Investigations Director James Comey and Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to appear before the committee to discuss the issues surrounding encryption - specifically when privacy and national security issues are raised.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, Feb. 26, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: 3D Printing."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its work to strengthen Medicaid for the nation’s most vulnerable, Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today pressed Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Last week, Tom Brokaw joined Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette on the #Path2Cures. Brokaw was honored alongside Upton and DeGette by the Tracy’s Kids organization, which has helped countless young cancer patients and their families. As Upton and DeGette commented, ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today announced that the roundtable kicking off the committee’s comprehensive concussion review has been rescheduled for Monday, March 14, 2016, at 2 PM.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Democratic leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), requesting information on the agency’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “DOE for the 21st Century: Science, Environment, and National Security Missions."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2017 HHS Budget." The president submitted his fiscal year...
