By EPA Newswire | Dec 18, 2013
News Release: #BrokenPromises, Cancellations, and Higher Costs Hallmarks of Health Law
By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2013
News Release: Despite Promise to Lower Costs By $2,500, Americans are Learning Harsh Reality of Health Law’s Sticker Shock
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the committee’s oversight of the president’s Climate Action Plan, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today wrote to U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew regarding recently announced Treasury Department guidance seeking to end U.S. support for public financing of coal-fired power plants overseas, except in very limited circumstances.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.J. Res. 59 and the temporary agreement on the Sustainable Growth Rate. The Energy and Commerce Committee passed a permanent repeal and replacement...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the administration’s latest delays and changes to its health care law. The administration today announced that state-based “high risk pools" will continue through January of 2014, rather than Dec. 31, 2013.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane appeared before Congress today alongside NRC Commissioners Kristine Svinicki, George Apostolakis, William Magwood, and William Ostendorff at a joint hearing hosted by House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Environment and...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today advanced a package of bipartisan, commonsense bills that will collectively help improve public health, cut red tape, and encourage energy development. The committee approved the following bills by voice vote...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced two bipartisan pieces of legislation from the Communications and Technology Subcommittee that aim to improve Federal Communications Commission processes and improve federal spectrum use. The committee’s action today follows Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden’s (R-OR) announcement on Monday that bipartisan agreements had been reached on both pieces of legislation.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today wrote to Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz regarding DOE’s intentions to comply with two recent court decisions by the U.S. Court of...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today kicked off debate on H.R. 2019, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. This bill would redirect wasteful spending on political conventions to important, scientific, pediatric research. H.R. 2019 was introduced by committee member Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) in April.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday sent letters to the Medicaid Directors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia regarding the status of their Medicaid programs and their current ability to care for their most vulnerable populations. The health care law’s expansion...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders, along with every Republican member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, today wrote to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler urging him to suspend the Federal Communications Commission’s efforts to conduct a field study that could lead to...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the ongoing effort to protect Americans’ sensitive personal information online, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are seeking answers on a recent cyber breach at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as a review of cyber security at the Department of Health and...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that members of the subcommittee have reached bipartisan agreements on both the FCC Process Reform Act and the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act, Both pieces of legislation are set to be considered at this week’s full committee markup.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of December 9, 2013. The committee will continue its oversight of the president’s health care law as well as the Federal Communications Commission and Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The committee will also vote on a number of bills aimed at improving public health, reducing outdated regulations, and reforming FCC process.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee investigation of the health care law’s failures has uncovered new documents that reveal the administration was aware of the need to delay the online small business (SHOP) exchanges as early as August. Despite this knowledge, the Obama administration waited to finalize the delay until Nov. 27, as Americans across the country were off celebrating Thanksgiving with their loved ones.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) and Vice Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statements in response to the Congressional Budget Office updated estimate of H.R. 2810, the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act. CBO now estimates H.R. 2810 would cost $153.2 billion over the next ten years, more than $20 billion less than previously estimated.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: The president’s broken promise of “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan," has been well-documented, but it’s not the only source of middle class dissactisfaction with the president’s health law. His promise that the health care law would save families an average...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “Evaluating the Role of FERC in a Changing Energy Landscape." The subcommittee examined the legal and regulatory authorities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the challenges...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today examined how the president’s health care law will impact the Medicare Advantage program and what beneficiaries should expect in the coming year. The health care law raided $700 billion from Medicare, ...
