By EPA Newswire | Feb 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s FY 2017 budget request...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 9, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement following the release of President Obama’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today welcomed the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) passing seven bipartisan bills as part of its medical innovation package that is similar to the House passed H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. Momentum continues in the collective effort to deliver #CuresNow.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 9, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s misguided decision to delay implementation of the Clean Power Plan rule...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today requested the Health and Human Services Inspector General review the degree to which Medicaid is currently paying for deceased beneficiaries or paying deceased providers/suppliers.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, at 5:00 in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider twelve energy bills. Members will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday and reconvene on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, 15 minutes after the conclusion of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup or 11 a.m., whichever is later.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today sent a letter to Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting more information about CMS’ recent focus on Medicaid coverage of housing-related services.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup this week to consider three bills that will protect consumers and small businesses. The subcommittee will convene on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 3 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today wrote to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler concerned with the commission’s reporting on broadband deployment, video competition, and mobile wireless competition. The leaders are concerned that the lack of consistent reporting has “been used to justify commission actions to intervene in seemingly competitive markets."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced their intention to hold a hearing in March to examine issues related to the ongoing drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Building on the information the committee has been collecting from EPA and the state of Michigan, the committee will seek to gain a comprehensive understanding of the short-and long-term implications of this crisis to the public health and environment.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Outbreaks, Attacks, and Accidents: Combatting Biological Threats."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced their intention to hold a hearing in March to examine issues related to the ongoing drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Building on the information the committee has been collecting from EPA and the state of Michigan, the committee will seek to gain a comprehensive understanding of the short-and long-term implications of this crisis to the public health and the environment.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) today solicited input from members of the health care community on policy changes regarding site-neutral payments, including changes made to certain Medicare hospital reimbursements...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement commending the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for taking important steps to address the opioid epidemic sweeping our nation. Today, the agency released its Opioids Action Plan, which, among other measures, ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a legislative hearing entitled, “Examining Implementation of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act." The hearing provided an opportunity to get an update on the regulation and approval of biosimilars from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as an update on the reimbursement policy recently outlined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX) expressed disbelief after the Obama administration unveiled a proposal to place a $10-per-barrel tax on oil.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent two separate letters to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and Keith Creagh, Director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today examined two commonsense bills to counter the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory overreach.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today released the following statement in response to new video footage showing an employee of a large abortion provider explaining accounting tricks used to conceal fetal tissue sales.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent two separate letters to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and Keith Creagh, Director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality...
