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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the commission’s work to relocate over 200 servers from Washington, D.C., to an offsite location in West Virginia. FCC Managing Director Jon Wilkins explained during testimony before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee on March 4 that the commission intends to move forward with these plans within “a couple of weeks."

Bipartisan Committee Leaders Address “Fundamental Breakdown” at Chemical Safety Board

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following President Obama’s requested resignation of the Chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to all remaining members of the board concerning the board’s management and governance decisions.

Bipartisan Committee Leaders Address “Fundamental Breakdown” at Chemical Safety Board

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following President Obama’s requested resignation of the Chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to all remaining members of the board concerning the board’s management and governance decisions.

21st Century Cures Heads to the Inland Northwest

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee member and Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) on Monday will bring the 21st Century Cures initiative to the Inland Northwest with a roundtable discussion at the Washington State University Spokane Campus. Patient advocates, innovators, ...

#SubOversight Continues Its Review of Growing Threat of Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug and heroin abuse from state and local perspectives. Members heard from a number of experts who confront this growing crisis in communities all across the country. The subcommittee last year held a hearing to discuss this issue with witnesses from federal agencies.

#SubCommTech Members Hold Robust Bipartisan Discussion of U.S. Spectrum Policy

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today discussed the future of U.S. spectrum policy. With ever increasing demand for this finite resource, members explored how the federal government can help meet America’s spectrum needs.

Pallone Applauds Historic Passage of Permanent SGR Fix

News Release: “For more than a decade, Congress has had to temporarily fix the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) nearly twenty times since it was enacted," said Pallone. “Well, today is the last time that we will have to talk about the broken SGR. The House has finally come together to fix it once and for all and it is an historic achievement to say the least."

#SubOversight Continues Its Review of Growing Threat of Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug and heroin abuse from state and local perspectives. Members heard from a number of experts who confront this growing crisis in communities all across the country. The subcommittee last year held a hearing to discuss this issue with witnesses from federal agencies.

Good Riddance! House Votes Overwhelmingly to Permanently Repeal the #SGR and Strengthen Medicare

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today spoke in support of H.R. 2 to permanently repeal the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate, establish a fair and stable payment system for Medicare, protect seniors’ access to their doctors, begin to strengthen Medicare over the long term, and extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program. H.R. 2 was approved by a vote of 392-37. Read a summary of the legislation online here.

Committee Advances Bills to Protect Consumers and the Environment

By EPA Newswire | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted today to advance two critical pieces of legislation furthering the committee’s efforts to protect families and communities. This morning, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy voted to advance a draft of the Improving...

Support for Permanent #SGR Solution Continues to Grow

By EPA Newswire | Mar 25, 2015

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives on Thursday will vote to put an end to the nearly two decades of “fixing" the broken Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). Bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce and House Ways and Means Committee earlier this week introduced H.R. 2, legislation to fix the...

Bipartisan Committee Leaders Post SGR Package to be Considered This Week

News Release: “Finally, after a decade of trying, we have a bipartisan bill that will permanently repeal the flawed SGR and move Medicare to a health care system based on quality and efficiency, that is good for seniors and doctors alike." said Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ). “As...

Upton & Walden Comment on Filing of First Net Neutrality Appeals

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following comment after USTelecom and Alamo Broadband each filed Monday to appeal the FCC’s Depression-era net neutrality rules.

#SubHealth Reviews Federal Drug Discount Program

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to discuss the 340B federal drug discount program. Witnesses from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG), and Health Resources...

Bipartisan Committee Leaders Post SGR Package to be Considered THIS WEEK

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce and House Ways and Means Committees today introduced H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, to permanently replace Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). The agreement builds upon H.R. 1470, the SGR Repeal and...

Blackburn and Pitts Hail Breakthrough SGR Agreement to Strengthen Medicare for Seniors

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined bipartisan committee leaders to unveil H.R. 2, legislation to permanently replace the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate and put in place Medicare reforms to promote quality care for seniors. Full committee...

Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Internet Of Things Showcase

News Release: Subcommittees: * Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade (114th Congress) . On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will host an Internet of Things Showcase featuring Internet-connected products manufactured in members’ districts. The showcase will precede a subcommittee...

Committee Leaders Respond to DOE’s Nuclear Waste Delay

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today respond to Department of Energy Secretary Moniz’s announcement that DOE would move forward with siting a separate repository for high-level defense nuclear waste.

#SubCMT Taps into the Next Technology Frontier: the Internet of Things