By EPA Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the current flu season, its impact on Americans and the nation’s preparedness and response efforts. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden, ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today responded to President Obama’s executive order on cybersecurity and reiterated their support for legislation to improve information sharing to mitigate and respond to cyber...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) will address the American Medical Association at the 2013 National Advocacy Conference on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. at the Grand Hyatt Washington. Upton will discuss the health care law’s impact on physicians and...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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 hearing, “Our Nation of Builders: Manufacturing in America, " and will display a variety of products - more than 50 individual items - made in the USA including auto parts, medical devices, and cutting-edge new electronics.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement this evening following President Obama’s State of the Union address...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved Energy and Commerce Committee legislation that would help military medics better integrate into civilian EMT jobs.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement this evening following President Obama’s State of the Union address...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today unveiled a new Keystone Clock as well as an extensive, online Keystone resource center detailing the long history of the still yet-to-be approved Keystone XL pipeline. At 1,606 days and counting since the initial application was submitted to the...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 8, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of Feb. 11, 2013. Beginning on Tuesday, the committee will reconvene its business meeting to consider the oversight plan for the 113th Congress. In hearings, the committee will...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee is continuing its investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency’s management of fraud in the production and trade of Renewable Identification Numbers, which serve as renewable fuel credits under EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard regulations. Since November 2011, the agency has identified over 140 million invalid or fraudulently created RINs.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today outlined a number of the panel’s priorities for the 113th Congress. In an ongoing effort to improve the quality of our nation’s health care system, Pitts announced the subcommittee will continue to monitor the implementation...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), will launch its new hearing series, “Our Nation of Builders," next Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The series will explore ways to make American manufacturing more competitive in the global marketplace and create jobs.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sought information on steps taken by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to assess and improve upon our nation’s mental health system following previous incidences of mass violence. Following the tragedy in Newtown, ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), yesterday held a joint hearing with the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today kicked off its “American Energy Security and Innovation" hearing series with a discussion of America’s vast energy resources and the benefits and opportunities of the nation’s new energy...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives this evening approved with bipartisa support two Energy and Commerce Committee initiatives aimed at improving children’s health care: the National Pediatric Research Network Act (H.R. 225) and the Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act (H.R. 297).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) will address the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. at the Renaissance Washington Hotel. Whitfield will outline the subcommittee’s 2013 agenda and discuss how new federal regulations will impact the utilities sector.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will address the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. at the Renaissance Washington Hotel. Walden will outline the subcommittee’s 2013 agenda and discuss how Congress can use the communications and technology sector’s success to spur economic growth and job creation.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After repeated requests for cooperation and months of delay, Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today set a final deadline for the Food and Drug Administration to provide documents relevant to the deadly meningitis outbreak and the agency’s history with the...
