By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that the full committee will hold a hearing Aug. 1, 2013, to question the Obama administration on the details and status of the implementation of the health care law. Just two months before the deadline...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Carter (R-TX) today wrote to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano regarding the...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The senior Republicans on the U.S. Senate and House health policy committees and subcommittees today pressed the White House to release data it has collected on health insurance premiums in 34 states, after the administration released a report last week highlighting premium information in just 11 states.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 22, 2013. Beginning on Monday and continuing Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Health will hold a markup to consider an updated bipartisan draft legislative proposal for Medicare...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Obamacare has suffered a rough July: costs continue to go up, businesses continue to cut hours, and the administration kicked off the Fourth of July by dropping not one but two bombshells. First, it announced a delay of mandates for businesses, while forcing individuals to comply. Then, ...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Reporting Data Breaches: Is Federal Legislation Needed to Protect Consumers?" The hearing allowed members to explore data breach trends occurring within the United States...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration took the July 4 holiday to rewrite major components of Obamacare, prompting many serious questions from Congress regarding how and why these decisions were made and what is the true status of implementation. In an effort to get answers, the Subcommittee on Oversight...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today released an updated advanced legislative framework to replace the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program. The draft legislation is the result of a careful...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today spoke in support of H.R. 2667, the Authority for Mandate Delay Act, and H.R. 2668, the Fairness for American Families Act.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) applauded yesterday’s proposal from Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Ajit Pai to reform the Schools and Libraries Universal Service program to reduce waste in the program and make broadband access a reality for children throughout America.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce advanced six important bills that will collectively promote economic growth, create and protect jobs, support a more secure energy future, and promote public health.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today examined various legislative options for reforming the regulation of drug compounding and clarifying the authority of state and federal regulators. The subcommittee previously examined drug compounding on May 23, and...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) on Friday sent the following letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn regarding the Universal Service Fund (USF) and proposals to expand the program. The USF, funded by a...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2013
News Release: Continuing the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing oversight of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today announced that the subcommittee has scheduled a two-day hearing next week entitled “Overview of the Renewable Fuel Standard: Stakeholder...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) yesterday continued committee efforts to improve transparency, efficiency, and accountability at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The subcommittee discussed the FCC Process Reform Act and the FCC Consolidated...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and markup schedule for the week of July 15, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Health will consider ideas for reforming the regulation of drug compounding. Also on Tuesday, the full committee will begin...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today examined legislative proposals to improve transparency, efficiency, and accountability at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Members reviewed discussion drafts of the FCC Process Reform...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its bipartisan review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the House Energy and Commerce Committee today released the fifth and final white paper in a series that examines a number of issues emerging with the current system. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) are leading this effort to review the law and its implementation and are soliciting input from interested stakeholders.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Indian government has announced plans to revisit and review its protectionist Preferential Market Access (PMA) policy, welcome news just days after the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing examining the nation’s emerging discriminatory trade practices.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi today doubled down on the administration’s efforts to give corporate interests a one year reprieve from Obamacare’s onerous mandates while leaving millions of Americans vulnerable to suffer the law’s uncertainty and looming rate shock. According to...
