By EPA Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russia will cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine unless it receives pre-payments.
By EPA Newswire | May 15, 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) expressed disappointment following today’s Federal Communications Commission’s vote on Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposed “open Internet" rules.
By EPA Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) today put forward draft text of legislation to address illegitimate patent demand letters. The legislation aims to protect businesses from abusive patent assertion entities (PAEs), or patent trolls, while preserving...
By EPA Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released a report regarding its investigation of federal programs that address severe mental illness (SMI). Since January 2013, following the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, and against the backdrop of subsequent mass killings tied to untreated...
By EPA Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today responded to changes to the nuclear waste fee. Effective tomorrow, the fee will be zeroed out to 0.0 mill per kilowatt hour of electricity generated and sold. In November, a federal court ordered the Department...
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will hold a hearing next week to review draft text of the Promoting New Manufacturing Act, legislation to advance the timely issuance of air permits needed to build modern new factories and other energy intensive...
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Keeping the Promise: Site of Service Medicare Payment Reforms." Mark E. Miller, PhD, Executive Director from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will testify. Other witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican leaders today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the commission’s consideration of reclassifying broadband Internet as a common carrier telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications...
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released its latest white paper in the 21st Century Cures initiative. The paper, 21st Century Cures: An Update on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology 2012 Report on Propelling Innovation, reviews the recommendations...
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Continuing thier efforts to protect seniors, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner expressing concerns about the health care law’s negative effects on Medicare Advantage. The committee...
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz regarding the management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in light of recent changes and developments.
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved H.R. 4342, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act, to require the Obama administration to pause on any changes regarding the future of the Internet and allow for an independent evaluation. The legislation, authored...
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act, by a bipartisan vote of 31 to 19. Authored by full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), the legislation would modernize and reform the approval...
By EPA Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee today held a hearing to review the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s budget request and policy priorities. Chairman Allison Macfarlane testified alongside NRC Commissioners Kristine Svinicki, George Apostolakis, William Magwood, and William Ostendorff.
By EPA Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today heard testimony from some of the nation’s largest health insurance providers and the trade groups that represent them regarding the status of the president’s health care law, enrollment, and implementation.
By EPA Newswire | May 7, 2014
News Release: “The United States is leading an unprecedented resurgence in North American energy production. The entire continent stands to achieve substantial economic, environmental and security benefits. But we will not realize these opportunities unless we establish the infrastructure needed to create an integrated...
By EPA Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement ahead of Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing, “PPACA Enrollment and the Insurance Industry." The subcommittee tomorrow will hear from some of the nation’s largest insurance providers and their trade groups on the status of the implementation of the president’s health care law and detailed enrollment information compiled by the committee.
By EPA Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: Subcommittees: * Energy and Commerce (113th Congress) . On Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at 3 PM, the committee will host thought leaders in the first public discussion regarding the state of biomedical innovation in the United States and what else can be done to accelerate the process of bringing new treatments...
By EPA Newswire | May 6, 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 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today issued the following response to the administration’s release of the latest climate assessment report...
By EPA Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: The House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup this week to consider H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act, H.R. 4342, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act, and legislation to reauthorize the Satellite Television Extension and Localism...
