By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has rescheduled the hearing on “Examining the 340B Drug Pricing Program" for Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - At today’s Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing on “EPA’s Proposed 111(d) Rule for Existing Power Plants: Legal and Cost Issues," noted legal expert Laurence Tribe, President Obama’s constitutional law professor at Harvard Law School, attacked EPA’s so-called Clean Power Plan for its...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released a draft bill to reauthorize the Federal Communications Commission. The legislation, released ahead of the subcommittee’s Thursday hearing with all five FCC commissioners, would reauthorize the agency for the first time in nearly 25 years.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan record of success continued today as the House of Representatives approved three more bills to help patients and local communities. The House approved H.R. 639, the Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act, H.R. 647, the Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care for All Americans Act, and H.R. 648, the Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) this afternoon released the following joint statement.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today announced witnesses for the subcommittee’s Tuesday, March 17, hearing, which will focus on legal and cost issues relating to EPA’s proposed carbon dioxide (CO2) rule for existing power plants under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, referred to by the agency as the “Clean Power Plan."
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of March 16. Members will continue oversight over the EPA and FCC, and review two discussion drafts aimed at protecting jobs, innovation, and manufacturing.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: “We are disappointed with the draft of the Data Security and Breach Notification Act released by Reps. Burgess, Blackburn, and Welch. Data breaches can create serious harm to consumers and businesses alike, and this bill does not provide solutions. We have numerous concerns about the weakening of consumer...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, March 19, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 906, a Bill to Modify the Efficiency Standards for Grid-Enabled Water Heaters."
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan members of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade today announced draft legislation to tackle the nation’s growing data security challenges. The “Data Security and Breach Notification Act" is a comprehensive plan to help safeguard sensitive consumer information...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today commented on the Federal Communications Commission’s release of its Depression-era rules to regulate the Internet.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), will hold a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of “H.R. ___, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015," next Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent letters to five top agency officials following up on the committee’s investigation of this season’s ineffective flu vaccine. The subcommittee held a hearing on Feb. 3, 2015, in the midst of this year’s harsh flu season and the poor vaccine match, to discuss the public health response to seasonal influenza.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2015
News Release: “This is great news because it shows that the biosimilars approval process is working," said Congressman Pallone. “Zarxio has been found to be safe and effective and should provide competition and lower costs to this class of biotech drug. It has taken a long time to reach this point, but this is undoubtedly a good day for both patients and our health care system as a whole."
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “The 21st Century Electricity Challenge: Ensuring a Secure, Reliable and Modern Electricity System." A strong electricity system is critical to our economic and national security, and today’s hearing focused on efforts to modernize the nation’s electric grid to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairmen John Kline (R-MN), Paul Ryan (R-WI), and Fred Upton (R-MI) responded to today’s Supreme Court oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case. The chairmen, who attended this morning’s oral arguments, are leading the House Republican working group to develop a plan to replace the...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held the first of a series of hearings on cybersecurity and the broader implications for businesses and consumers in today’s 21st Century economy. Today’s hearing provided an overview of the issue, focusing on the history, evolution, and future of cybersecurity.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today heard from FCC Managing Director Jon Wilkins as members began their review of the Federal Communications Commission’s $530 million Fiscal Year 2016 budget request. As part of the committee’s...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Due to inclement weather and a change in the House schedule, tomorrow’s scheduled committee activity has been postponed. Rescheduled dates to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing to examine changes in global energy markets. When it comes to energy markets, the transformation over the last decade has been dramatic and for the better. America is producing more while...
