By EPA Newswire | Jul 24, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 31, 2014, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “PPACA Implementation: Updates from CMS and GAO." Andy Slavitt, the Principal...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: Subcommittees: * Health (113th Congress) . Participants: Dr. Jeff Shuren. Director. Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Richard Moscicki. Deputy Center Director for Science Operations. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today held its third roundtable discussion in the 21st Century Cures initiative. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) led the discussion on personalized medicine with participants from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Ovarian...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on “Modernizing the Business of Environmental Regulation and Protection." The hearing examined ways states and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are modernizing and streamlining environmental programs and regulations, and explored opportunities for increased cooperation.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 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 expressed concern with media reports that highlight irregular FCC process and that allies of President Obama are receiving special treatment...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today wrote to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane urging the Commission to act quickly on its waste confidence rule regarding the environmental impacts associated with spent nuclear fuel. A U.S. Court of Appeals decision...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the nation’s satellite television law to ensure that millions of satellite subscribers continue to receive broadcast programming. H.R. 4572, the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014, which was approved by...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “FERC Perspectives: Questions Concerning EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan and other Grid Reliability Challenges." The subcommittee has invited all five Commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to testify.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Nanotechnology: Understanding How Small Solutions Drive Big Innovation."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing, 21st Century Cures: Examining Barriers to Ongoing Evidence Development and Communication. Subcommittee members and witnesses discussed the discovery, development, and delivery cycle and the importance of transparent collaboration in that cycle in order to bring better cures and treatments to patients more quickly.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision in Halbig v. Burwell.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 21, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Monday, July 28, 2014, at 4 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Protecting Americans from Illegal Bailouts and Plan Cancellations Under the President’s Health Care Law." Witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 21. The committee will explore ways to improve communication in the health care system, review modernizing environmental regulation, discuss how personalized medicine and technological advances can improve the health care system, examine state energy policies, and review a number of bills before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee will continue its efforts on 21st Century Cures with a roundtable next Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Members and participants will discuss how the rise of personalized medicine and advances in...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives will vote next week on bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the nation’s satellite television law to ensure that millions of satellite subscribers continue to receive broadcast programming.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Thursday, July 24, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittees on Communications and Technology and Health today held a joint hearing to discuss how the intersection of technology and health care in the 21st century can accelerate the #Path2Cures. Members heard from experts in both the health and technology fields regarding opportunities...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today commented on a letter the committee recently received from the Office of the National Coordinator regarding its proposal to expand its regulatory jurisdiction around health information technology. At a hearing...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) proposed rulemaking to approve the Physical Reliability Standard submitted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC):
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 24, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Laboratories of Democracy: The Economic Impacts of State Energy Policies."
