By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, with bipartisan support by a vote of 241 to 175. Sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), this bipartisan, commonsense legislation will end the regulatory delays blocking construction of the Keystone...
By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: There may be a few of my colleagues who are tired of Keystone bills, but the American people are also tired - tired of $3.70 a gallon gasoline, tired of unemployment above 7 percent, and tired of four years of delays that continue to block this critical jobs and energy project. Remember, the President pledged to the nation in January 2012 that he would do “whatever it takes" to create U.S. jobs.
By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the role of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and specifically the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), in addressing the challenges...
By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today launched a bipartisan supply chain working group to discuss securing our nation’s communications supply chain. Walden made the announcement as he opened today’s subcommittee hearing on “Cybersecurity: An Examination of the Communications Supply Chain."
By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House is scheduled to vote tomorrow on legislation to end the bureaucratic delays blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, authored by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), will finally allow construction of the project that would create thousands...
By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: The House will vote tomorrow on legislation to finally allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a $7 billion private sector energy infrastructure project that will bring thousands of jobs and greater energy supplies to America. Rep. Lee Terry’s (R-NE) bill, H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval...
By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee and its Communications and Technology Subcommittee today held back-to-back hearings examining cyber threats and security solutions in an ever-evolving technological landscape.
By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This morning, The Hill reported that the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is now among the labor unions “breaking with President Obama on Obamacare." According to The Hill, the “1.3 million-member labor group that twice endorsed Obama for president - is very...
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining three legislative proposals: the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act, the Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection...
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its hearing schedule for the week of May 20, 2013. Following this week’s release of a new committee report, “The Looming Premium Rate Shock," the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will kick off its hearing schedule with...
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today in response to the Department of Energy’s announcement that it has conditionally authorized the Freeport LNG Expansion and FLNG Liquefaction to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement.
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee today voiced their support to fully repeal the president’s health care law. Since the reforms became law three years ago, the committee has conducted rigorous oversight to educate the American people on the law’s impact on patients, providers, the economy, and states. With each day that passes, the committee continues to discover more consequences as a result of the law’s mandates, fees, policies, and taxes.
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: KEYSTONE APPLICATION AT 1,700 DAYS. 1,700 days have now passed since TransCanada first applied to the U.S. State Department for a Presidential Permit to construct the Keystone XL pipeline. After over four-and-a-half years of review, this landmark jobs and energy project remains needlessly tied up in...
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement in response to the Bureau of Land Management’s revised rule for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands...
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittees on Energy and Power and Environment and the Economy today held a joint hearing to review the Environmental Protection Agency’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request. Members questioned EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe on a range of issues...
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today continued their examination into reports that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius may have solicited funding or assistance from the health care industry to help implement the health care law. According to The New York...
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Fraud on the Elderly: A Growing Concern for a Growing Population." Members heard from witnesses from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By EPA Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act. The commonsense legislation, introduced by Reps. Pete Olson (R-TX) and Mike Doyle (D-PA), will ensure America’s power companies are able to comply with Department...
By EPA Newswire | May 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today advanced legislation to secure America’s prescription drug supply chain and reauthorize two important drug user fee programs for new and generic animal drugs.
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2013
News Release: The Committee on Energy and Commerce has scheduled a full committee hearing for Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Cyber Threats and Security Solutions." Witnesses to be announced.
