By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) are currently representing the Energy and Commerce Committee as part of the House-Senate Conference Committee on the surface transportation bill. Included in the House approved highway bill were a number of provisions to improve auto safety for American drivers and several bills from committee members to boost America’s energy security.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which was introduced by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) earlier this year. The bipartisan legislation would begin the phase out of plastic microbeads from personal care products on July 1, 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which was introduced by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) earlier this year. The bipartisan legislation would begin the phase out of plastic microbeads from personal care products on July 1, 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today passed two resolutions, H.J. Res 71 and H.J. Res 72, to keep electricity affordable and reliable for ratepayers across the country. The resolutions, introduced by Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), would provide for Congressional disapproval of two final rules issued by the EPA for new and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants, and that the rules shall have no force or effect.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today unanimously passed S. 611, the Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - companion legislation to H.R. 2853, a bill introduced by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Vice Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) and Ranking Minority...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today announced that March Bell has been named Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the subcommittee. Bell served as Senior Counsel for Trafficking in Persons in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing titled, “Examining the Regulation of Diagnostic Tests and Laboratory Operations." The hearing builds upon previous discussions as part of the 21st Century Cures process, especially the feedback received...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent another letter to Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) regarding a major encroachment on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s jurisdiction. For a second time, he called attention to the Judiciary Committee Republicans’ attempt to use a typically non-controversial bill to make serious changes to the Clean Air Act under the guise of “streamlining environmental statutes."
By EPA Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved legislation to increase transparency, efficiency, and accountability at the Federal Communications Commission. H.R. 2583, the FCC Process Reform Act of 2015, authored by Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), passed the House by a voice vote.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved three more public health bills. The bills collectively seek to boost mental health care, combat the rise in prenatal opioid abuse, and bring consistency to pharmaceutical reviews while protecting manufacturing jobs.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
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, Nov. 19, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Disrupter Series: The Fast-Evolving Uses and Economic Impacts of Drones."
By EPA Newswire | Nov 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of November 16.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: Continuing its work on flu preparedness, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Nov. 19, 2015, at 10 a.m., in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “U.S. Public Health Preparedness for Seasonal Influenza: Has the Response Improved?"
By EPA Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission."
By EPA Newswire | Nov 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) reached out to the National Football League and the National Football League Players Association late Monday seeking an update on implementation of its policies and procedures relating to domestic violence.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting that the agency convene a technical conference to examine the implementation of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA).
By EPA Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s formal rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today commending President Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement after Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) announced he will retire at the end of the 114th Congress...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Subcommittees: * Energy and Power (114th Congress) . Background Memo . Participants . Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI). Chairman Jerzy Buzek of the European Parliament. Members of the Energy and Power Subcommittee. Members of the European Parliament. Opening Statement of Energy...
