By EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today continued its American Energy Security and Innovation hearing series with a focus on the important role fuel diversity plays in ensuring affordable and reliable electricity for American consumers. The nation’s...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today convened a bipartisan forum “After Newtown: A National Conversation on Violence and Severe Mental Illness." Members heard from leading experts in the mental health community as well as parents of children who suffer and have suffered from mental illness.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week pressed the Food and Drug Administration to provide insight on how they plan to regulate mobile medical applications. Committee leaders are concerned that FDA may subject more smartphones and mobile apps to regulation as medical devices, which could result in their being taxed under Obamacare and harm the innovation and economic benefits of the U.S. mobile marketplace.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved Senate amendments to the bipartisan Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013, H.R. 307, sponsored by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) by a vote of 370-28. The bill, which is now headed to the president’s desk, helps families, ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s nomination of Gina McCarthy to be the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Ernest Moniz to be the next Secretary of Energy...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. State Department today issued its Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL Presidential Permit application, which includes the proposed new route through Nebraska. The SEIS findings are similar to the Department’s FEIS issued last August, which found the pipeline will have limited adverse environmental impacts.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today announced the list of panelists invited to participate in its upcoming forum on mental health. The bipartisan forum, “After Newtown: A National Conversation on Violence and Severe Mental Illness," will take place on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its schedule for the week of March 4, 2013. On Tuesday, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a bipartisan forum to explore severe mental illness and violence. Also on Tuesday the Energy and Power Subcommittee...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), and Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing to examine reports of waste and misuse in the Obama administration’s $7 billion broadband stimulus program. Although the administration widely proclaimed its 2009 stimulus program...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing focused on private-sector successes and opportunities in energy efficient technologies. In a time of continuing economic hardship, and record government deficits, the subcommittee continued its hearing series on American Energy Security and Innovation, examining new and innovative ways to reduce waste and cut costs for businesses and the federal government.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its hearing schedule for the week of Feb. 25, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the Energy and Power Subcommittee will explore private-sector successes and opportunities in energy efficient technologies. On Wednesday, the Health...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the ongoing review by the House Energy and Commerce Committee into mental health issues raised by the Newtown tragedy, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today announced that the subcommittee has scheduled a forum with leading national experts on March 5, 2013, to explore issues related to severe mental illness and violence.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today kicked off its agenda for the 113th Congress with a hearing on “The Role of the States in Protecting the Environment Under Current Law." Today’s panel of witnesses featured representatives from state offices that oversee groundwater, drinking water, oil and gas, and solid and hazardous wastes.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are launching a review of governance, management, and operations of the Department of Energy’s nuclear security, including management and operations of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Full committee Chairman...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today kicked off its “Our Nation of Builders " hearing series with a focus on the challenges currently facing American manufacturers. Today’s panel of witnesses featured manufacturers from the districts...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Subcommittee Vice Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today sought clarification from the Department of Health...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Subcommittees: * Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade (113th Congress) . On Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will host a Manufacturing Showcase featuring products manufactured in the subcommittee members’ districts. The Showcase will precede the subcommittee’s...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today kicked off the 113th Congress with a hearing focused on the Medicare physician payment system. Last week, the Energy and Commerce Committee, along with the Ways and Means Committee, released a framework for reforming the...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, H.R. 267, bipartisan legislation authored by Energy and Commerce Committee members Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO). H.R. 267 will help facilitate the development...
