By EPA Newswire | Oct 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a request to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius seeking data on the number of individuals who have purchased a health care plan through the law’s new exchanges. In the months leading up to open-enrollment, administration...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After more than three years, billions of dollars, and countless assurances from administration officials that the health care law was “working the way it’s supposed to, " the Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch reports, “A quick check of all the state Web sites where exchanges have been...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2013
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power will host a forum next Thursday entitled “Geopolitical Implications and Mutual Benefits of U.S. LNG Exports." Representatives from several foreign countries and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico will participate in the forum, providing an opportunity...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders last week followed up on a previous committee staff request for briefings on the administration’s efforts and coordination regarding the use of cost estimates for the social cost of carbon (SCC) from agencies participating in an “Interagency Working...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today kicked off debate on the bipartisan H.R. 3204, the Drug Quality and Security Act.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3204, the Drug Quality and Security Act, by a voice vote. The legislation, sponsored by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), is the product of a thoughtful, bipartisan, bicameral effort to improve drug safety and help...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today introduced H.R. 3204, the Drug Quality and Security Act, the result of a bipartisan, bicameral effort to improve drug safety and help prevent a future public health crisis like the 2012 deadly meningitis outbreak tied to the New England Compounding Center (NECC).
By EPA Newswire | Sep 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier this week, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to address high-risk drug compounding practices and strengthen America’s pharmaceutical supply chain. H.R.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Sept. 30, 2013. The Communications and Technology Subcommittee will continue its spectrum oversight and the Energy and Power Subcommittee will hold a hearing on bipartisan legislation...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 26, 2013
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 issued the following statement in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the Ultra High Frequency Band (UHF) discount...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) will host a press conference tomorrow to discuss EPA’s recently proposed greenhouse gas standards for new power plants and the impact they will have on electricity consumers and the economy. Whitfield will be joined by a group of House and Senate members also concerned with the effect EPA’s regulations will have on the economy and job creation.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders from the Senate and House committees overseeing health policy today announced that they have reached an agreement on legislation to help ensure the safety of compounded drugs and our nation’s pharmaceutical supply chain. This legislation, the Drug Quality and Security Act, reflects...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today unveiled a draft of bipartisan legislation to reform the approval process for energy infrastructure projects that cross the borders of the United States. The North American Energy Infrastructure Act, co-sponsored by Energy and Commerce...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its oversight of the $67 million Navigator grant program, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Director Gary Cohen regarding questions and concerns raised during last week’s Oversight and Investigations...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today responded to EPA’s release of its revised proposal to set greenhouse gas New Source Performance Standards for new power plants. The Energy and Power subcommittee...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Less than two weeks before the health law’s open enrollment is scheduled to begin, Director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight Gary Cohen today testified before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. Members asked Cohen about the administration’s preparedness for the October 1 launch and the functionality of the health care law’s Navigator program.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today marked the five-year anniversary of the initial filing of the Keystone XL pipeline application with a hearing on “Keystone’s Red Tape Anniversary: Five Years of Bureaucratic Delay and Economic...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 19, 2013
News Release: On Sept. 19, 2008, five years ago, when TransCanada first submitted its application to the U.S. State Department to build the Keystone XL pipeline, a $7 billion private infrastructure project that would create thousands of jobs and advance America’s energy security...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “The Obama Administration’s Climate Change Policies and Activities." The purpose of the hearing was to examine the details of the president’s Climate Action Plan and the full scope of federal...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2013
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 section 6 requirements related to the manufacture and processing of existing chemicals and section 18, regarding...
