By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today began its review of the Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA). The draft legislation, put forward by Chairman Shimkus, aims to improve public confidence in the safety of chemicals produced and used...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Committee is launching an investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision-making process relating to the agency’s consideration of carbon capture technologies in developing greenhouse gas emissions standards for new power plants. Republican...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The president’s health care law has raided more than $300 billion from the Medicare Advantage Program in order to pay for government programs that are not for seniors. These cuts have already resulted in higher costs, fewer choices, and cancelled plans to seniors. Unfortunately, this...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The president’s health care law has raided more than $300 billion from the Medicare Advantage Program in order to pay for government programs that are not for seniors. These cuts have already resulted in higher costs, fewer choices, and cancelled plans to seniors. Unfortunately, this...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: The Obama Administration’s Cuts to the Medicare Advantage Program Threaten the Care of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities
By EPA Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3675, the FCC Process Reform Act, by voice vote. Authored by Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), this bipartisan legislation aims to increase transparency, predictability, and accountability to the commission.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to the General Motors Company (GM) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requesting information about their response to consumer complaints related to problems with stalling, airbag deployment, ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today applauded the Senate’s approval of the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act, legislation introduced by committee member Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS). The bill, which would redirect wasteful spending on political conventions...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that the committee has opened an investigation into the General Motors Company’s (GM) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) response to consumer complaints related to problems with ignition...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement in response to an order issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to bolster the security of the U.S. electric grid. The order directs the North American Electric Reliability...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today responded to the Obama administration’s decision to roll back parts of its “Proposed Rule for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs." The committee has been actively working to preserve the popular program that millions of American seniors rely upon.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Working to protect America’s seniors and most vulnerable citizens, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans last week wrote to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator (CMS) Marilyn Tavenner calling on the administration to rescind its, “Proposed Rule for Medicare...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of March 10, 2014. The committee will review discussion drafts of the Chemicals in Commerce Act and legislation to reauthorize the satellite television law, as well as discuss how the administration’s proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage threaten seniors’ access to care, and examine ways to improve sports safety.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and other members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today introduced bipartisan legislation to help expedite the export of U.S. liquefied natural gas to our global allies, including Ukraine and other Eastern European nations currently at the mercy of...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the first discussion draft of legislation to reauthorize the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), which contains provisions that will expire on Dec. 31, 2014. The subcommittee will discuss the draft legislation at a hearing next Wednesday, March 12, 2014.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the ongoing effort to protect America’s seniors and most vulnerable citizens, House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) today introduced H.R. 4160, the Keep the Promise to Seniors Act. H.R. 4160 would protect and preserve the integrity of the Medicare...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its hearing series “Benefits of and Challenges to Energy Access in the 21st Century" with a focus on fuel supply and infrastructure. The hearing explored how rail, pipelines, ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3826, the Electricity Security and Affordability Act, by a vote of 229 to 183. The bipartisan legislation will protect an affordable and diverse electricity portfolio by providing a reasonable alternative to EPA’s greenhouse gas rules for power plants.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 938, the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 by a vote of 410 to 1. Title II of the bipartisan bill was authored by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s decision to again work around Congress to delay and change the president’s health care law. The Department of Health and Human Services today announced that health...
