By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today responded to a report from the Government Accountability Office, the federal government’s nonpartisan watchdog, on the Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). The report outlines a number of fundamental failures in the OIG and makes a number of recommendations.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 13.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 13.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will host a media availability TODAY following the House vote on H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, by a vote of 344-77. The nonpartisan legislation will help to bring our health care system into the 21st Century, investing in science and medical innovation, incorporating the patient perspective, and modernizing clinical trials, to deliver better, faster cures to more patients and loved ones in need.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: This morning as the House considers H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, more than 100 patient groups and organizations are voicing their support for the bill’s Innovation Fund to help boost research and support scientists. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) has led this effort for a year and a half, keeping...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a legislative hearing examining H.R. 702, a bill introduced by full committee Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX) that would eliminate the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested information from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding protections for consumers following data breaches. As more and more Americans are affected by...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In advance of this week’s House vote on H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement underscoring his commitment, and that of the committee’s Republican members, to ensuring a fiscally responsible approach to finding better, faster, and safer treatments and cures...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in strong support of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Every member of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the ability for consumers to take their phone number with them if they choose to switch carriers. A recent white paper by the North American...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in strong support of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 8, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, July 14, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicare Part D: Measures Needed to Strengthen Program Integrity."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is set to vote on H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, later this week. H.R. 6 is a nonpartisan bill originating from the Energy and Commerce Committee’s 21st Century Cures initiative, launched over a year ago. The effort has seen continued support from patients, leading health care experts, and thought leaders across the country and from both sides of the aisle.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce subcommittees on Health and Communications and Technology today held hearings continuing longstanding work to strengthen Medicaid and protect the future of the Internet.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees this week demanded responses from Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew regarding payments the administration has made to insurance companies to subsidize cost-sharing under the health care law after the administration requested - but did not receive from Congress - an appropriation of funding.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 8, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, July 14, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Medicare Part D: Measures Needed to Strengthen Program Integrity."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, July 14, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 and Related Issues."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration Acting Commissioner Dr. Stephen Ostroff regarding the labeling of certain opioids, particularly the discrepancy between Extended Release and Long-Acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesics...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced the subcommittee’s July hearing schedule. In addition to tomorrow’s hearing on Internet governance, the subcommittee will meet on Tuesday, July 14, to discuss ways to improve...
