By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Today, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Budget denounced the budget reconciliation language expected to come before their committees in the coming days. Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby" Scott...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement regarding the Republican majority’s decision to form a new subcommittee, within the jurisdiction of the Energy and Commerce Committee, to continue to investigate unsubstantiated claims made against Planned Parenthood...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1624, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY). This bipartisan, commonsense legislation will help protect employees from cancelled health...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, all 23 Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter urging the Republican majority to “stop using this Committee to level baseless and politicized attacks on Planned Parenthood and on women’s health" under the guise of a legitimate investigation.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to resume consideration of H.R. 8, “The North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015." The full committee also will consider reconciliation...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 28.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today reviewed two proposals to improve safety on American roads and keep families safe across the country.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives next week will consider H.R. 1624, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY). This bill would help protect employees from rising health care costs due to certain...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Transporting Nuclear Materials: Design, Logistics, and Shipment."
By EPA Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Potential Ways to Improve the Medicare Program." Subcommittee members will discuss three bills to strengthen Medicare.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders this week continued their investigation of Planned Parenthood’s abortion practices and the handling of fetal tissue. The committee leaders sent letters to Novogenix Laboratories and Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc. (ABR ), demanding more...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: The Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Broadcasting Ownership in the 21st Century" scheduled for Friday, Sept. 25, will now begin at 9:30 AM. Witness testimony will be posted at the same link as it is available.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today commented on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s announcement that the Universal Service Fund’s Connect America Fund will focus its resources for broadband deployment on areas where private investment is not occurring.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
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 Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 10:15 AM in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “The Disrupter Series: How the Sharing Economy Creates Jobs, Benefits Consumers, and Raises Policy Questions."
By EPA Newswire | Sep 22, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has rescheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “ACA Overdue Checkup: Examining the ACA’s State Insurance Marketplaces." ...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 21, 2015
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 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing in the coming weeks on recently discovered issues with Volkswagen diesel engines (sold from 2008-2015) that resulted in emissions levels exceeding state and federal limits throughout the United States.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s notice alleging that Volkswagen knowingly violated the Clean Air Act by using software in its cars that circumvents emissions standards testing for certain air pollutants...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 21.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week, Energy and Commerce Democrats fought back against yet another Republican attempt to deprive women across the country of life-saving preventative services by slashing Planned Parenthood funding and, this time, recklessly threatening to shut down the federal government in the process.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, by a vote of 241 - 187. This bill would invest $235 million in Federally Qualified Health Centers in support of women’s health care, a policy championed by committee member Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC).
