By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius demanding more information on whether the administration was aware that millions of middle class Americans could qualify for, and in some cases be forced...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) is demanding answers and cooperation from Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew regarding an ongoing investigation of a stimulus loan guarantee awarded to Solyndra, Inc.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to create jobs and strengthen America’s energy security today with passage of H.R. 2021, the Jobs and Energy Permitting Act. The measure, which is part of the GOP’s American Energy Initiative, passed the House with bipartisan support by a vote of 253 to 166.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), will hold a hearing on Friday, June 24, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “OMB’s Role in the DOE Loan Guarantee Process."
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders from the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a follow-up letter to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Cass Sunstein to further discuss independent agencies’ cooperation with President Obama’s Executive Order to identify and eliminate burdensome...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Responding to urgent calls from job creators across a range of industries, bipartisan members of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce have introduced H.R. 2250, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. The proposal, which directs EPA to develop achievable standards affecting...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today continued efforts to protect jobs and innovation and discussed ways to ease regulatory burdens. The subcommittee discussed draft legislation to reform the Federal Communications Commission’s processes, codifying best practices to ensure consistency from issue to issue and from one commission to the next.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2011
News Release: Watch Upton’s speech on the House floor...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today approved legislation to protect Americans against unnecessary job losses and high energy costs. The Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act passed the subcommittee by voice vote.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today highlighted his CutGo Principle to restore fiscal discipline to the panel, a rule modeled on the CutGo rules for legislation considered on the floor of the U.S. House of representatives. This visionary policy was ushered...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 16, 2011
News Release: Prior to the Obama administration’s rush to terminate the Yucca Mountain project, the landmark effort was nearing the finish line for full construction authorization with the Energy Department’s submission of a license application in June 2008. Federal law requires NRC to complete license review within...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 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 legislative hearing on the discussion draft of the Secure and Fortify Data Act (SAFE Data Act), which establishes uniform national standards for data security and data breach notification.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing yesterday to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector General Report on the “NRC Chairman’s Unilateral Decision to Terminate NRC’s Review of the DOE...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved legislation to strengthen America’s energy security and create tens of thousands of new jobs. The North American-Made Energy Security Act (H.R. 1938) was approved by the subcommittee by voice vote. The bipartisan bill now moves to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: AEP: EPA Plan Expected To Cost $6 Billion To $8 Billion Through Decade’s End
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce leaders who are closely following the deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany are seeking answers from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to protect the public health. The outbreak, which has infected at least one American, has triggered global concern given the symptoms associated with the bacteria.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement in response to today’s news that exploration in the Gulf of Mexico has uncovered existence of a massive oil and gas field.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - During last week’s Environment and the Economy Subcommittee hearing on “The Department of Energy’s Role in Managing Civilian Radioactive Waste," witnesses revealed that Energy Secretary Steven Chu simply ignored the technical components of the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository when withdrawing the project’s license application.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed news that the Federal Communications Commission Chairman has finally agreed to remove the “Fairness Doctrine" and several related rules...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today delivered the following remarks to the Oregon and Washington Telecommunications Associations on the Universal Service Fund, Intercarrier Compensation reform, and the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile acquisition...
