By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 16, 2014. The committee will continue its investigation into the General Motors ignition switch recall and review EPA’s proposed power plant regulations.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine how, “The President’s Health Care Law Does Not Equal Health Care Access." Pitts noted that the president’s repeated promise of “If you like your doctor, you will be...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing to review EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas regulations for existing power plants on Thursday, June 19, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held its second hearing of the 21st Century Cures initiative, “Examining the Role of Incentives in Advancing Treatments and Cures for Patients." Subcommittee members heard from a number of experts and stakeholders on what role incentives for drug and device development play in accelerating the #Path2Cures.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing to assess the state of media ownership, and the rules that govern it, in the digital age. Members discussed the FCC’s inaction on the statutorily required 2010 quadrennial review of...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced three bipartisan bills that have moved through the Subcommittee on Health, building on a proven record of success on public health issues. The committee advanced H.R. 4299, the Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved two bills that continue the committee’s efforts to create jobs, build the Architecture of Abundance, and advance energy efficiency as part of an “all-of-the-above" energy strategy.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) sent a letter to newly-installed Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding the legal ability of HHS to issue payments to health insurance...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of June 9. The committee will vote on several bills in the energy and health sectors, continue its 21st Century Cures initiative with a discussion of incentives for drug and device development, examine media ownership as it continues to evolve, and discuss how the president’s health care law limits access to doctors and prescription drugs.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, June 12, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “The President’s Health Care Law Does Not Equal Health Care Access." Witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A group of Republican House members today wrote the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an examination of the Obama administration’s recent proposal to transition Internet oversight to the global multi-stakeholder community. In March 2014, the National Telecommunications...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today responded to the findings from General Motors’ internal investigation relating to the ignition switch recall. The committee leaders announced...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released new documents that indicate, as of May 27, there are at least 4 million recorded inconsistencies in health care applications in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace. The documents also indicate that the health care exchanges launched...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler seeking an update on the agency’s workload and backlog of issues that are currently pending before the commission.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 4, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “21st Century Cures: Examining the Role of Incentives in Advancing Treatments and Cures for Patients." Witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), questioning the ONC’s authority to expand its regulatory role...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 3, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Media Ownership in the 21st Century." Witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 2, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today pressed the Department of Health and Human services for details regarding several failed state-run health care exchanges. The leaders write, “According to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department...
By EPA Newswire | May 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine recent developments and the current status of the Department of Energy’s loan programs, including the Section 1703 and Section 1705 loan guarantee programs and the Advanced...
By EPA Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved a discussion draft of the Promoting New Manufacturing Act by a bipartisan vote of 14 to 8. As a key component of the committee’s effort to build the Architecture of Abundance, this legislation takes...
