By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of February 4, 2013. The committee will launch a new energy hearing series with a review of North America’s abundant energy resources and continue efforts to promote Internet freedom. The committee will also vote on the oversight plan for the 113th Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today marks 15 years since the federal government has defaulted on its legal responsibility to store our nation’s nuclear waste. According to the law, the Department of Energy was supposed to begin accepting nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain by Jan. 31, 1998. Since then, 76 lawsuits...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Reps. Joe Pitts and Bill Cassidy and Sens. Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Lamar Alexander and Michael Enzi today sought details of the federal government’s long-overdue attention to the qualification of the participants in a federal discount prescription drug program.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today announced the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 29, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will launch its “American Energy Security and Innovation" hearing series next Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Energy...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In recognition of Data Privacy Day, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Lee Terry (R-NE) are urging American consumers to be vigilant in protecting their online data and privacy. The committee held several...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 25, 2013
News Release: 1,590 DAYS AND COUNTING - WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ON KEYSTONE
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today pledged continued action in support of the Keystone XL pipeline following Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman’s approval of the proposed reroute of the pipeline through the Cornhusker state. Now that the Nebraska process is complete, the next step...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved the rules of the committee and advanced five pieces of legislation, versions of which were previously considered and approved by the full House, during the organizational meeting for the 113th Congress. The Hydropower Regulatory...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 22, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the bipartisan Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013, H.R. 307, by a vote of 395 to 29. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), reauthorizes provisions of the Project Bioshield Act of 2004 and Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act of 2006 for an additional five years.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today announced changes to the committee’s health staff for the 113th Congress, congratulating departing staff on new opportunities and highlighting the experienced staff leadership that will continue going...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) today announced that the oversight subcommittee would spearhead the committee’s examination of a range of programs and issues within its jurisdiction, ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of Energy today released its report on implementing final recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following response to DOE’s implementation report...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Vice Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today issued the following statement on FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s announcement regarding implementation of a provision of the spectrum law that would make more unlicensed spectrum available...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law H.R. 5859, a bill to repeal an obsolete mandate requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting. The bipartisan legislation, introduced by Reps. Gregg Harper (R-MS) and Bill Owens (D-NY), eliminates an outdated requirement for the National Highway...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 10, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (SMART) Act. The bipartisan SMART Act, authored by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), creates efficiencies in the Medicare Secondary Payer...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) commended the Food and Drug Administration for meeting today’s deadline to issue draft guidance on abuse-deterrent prescription drugs. In late December, the leaders had requested the Department of...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the committee will conduct its formal organizational meeting for the 113th Congress on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The meeting will include the adoption of Committee Rules and the formal appointment of Subcommittee leadership and member rosters.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s issuance of reconsidered Boiler MACT and Cement MACT rules. In October 2011, the House passed H.R. 2250, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act, and H.R. 2681, the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act, directing EPA to re-propose this suite of rules to ensure the regulations are both economically and technically achievable.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) today requested the Department of Health and Human Services provide more information on its efforts to address the growing concerns surrounding the imminent release of non-tamper-resistant versions of extended-release opioids, such as Oxycontin.
