By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following the Energy and Commerce Committee’s release of an advanced legislative framework to repeal the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system, leading members of Congress reacted with increased optimism on reforming the current Medicare physician payment system. Today’s announced legislative framework would repeal the SGR and replace it with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today continued their oversight of the implementation of the president’s health care law, writing to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius regarding a recent update to the “Essential Community Provider" (ECP) list maintained...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn and FCC Inspector General David Hunt regarding the FCC’s oversight and management of the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund and the...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “A Tangle of Trade Barriers: How India’s Industrial Policy is Hurting U.S. Companies." The United States and India have a strong and growing trade relationship, with India...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing on “Equipping Carriers and Agencies in the Wireless Era." The subcommittee heard from government and private sector witnesses as members continue to discuss...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) with a hearing featuring testimony from the government agencies that play a role in implementing the statute: the Environmental Protection Agency...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) with a hearing featuring testimony from the government agencies that play a role in implementing the statute: the Environmental Protection Agency...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its exploration of reforms to improve the Medicare program, the Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “A 21st Century Medicare: Bipartisan Proposals to Redesign the Program’s Outdated Benefit Structure."
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: Rep. Ellmers: “It’s the number one reason today… employers are not hiring"
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its review of the president’s health care law, examining challenges facing America’s businesses as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) gets closer to enrollment on October...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The National Academy of Sciences today released its study on “Effects of Diluted Bitumen on Crude Oil Transmission Pipelines" that was required as part of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty and Jobs Creation Act of 2011, which incorporated language approved by the Energy and Commerce...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - During today’s remarks on climate, President Obama stated that he would support the Keystone XL pipeline only if it will not significantly affect climate change, stating, “Our national interest will be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce today responded to President Obama’s climate change action plan, which includes imposing costly regulations on new and existing fossil-fuel power plants and expanding taxpayer spending for more climate activities across the federal government. The committee will hold hearings to further examine the president’s climate change plan and its anticipated economic impacts.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ahead of President Obama’s climate change speech today, Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) joined Fox Business Network’s Stuart Varney and Co. to highlight the destructive consequences of the administration’s war on coal. The president’s plan seeks to circumvent...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 24, 2013. Beginning on Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Health will continue its review of the Medicare benefit design, while the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will examine...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released a staff report entitled, “The Fight to Preserve Religious Liberty: Obamacare’s Assault on a Founding Touchstone of the United States of America." The report outlines the current status of pending litigation related to requirements...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today continued their investigation into the National Telecommunication and Information Administration’s (NTIA) decision to award a $100.6 million stimulus grant to the EAGLE-Net Alliance in Colorado. The grant was funded through the Broadband Technology...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and Energy and Power today held a joint hearing to discuss the role that the recent American energy boom is having on the country’s manufacturing sector. The panels explored how new technologies and innovation...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) will address the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) 2013 Manufacturing Summit tomorrow to discuss how the nation’s energy policies are affecting American manufacturers and the committee’s efforts to help support...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today advanced four pieces of legislation that seek to improve environmental regulations, increase state authority in certain regulatory programs, and protect jobs.
