By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) today announced plans for a hearing the first week of February to examine data breaches and their effect on consumers. Target, which recently suffered a breach that compromised the information of approximately...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power today advanced H.R. 3826, the Electricity Security and Affordability Act, authored by subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV). The bipartisan, bicameral legislation provides a reasonable alternative to EPA’s proposed...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper, (D-Del), Ranking Member Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), and House Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Fred Upton (R-Mich) highlighted a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled, ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Just days before the launch of the health care exchanges, on Sept. 26, President Obama traveled to a community college in Maryland to build excitement for the start of open enrollment. The president told folks, “Like any law, like any big product launch, there are going to be some...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 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 applauded the U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit Court’s decision that strikes down part of the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement in response to the Department of Health and Human Services’ latest health care enrollment report...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed H.R. 3811 - the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act. This legislation, introduced by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), would require the Department of Health and Human Services to quickly notify Americans...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of Jan. 13, 2014. The committee will continue its oversight of the president’s health care law, hold its opening hearing on the #CommActUpdate, and vote on legislation to help keep American electricity affordable and reliable.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders expressed disappointment following today’s White House release of its Statement of Administration Policy opposing H.R. 3811 - the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act. The legislation, introduced by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing, “The Extenders Policies: What Are They and How Should They Continue Under a Permanent SGR Repeal Landscape?"
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) formally introduced the Electricity Security and Affordability Act today in the House and Senate. The lawmakers put forward a draft of the legislation last fall to offer a reasonable alternative to...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report from the Health and Human Services Inspector General underscores the reality of security concerns surrounding the health law’s exchanges. Marketwatch reports, “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aren’t taking enough precautions to ferret out fraud in electronic...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 2279 by a vote of 225 to 188. The legislation is a product of a series of bills advanced by the Energy and Commerce Committee, including the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act, the Federal and State Partnership for Environmental...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 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 began seeking public input as they work to review and update the Communications Act. In December, Upton and Walden announced that the committee...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 724 by a vote of 405 to 0. The bipartisan legislation amends the Clean Air Act to eliminate the redundant requirement for auto dealers to provide certification of emissions standards compliance for new light-duty motor vehicles. Clean...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today spoke in support of H.R. 3527, the Poison Center Network Act. H.R. 3527 was introduced by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE). The bipartisan legislation reauthorizes important activities related to poison control...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 2014
News Release: #CommActUpdate. Welcome to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s one-stop-shop for information about the committee’s plans for a #CommActUpdate. White papers, press releases, and links to all #CommActUpdate materials will be posted below. Overview. The Committee on Energy and Commerce is issuing a series...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) is set to introduce the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act. The legislation would require the Department of Health and Human Services to notify individuals of any breach on the health care law exchanges...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) expressed disappointment following the administration’s latest delay to its signature health care law. On the final day for Americans to enroll in a plan to guarantee coverage beginning Jan. 1, the administration quietly...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee offers the following questions for President Obama’s press conference this afternoon...
