By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing on “Continuing Developments Regarding the Solyndra Loan Guarantee" this Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The committee recently learned that the Treasury Department...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -As part of an ongoing effort to improve the medical device review process, members of Congress recently invited innovators in the field to engage in a roundtable discussion about how the FDA’s review process impacts their ability to make these devices accessible to American patients.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today welcomed strong bipartisan support in the U.S. House of Representatives for the Protect Life Act, H.R. 358. The bill, authored by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), was approved by the House by a vote of 251-172. The...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: Rahm : “It’s not about warning signs Sometimes you’re right, sometimes you’re wrong"
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Health and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a joint hearing today to examine the Interagency Working Group’s proposed food marketing principles. In 2009, Congress formed an Interagency Working Group, comprised of the U.S. Department...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today welcomed passage of three long-awaited trade pacts that will help create jobs and grow our economy. The agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea passed the House with wide bipartisan margins, opening the door for significant new U.S. exports and paving the way to create an estimated 250,000 American jobs.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Kalamazoo Gazette. Democrats and Republicans are working toward bipartisan legislation on pipeline safety. By Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and John Dingell (D-MI). Oct. 11, 2011. With the many challenges facing our nation, Americans are looking for bipartisan leadership in Washington. That is especially true...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) responded to documents the committee received late today from the Obama administration regarding the investigation into the $535 million Solyndra bust.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) have uncovered new information as part of their ongoing investigation into the $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra about the level of...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined every member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations in once again calling on the Secretary of Energy to turn over information on the financial condition of each loan guarantee funded with stimulus dollars in...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
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 to examine the objectivity and credibility of the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical risk program, the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following its recent hearing with members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power submitted an additional series of questions to the Commissioners for the record this week. These questions will assist the committee in gathering critical information concerning the potential impact of EPA’s recent and pending power sector rules on the reliability of our nation’s electric grid.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) responded today to news that Jonathan Silver, Executive Director of the Department of Energy’s Loans Programs Office, is resigning. Silver, who was responsible...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives declared another victory today in its ongoing battle against destructive regulation with passage of H.R. 2681, the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act. The measure passed the full House with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 262 to 161.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1343, authored by Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH), which improves accountability and transparency for broadband stimulus spending, by unanimous consent. The 2009 stimulus program allocated approximately $7 billion in taxpayer dollars to...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to call on HHS to provide...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), today held a hearing entitled, “Protecting Children’s Privacy in an Electronic World."
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) are seeking all communications between White House staff and officials regarding now-bankrupt Solyndra’s $535 million loan guarantee. The Committee leaders...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office to examine the government’s role in addressing cybersecurity challenges.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: No Regrets? Hindsight is Always 20/20? It Went Through the Regular Review Process, and People Felt Like this Was a Good Bet?
