By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today unveiled a discussion draft of the Ratepayer Protection Act, which would empower states to protect households and businesses from the harmful effects of EPA’s proposed rule regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. The subcommittee will examine the legislation at a hearing on April 14, 2015. Details and witnesses will be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement in response to the administration’s regulations on hydraulic fracturing on federal lands...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today bipartisan leaders from the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees released a working summary outlining the broader framework of an agreement being negotiated to permanently replace the broken Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with a system that rewards...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and markup schedule for the week of March 23. Members will discuss the 340B drug pricing program, Internet-connected products and technology, prescription drug and opioid abuse, and U.S. spectrum policy. The committee will also advance drafts of its coal ash legislation and data security legislation.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the House Energy and Commerce and House Ways and Means Health Subcommittees today sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator urging the administration to reverse course on its proposed changes to the popular and successful Medicare Advantage (MA) program. This letter echoes similar concerns outlined by bicameral Republican committee leaders in a letter sent to President Obama last month.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, March 26, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Growing Problems of Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse: State and...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: “Small businesses are vital to our economy. New Jersey alone is home to over 800,000 small businesses, which are responsible for half of the jobs in the state. Without smart policies, these small businesses simply cannot survive in capital-intensive industries such as telecommunications," said Congressman Pallone. “It’s time for the FCC to update its rules to give small businesses a fair shot at getting access to the nation’s airwaves."
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today continued its oversight of the Federal Communications Commission. Members reviewed the FCC’s FY 2016 budget request, questioned the commissioners about the recent vote to regulate the Internet with Depression-era rules, and discussed draft legislation to bring the FCC into the 21st Century.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: The legislation - nearly identical to bills introduced in the House and Senate last year - was introduced by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, March 26, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Next Steps for Spectrum Policy."
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, March 26, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Growing Problems of Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse: State and...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, March 26, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Growing Problems of Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse: State and...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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 hearing on “The Internet of Things: Exploring...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, leaders in the Senate and House introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to replace the broken Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula with an improved payment system that rewards quality, efficiency, and innovation. The bipartisan, bicameral bill seeks to end the cycle...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade today took a critical step in its efforts to advance a single, federal standard on data security and breach notification. Members of the subcommittee reviewed a bipartisan draft of “The Data Security Breach Notification Act, " authored by Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT).
By EPA Newswire | Mar 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing to review a draft of the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015. Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) put forward the discussion draft, which builds on the committee’s bipartisan, ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz requesting additional information regarding the department’s management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The letter follows the committee’s initial May 12, 2014, request for information on the SPR.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent a letter to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as part of ongoing bipartisan oversight of the federal mental health system.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today continued its oversight of EPA’s Proposed 111(d) rule for existing power plants, referred to by the agency as the “Clean Power Plan." Today’s hearing examined the legal and cost issues of the rule and featured testimony from leading legal scholars and state regulators.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Support continues to grow for a permanent resolution to the frequent crises created by the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate formula for Medicare physician payment. Several House Energy and Commerce Committee health leaders have added their voices to the growing chorus of key thought leaders...
