By EPA Newswire | Jun 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) commented today on the latest unemployment report, which showed the national unemployment rate ticking up to 8.2 percent and just 69,000 jobs created in the month of May...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 1, 2012
News Release: It was two years ago this week, on May 26, 2010, that President Obama famously declared, “The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra" during a visit to the doomed solar company’s Fremont, California headquarters. Fast forward two years and Nancy Pelosi, White House spokesman...
By EPA Newswire | May 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today held a hearing to examine “International Proposals to Regulate the Internet." Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, along with Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member...
By EPA Newswire | May 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved the bipartisan Food and Drug Administration Reform Act, H.R. 5651, by a vote of 387 to 5. The legislation, which works to strengthen the United States’ leadership position in an industry that supports millions of American jobs, ensures continuation...
By EPA Newswire | May 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), along with Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA), today introduced...
By EPA Newswire | May 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously approved the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act, H.R. 3310. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), consolidates the reporting obligations of the FCC to improve transparency and oversight while reducing regulatory burdens.
By EPA Newswire | May 29, 2012
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power have postponed the joint hearing titled “NRC Policy and Governance Oversight" scheduled for Thursday, May 31, 2012. The new date and time of the hearing is still to be determined. The hearing was postponed in light of recent developments that the nominations of Allison Macfarlane and Kristine Svinicki will be swiftly considered by the Senate.
By EPA Newswire | May 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce announced its schedule for the week of May 28. Committee members will explore governance at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as part of continued oversight by the committee. The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will explore...
By EPA Newswire | May 25, 2012
News Release: In preparation for a vote in the House of Representative next week, the committee released a bipartisan substitute for the FDA Reform Act, H.R. 5651.
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee is continuing its investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency’s administration of the Renewable Fuel Standards Program. Under the program, EPA has discovered an increasing number of transactions made with fraudulent Renewable Identification...
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2012
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) made the following statement in response to today’s announcement by the White House that President Obama will nominate Allison Macfarlane to replace Gregory Jaczko as Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2012
News Release: In 2008, then-Candidate Barack Obama promised to usher in an era of transparency, “put an end to the game playing" in Washington, and broadcast health care negotiations on C-SPAN. The Energy and Commerce Committee launched an investigation more than a year ago to allow Congress and the American public...
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) expressed concern today with a government watchdog’s latest report to committee leadership on Department of Energy safety reforms at the nation’s most sensitive nuclear storage sites and laboratories. The Government Accountability...
By EPA Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power have scheduled a joint hearing on Thursday, May 31, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The title of the hearing is “NRC Policy and Governance Oversight." All five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are expected to testify.
By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are urging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to promptly issue a decision on the license renewal of the Pilgrim Reactor in Massachusetts. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman...
By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2012
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) made the following statement in response to today’s announcement that embattled Nuclear Regulatory Chairman Gregory Jaczko will resign...
By EPA Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - One of the country’s largest regional power grid operators, PJM Interconnection, today announced the results of its annual auction that locks in electricity capacity prices three years in advance. Today’s auction established capacity prices for 2015-2016, the first year electric generators...
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), this week held its third hearing examining the broadband loan and grants programs of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Rural Utility Service (RUS). During the hearing, members examined the speed and effectiveness of the loan and grant programs doled out through the president’s stimulus program.
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its efforts under the American Energy Initiative, the House Energy and Commerce Committee today passed the Gasoline Regulations Act and Strategic Energy Production Act. The bills, which both passed with bipartisan support, aim to protect consumers from higher gas prices and promote U.S. energy security.
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson seeking more information about EPA’s plans to regulate carbon emissions for new and existing power plants. Members believe EPA’s New Source Performance...
