By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) was featured in the Weekly Republican Address highlighting areas of common ground where Congress and the president can work together to help grow the economy and build a better America. Based on ideas outlined by President...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Communications and Technology and Oversight and Investigations today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler requesting detailed information regarding the commission’s budget and operating expenses. Members are seeking this information as they continue their work to protect taxpayer dollars as part of larger efforts to improve transparency and efficiency at the commission.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Feb. 3, 2014. Members will continue their review of the Toxic Substances Control Act, look into consumer protections in light of recent data breaches, and examine the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today responded to the U.S. State Department’s release of the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline application, which includes the proposed reroute through Nebraska.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement upon the news that committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) will retire at the end of the 113th Congress...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders responded today to the consent decree filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that establishes a deadline of Dec. 19, 2014, for the Environmental Protection Agency to take a final action on the coal ash rule that...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee today wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding proposals to change and expand the current Universal Service Fund’s Schools and...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 29, 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 sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy seeking information and documents relating to the agency’s communications with environmental...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 29, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Protecting Consumer Information: Can Data Breaches Be Prevented?"
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement this evening following President Obama’s State of the Union address...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved two bipartisan bills as part of its ongoing pursuit of an all-of-the-above energy strategy. H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act, advanced by voice vote and H.R. 3826, the Electricity Security and Affordability Act, passed by a vote of 29 to 19.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 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 welcomed reports that CTIA - The Wireless Association and two Los Angeles broadcasters, KLCS and KJLA, are seeking permission from the FCC to...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 27, 2014
News Release: Presidential Ally Moran on the State of Obamacare: “I don’t think we’re going to get enough young people signing up to make this bill work"
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), today led a group of House and Senate Republican lawmakers in sending a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg expressing concerns about the FDA’s proposed regulation to allow generic...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2014
News Release: While full construction of the Keystone XL pipeline continues to be blocked by red tape in Washington, the southern leg of the pipeline began pumping oil today. This interstate portion of the project, known as the Gulf Coast Project, was actually endorsed by President Obama in March of 2012, but his...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 16, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3362, the Health Exchange Information Disclosure Act, legislation introduced by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), to require weekly updates from the administration on the enrollment details and functionality of the health law’s exchanges. H.R. 3362 was approved by a bipartisan vote of 259-154.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: THEN: Success = 7 Million Enrollees, Nearly 40% Young, Healthy
By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: The so-called Polar Vortex froze most of the country last week, sending temperatures in some areas to dangerous lows. The East Coast was hit particularly hard by the arctic blast, with the temperature dropping to a record four degrees in New York City. The frigid weather also sent natural gas prices...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held its first hearing focused on the committee’s plans for an open and transparent multi-year process leading to a comprehensive #CommActUpdate.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee released the following video ahead of tomorrow’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing, 2014: Seeking PPACA Answers.
