By EPA Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), has scheduled a hearing entitled “Takata Airbag Ruptures and Recalls" for Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today wrote to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Cheryl LaFleur...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement in response to the EPA’s announcement today that it would not issue a rule setting Renewable Fuel Standard targets for 2014...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) today introduced legislation to help protect drinking water from harmful algae blooms known as cyanotoxins. Latta authored the legislation in response to Toledo, Ohio’s August water emergency caused by the increased presence of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today applauded the United States Senate’s swift action to approve bipartisan legislation that ensures 1.5 million satellite television subscribers continue to receive broadcast programming and makes a number of changes to...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to strengthen American manufacturing and create jobs by passing H.R. 4795, the Promoting New Manufacturing Act. This commonsense solution, authored by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), will help make America’s manufacturing renaissance...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed seven incoming Republican members to the committee.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today again resoundingly approved bipartisan legislation that ensures 1.5 million satellite television subscribers continue to receive service and makes a number of changes to improve the video marketplace for consumers. H.R. 5728, the STELA Reauthorization...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After once again being selected by his colleagues to serve as Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the committee leadership he intends to appoint for the 114th Congress. Five out of the six subcommittee chairmen will...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 19, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee continued its oversight of the ongoing Ebola outbreak this week with two hearings. The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), held a hearing to review the U.S. public health response to the Ebola outbreak and...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 15, 2014
News Release: The administration’s lack of transparency throughout the authoring, passage, and implementation of the president’s health care law has delivered countless broken promises: a broken website, rising premiums, and millions of health plan cancellations. It has also generated a great deal of uncertainty and...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 5682, a bill authored by Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), which would approve the application for the Keystone XL pipeline and allow construction of the job-creating project to finally proceed after years of the president’s delays. Today...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) yesterday spoke on the House floor in support for his bill, H.R. 5682, to approve the application to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The House will vote today and the Senate is expected to follow with a vote on the legislation next week, sending the bill to the president’s desk to build the landmark jobs and energy project. Today’s vote will be the ninth in the House to approve the landmark jobs and energy project.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of November 17. The committee will review the administration’s Ebola response effort, discuss the status of developing vaccines, diagnostics, and treatment options, and examine harmful algae blooms in drinking water.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office confirms the committee’s concerns that the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration do not have a clear, timely, and efficient review process for the export of nuclear technology, resulting...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy regarding the agency’s imminent plans to propose revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone and the estimated...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today built upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess by sending three more pieces of legislation to the president’s desk for signature. The House today approved by unanimous consent the Senate versions of three House-passed bills: the E-LABEL Act (S. 2583), the Sunscreen Innovation Act (S. 2141), and the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act (S. 2539).
By EPA Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water."
By EPA Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Ranking Member John Thune (R-SD) today led Republicans on their respective committees in writing to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today responded to President Obama’s announcement that he had struck a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping to reduce carbon emissions.
