By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday Sept. 17, at 1:30 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Cross-Border Data Flows: Could Foreign Protectionism Hurt U.S. Jobs?"
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its EPA oversight with a hearing on “State Perspectives: Questions Concerning EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan." The panel heard from state regulators regarding questions and concerns about EPA’s proposed plan to limit carbon dioxide from state electricity systems, including major implementation challenges.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing in the 21st Century Cures initiative to discuss proposed guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the regulation of Lab Developed Tests (LDTs).
By EPA Newswire | Sep 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Republicans this week will continue their effort to protect the American people from the health law’s many #brokenpromises as the House considers H.R. 3522, the Employee Health Care Protection Act. Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) authored this...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives this week will build upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s strong #RecordOfSuccess by considering nine more committee bills related to energy, health care, and telecommunications. In the 113th Congress, approximately 70 committee bills have passed the House and over two-dozen have been signed into law.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding a June 3, 2014, request for information on state-run health exchanges. The committee leaders write, “Despite the committee’s extensive efforts to accommodate...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting information and a study related to the commission’s work on potential changes to broadcast exclusivity rules for local markets.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of September 8, 2014. The committee will advance the #Path2Cures effort with a Health Subcommittee hearing Tuesday and roundtable Wednesday, continue its oversight of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, and review legislation to improve care for victims of human trafficking.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) issued the following statement in response to reports that HealthCare.gov was successfully hacked. Pitts authored H.R. 3811, the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, which was approved by the House with a veto-proof majority in January. The White House threatened to veto this bill.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 4, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at 9:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will review legislation authored by Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) to improve the training of health providers to better identify victims of human trafficking.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “State Perspectives: Questions Concerning EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan."
By EPA Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The bipartisan 21st Century Cures initiative heads to Colorado on Wednesday, Sept. 3, as Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) hosts a panel of national and local health care leaders, thinkers, and innovators for a roundtable to discuss opportunities to accelerate the discovery, development, ...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “21st Century Cures: Examining the Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests." Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the Food and Drug Administration, will be among the witnesses.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that the subcommittee will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, to discuss the Federal Communications Commission’s management and spending. The hearing will continue the committee’s oversight of the FCC and follows the committee’s requests for documents regarding the commission’s workload and backlog.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 28, 2014
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee’s 21st Century Cures initiative will take center stage Friday, Aug. 29, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) will host a roundtable. Pitts has assembled an all-star lineup of health care professionals and innovators to contribute...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 27, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today responded to reports that the Obama administration intends to circumvent Congress in striking an international agreement on global greenhouse gas emissions. President Obama failed to enact cap-and-tax legislation with...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today applauded the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s recent announcement approving the final rule on the environmental effects of continued storage of spent nuclear fuel. The Commission also decided to lift the agency’s suspension of issuing final licensing actions for nuclear plants and renewals.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today continued the process of seeking public input ahead of a #CommActUpdate by releasing a white paper focused on the Universal Service Fund. The...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 19, 2014
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee’s 21st Century Cures initiative has garnered significant support since its start earlier this year. Now, members of the committee are bringing the conversation back home. Health care professionals and patients continue to share their ideas and first-hand experiences as members host events in their home states and communities across the nation.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner regarding a document uncovered by the committee in which Tavenner instructs the top CMS spokeswoman to delete an email exchange between CMS, the...
