By EPA Newswire | Feb 20, 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 commented on the FCC’s response to the committee’s Dec. 10, 2013, letter regarding the commission’s Critical Information Needs (CIN) study.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the Chief Executive of Accenture Federal Services, the contractor recently hired by the administration to complete work on the health care law exchanges. As the letter explains, “Last month the Obama administration hired...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House and Senate Committee leaders yesterday called on the administration to withdraw its proposed changes to the Medicare Part D prescription drug program. In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 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 responded to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s announcement that the commission will be reviving network neutrality regulations.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 18, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today applauded the Federal Communications Commission’s Report on FCC Process Reform. Released on Friday, the report contains the recommendations of the FCC’s staff level working group, many of which mirror...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew requesting documents regarding the administration’s most recent delay of the employer mandate.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - At today’s House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on the Department of Energy’s clean coal programs, DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal Dr. S. Julio Friedmann testified that carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies could drastically...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 11, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing reviewing the status of the Department of Energy’s clean coal programs. The subcommittee questioned DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal Dr. S. Julio Friedmann and DOE Acting...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today heard from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the ongoing threat of drug shortages and what steps have been taken by FDA to address...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) responded today to the administration’s latest delays to the president’s health care law. Late this afternoon, the administration announced another delay to the law’s employer mandate. The administration first delayed the employer mandate on July 2, 2013 for one year. The administration also announced this afternoon that it would extend the deadline to obtain coverage by March 1.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Feb. 10, 2014. Members will examine drug shortages and the recent efforts to address them and the status of DOE’s clean coal programs.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions today sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell requesting prompt release of the proposed rule for electronic drug labeling, which is currently under review.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today applauded the bipartisan agreement reached by the Energy and Commerce Committee, House Committee on Ways and Means, and Senate Finance Committee in the ongoing effort to repeal and replace the Sustainable Growth Rate formula. Rep. Michael...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding the inability to process appeals of errors in the applications of those applying for and obtaining health care coverage through the health care law’s...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Protecting Consumer Information: Can Data Breaches Be Prevented?" In light of recent high-profile criminal attacks capturing the personal and financial information of millions...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders responded to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest Budget and Economic Outlook which was released today. The CBO baseline offers an updated look at the president’s health care law and its effect on the economy over the next ten years.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 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 responded to President Obama’s announcement regarding the Universal Service Fund’s Schools and Library Program.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new memo prepared by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service raises serious questions about the ability of the Obama administration to pay insurers through the health care law’s risk corridor program. House Energy and Commerce Committee staff recently requested CRS address the...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today continued its examination of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), focusing on sections of the law that require testing and reporting.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Key Facts Ignored As White House Turns to Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors in Panicked Attempt to Defend CBO Analysis
