By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today commented on a report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office regarding the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s work to transition oversight of the Domain Name system to the global internet community.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to consider four more commonsense bills to strengthen the Medicaid program. The subcommittee last week discussed six additional bills in its ongoing commitment to strengthen Medicaid.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to discuss two draft bills authored by full committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) to bolster the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 and the Partial-Birth...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved legislation to lift the nearly 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports. H.R. 702, to adapt to crude oil market conditions, passed the committee by a vote of 31-19. Chairman Emeritus Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) introduced the bipartisan legislation which is expected to be considered by the full house later this month.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) today released a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO). The government watchdog’s report examines the Environmental...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders today sent a letter to President Obama urging that he discuss with the Chinese President the heparin contamination case from 2007 and 2008 that led to the deaths and severe reactions of many Americans. The letter reads, “This case of intentional...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building off last week’s hearing, the Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a second panel examining federal facility cleanups under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Today’s hearing...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: Blackburn & Ellmers: “These videos will make you sick - baby organs being discussed like parts to a car."
By EPA Newswire | Sep 16, 2015
News Release: Opening statements for the Energy and Commerce Committee Markup on H.R. 702, to adapt to changing crude oil market conditions and H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 have been rescheduled for Thursday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The committee will consider the legislation upon conclusion of the opening statements.as they are posted.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 15, 2015
News Release: Ahead of this week’s full committee vote to say #Yes2Energy, the Obama administration today signaled opposition to H.R. 702, bipartisan legislation authored by Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX) that would lift the nearly 40-year-old ban on crude oil. The Washington Free Beacon reports, “In the wake...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requested that the Committee hold a hearing to review the legal status of fantasy sports, given the Committee’s jurisdiction over professional sports and gambling and the overwhelming popularity of fantasy sports websites. In fact, just this year, an estimated 57 million people in the United States and Canada will participate in fantasy sports.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider H.R. __, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 and H.R. 702, legislation to lift the ban on crude oil exports. Members will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday and reconvene to consider both pieces of legislation Thursday, Sept. 17, at 10:00 a.m.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) this week respectively authored draft legislation to strengthen and improve the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 and the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. The discussion drafts to be reviewed at a Health Subcommittee hearing next Thursday will strengthen enforcement against providers who violate these two existing laws.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 14.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held the first panel of a two-day hearing examining federal facility cleanups under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA requires federal agencies...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today reviewed six bills authored by committee members to strengthen the Medicaid program by closing loopholes and eliminating fraud in the program. Next Friday, the Health Subcommittee will continue its effort to improve the Medicaid program with a hearing to review four more bills that will improve the program for beneficiaries.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today advanced Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton’s H.R. 702, legislation that will lift the nearly 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports by voice vote.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement regarding the Republican majority’s announcement that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing next week to consider several bills attacking a woman’s right to choose...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2015
News Release: Committee to Review Legislation to Bolster Enforcement of Born-Alive Infants Protection Act and Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on “Oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)." The committee has a long tradition of conducting...
