By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy today continued its examination of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) with a focus on “Regulation of New Chemicals, Protection of Confidential Business Information, and Innovation." Today’s hearing built on the subcommittee’s June 13 hearing on TSCA Title I and focused on two key areas of the law: the regulation of new chemicals and the protection of proprietary business information.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: The Energy and Power Subcommittee today approved an important piece of legislation designed to protect Americans from expensive new EPA regulations that threaten to drive up energy costs for consumers and families and destroy jobs. Rep. Bill Cassidy’s (R-LA) commonsense Energy Consumers Relief Act, H.R.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved a group of important jobs and energy bills.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are responding to the Obama administration’s continued delays to Obamacare implementation and raising important questions about the law’s workability. Over the July 4 holiday, the administration announced a one-year delay to the employer...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican committee leaders asked the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to analyze the budgetary effects of delaying Obamacare’s employer mandate and reporting requirements.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) today engaged in a colloquy on the House floor in support of language included the FY 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations bill to provide the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with the funds needed to complete its review of the Yucca Mountain license application.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing to discuss H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), is a commonsense solution to expedite and modernize the federal review process for natural gas pipeline permits.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The decision to delay enforcement of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has created a host of new questions and concerns that need to be addressed, according to a letter sent today to President Obama from House Republican leaders.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: Just days after President Obama outlined his expanded attack in the war on coal, FirstEnergy has announced that it will shut down two of its coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania, citing compliance costs with current and future environmental regulations. The Hatfield’s Ferry and Mitchell plants represent...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe requesting information about the methodology used by the agency to estimate the cost impacts of its rulemakings. Setting a July 24, 2013, deadline to respond, members are concerned EPA’s economic analyses neglect economy-wide impacts and lack full consideration of a proposed rule’s effect on jobs.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of last week’s abrupt announcements by the Obama administration to delay full implementation of the health law’s employer mandate by one year and scale back verification of exchange applicants’ information, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Expanding its investigation into the implementation of Obamacare, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders and members of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee today wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the administration’s recent decision...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today continued its examination of reforms to the Medicaid program with a hearing on “Making Medicaid Work for the Most Vulnerable." The hearing, the third of an ongoing series, builds on the subcommittee’s efforts to review...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, requesting documents and information regarding the administration’s decision to delay full implementation of the health care law’s...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 3, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of July 8, 2013. Beginning on Monday, the Subcommittee on Health will continue its review of the current Medicaid system and examine ideas for reform. On Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Energy...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the administration’s decision to delay Obamacare’s employer mandate for one year...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today announced several changes to the committee’s communications and technology staff, outlined an expanded cross-subcommittee staff portfolio, and also welcomed a new press secretary. Upton congratulated departing...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Examining Reforms to Improve the Medicare Part B Drug Program for Seniors." While most drugs under Medicare are offered to seniors through Part D drug plans, some medications and services of physicians are reimbursed through Medicare Part B.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today unveiled an advanced legislative framework to repeal the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system and replace it with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program. The draft legislation is the latest step...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday wrote to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an examination of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) settlement of lawsuits that seek to compel the agency to undertake new rulemakings, also known as “sue and...
