By EPA Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this week said #Yes2Energy and passed a number of Energy and Commerce Committee energy bills that keep electricity affordable and reliable, modernize our dated energy laws, and boost drinking water for rural America. Additionally, the House passed a long-term highway bill that contained committee priorities to improve #Safety4Drivers and bolster America’s energy security.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this week said #Yes2Energy and approved H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, a bill aimed at modernizing America’s outdated energy policies written during a time of energy scarcity. The House also passed Energy and Power Subcommittee...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, President Obama recently signed two public health bills into law. S. 799, the Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015, will help combat the rise in prenatal opioid abuse and H.R. 639, the Improving Regulatory Transparency...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of December 7.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the funding, budgetary and scoring issues associated with efforts to manage and dispose of our nation’s spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste - specifically as it relates to the Nuclear Waste Fund. Today’s hearing built on the subcommittee’s previous work examining specific challenges managing used fuel and national defense waste.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today continued its review of the 21st century media landscape and how 20th century rules and regulations are harming the ability of broadcasters and newspapers to compete in the Internet economy.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Republicans voted to weaken the United States’ leadership on climate and roll back the progress our country has made in energy efficiency and clean energy. H.R. 8, the deceptively named “North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015," aims to bolster the...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the committee’s comprehensive energy bill, H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, which included 15 Democratic amendments and passed by a bipartisan vote of 249 to 174. The bill, sponsored by Energy and Commerce Committee...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved important proposals from the Energy and Commerce Committee to improve auto safety and strengthen American energy security as part of the long-term highway bill. The measures build upon the committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved two bipartisan proposals aimed at improving access to wired and wireless broadband for all Americans. The subcommittee today advanced a legislative package to improve broadband infrastructure deployment and H.R. 1641, the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Legislation to Improve Health Care and Treatment." The subcommittee will continue its efforts to advance critical legislation that will address shortcomings in current law and reauthorize an important nursing training program.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today called for permanent reauthorization of the World Trade Center Health Program. Upton also outlined six permanent entitlement reforms totaling more than $4 billion to pay for permanent extension of the important program.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved two bipartisan proposals aimed at improving access to wired and wireless broadband for all Americans. The subcommittee today advanced a legislative package to improve broadband infrastructure deployment and H.R. 1641, the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “An Overdue Checkup Part II: Examining the ACA’s State Insurance Marketplaces." CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt is confirmed to testify before the subcommittee.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved S.J. Res. 23 and S.J. Res. 24 - resolutions identical to H.J. Res. 71 and H.J. Res. 72 introduced by Subcommittee on Energy and Power Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) - aimed at keeping electricity affordable and reliable for ratepayers around...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, as the leaders of more than 190 nations met in Paris for an historic summit to address the urgent and existential threat of climate change, House Republicans continued their partisan efforts to undermine efforts by the United States to lead the international community by example and reduce its carbon emissions.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives will vote this week on the Conference Report to the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) represented the committee for the House-Senate Conference Committee, ...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: It’s time to stop EPA’s clean power grab
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote today on two important energy resolutions, S.J. Res 23 and S.J. Res 24, which will keep electricity affordable and reliable for Americans. The resolutions are identical to H.J. Res 71 and 72, authored by Energy and Power Subcommittee...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today continued its Disrupter Series with a review of mobile payments. In light of the holiday shopping season now firmly underway, the subcommittee discussed how this innovative technology works, the security it provides consumers, and how it is disrupting traditional payment options for small and large businesses across the country.
