By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday sent a letter to Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner requesting an update on the agency’s efforts to reform the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) program. The program, which was created to protect Medicare funds by ensuring CMS is reimbursed for claims the agency is not primarily responsible for paying, has been marked by inefficiencies and delays.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the first paper in...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 26, 2013
News Release: According to an Executive Order, approval of the Keystone XL pipeline’s permit requires a finding that the project “would serve the national interest." The State Department, which is tasked with making this determination, has been reviewing the project now for over 1,800 days. And after nearly five years of review, it is clear the Keystone XL pipeline is in the national interest.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) next week will travel to Charleston, South Carolina, to highlight the region’s success in our evolving Nation of Builders. Terry’s visit will include a tour of the Boeing manufacturing plant in North Charleston...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 23, 2013
News Release: Today marks the 1,800th day of the Keystone XL pipeline’s review. The initial application was first submitted to the State Department nearly five years ago on Sept. 19, 2008, and the American people are still waiting for approval of this landmark energy infrastructure project that will deliver jobs and greater energy security to America.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 23, 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 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane following last week’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew again requesting information on the administration’s sudden July 4th holiday decision to delay the health care law’s employer mandate for one year. The committee sent a letter to the Treasury...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today announced it will hold a hearing next month to examine the administration’s current and planned climate change activities, including the actions identified in the President’s Climate...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced $67 million worth of Navigator grants to 105 different organizations intended to help sell and explain Obamacare to the American people.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today announced that it will hold a hearing in September on the legal regimes that regulate the delivery of video content to consumers. Increased competition and evolving technology has made for a more robust video marketplace but current laws and regulations vary depending on the technology used for delivery.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today ruled 2-1 that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must resume its consideration of the Department of Energy’s license application for Yucca Mountain. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama on Friday signed into law H.R. 267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Energy and Commerce Committee members Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO), will help facilitate the development of new...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: If the president is indeed committed to reducing unemployment, he should swiftly pivot toward American energy production. Data from the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics illustrate that the U.S. oil and gas industry continues to be a bright spot in America’s economy. The Energy Information...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn regarding a provision in the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA) that requires the...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote on Thursday to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a study of the Department of Homeland Security’s BioWatch program and the status of the program’s “Generation-3" procurement. The request builds upon...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested data from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding funding distribution and reform efforts in the Universal Service Fund (USF). Full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today held a hearing with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to secure answers regarding the status of the health care law’s implementation. Committee members relayed the many concerns they have heard...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), today commended the panel’s thoughtful, comprehensive review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and said that bipartisan collaboration on potential reforms will continue in earnest during the upcoming August district work period. Upton and Waxman issued the following statement...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) and Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today launched a bipartisan Privacy Working Group to examine online privacy concerns and issues. The goal is to examine these complex issues with a balanced approach that recognizes the need to protect personal information online in a manner that preserves growth and innovation.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1582, the Energy Consumers Relief Act, by a vote 232 to 181. The legislation, authored by Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), will put greater interagency checks and balances on the EPA and prevent costly regulations that threaten to destroy...
