By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following statement after the Obama administration announced final rules to regulate carbon dioxide (C02) from new and existing power plants.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today commending the Obama Administration for the monumental step it has taken to reduce carbon emissions and seriously address climate change with the final Clean Power Plan.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and the co-chairs of the Congressional Task Force on Seniors Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) today issued the following statement ahead of the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Energy and Power Subcommittee Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX) today sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough outlining various concerns with the EPA’s proposed revisions to the ozone standard that was established in 2008.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today bolstered its bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess by advancing six bills to strengthen public health, children’s health, and promote American jobs and manufacturing. Today’s vote marked the eighth full committee mark up this Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell as the committee continues its oversight of the U.S. public health response to the seasonal influenza. The leaders are seeking documents regarding the administration’s lessons learned from the previous flu season as well as documents detailing preparedness efforts for the upcoming season.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Due to expected House votes, the opening statements for the full committee markup scheduled to begin this afternoon have been postponed. The full committee will meet tomorrow, July 29, at 10 AM in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building for opening statements and consideration of the following six bills...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing continuing its review of the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP). The hearing comes on the heels of recent reports regarding the shipments of live anthrax from a Department of Defense (DOD) laboratory.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a roundtable entitled, “EPA’s Proposed Ozone Rule: Potential Impacts on Manufacturing and Jobs." The roundtable discussion builds off the committee’s ongoing work to highlight the potentially devastating...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its schedule for the week of July 27.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its work to protect jobs and the economy from the EPA’s looming ozone rule, the Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will host a roundtable discussion on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 from 2pm - 3pm in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The public roundtable will feature leading stakeholders including local officials.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Defense today released an internal report regarding its investigation of the shipments of live anthrax from the Department’s laboratory at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah to labs across the country and around the world. The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health and Subcommittee on Commerce Manufacturing, and Trade today each held markups to consider a number of bipartisan bills to strengthen public health and promote American manufacturing.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, by a vote of 275-150. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Committee members Reps. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) and G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), creates a voluntary, national standard for the labeling...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade has scheduled a markup on Thursday, July 23, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following three bills...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK), House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Senate Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee Chairwoman Shelley Moore Capito...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today discussed ways to promote broadband infrastructure investment in an environment with ever-growing demand for fixed and mobile broadband access.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this afternoon on Rep. David McKinley’s (R-WV) H.R. 1734, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015. The bipartisan legislation is the culmination of a multi-year, multi-Congress effort to improve options for...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today issued the following statement regarding the 2015 Medicare Trustees Report. Read a summary of key findings from the report online HERE.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1734, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015 with a bipartisan vote of 258 to 166. The bipartisan legislation was introduced by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) and is a culmination of the committee’s bipartisan, bicameral work from previous Congresses to improve the regulatory framework by putting states in charge of implementing coal ash rules.
