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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Health markup on four pieces of legislation to improve maternal health and decrease maternal mortality, accelerate the FDA process to approve generic drugs and combat the youth tobacco epidemic.
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Walden and Burgess Statement on Bipartisan Bills to Improve Maternal Health
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement applauding passage of bipartisan bills to improve maternal health at an Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee markup today.
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Communications and Technology Subcommittee to Markup Broadband Mapping, Spectrum, Supply Chain, and STELAR Legislation
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 11:30 am, in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
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Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee to Markup Brand USA and U.S. SAFE WEB Act Legislation
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
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E&C Democrats Request Update from FCC on Investigation of Unauthorized Real-Time Location Data Disclosures
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Eleven Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today expressing growing concern that the FCC is failing to protect consumers’ privacy by refusing to hold wireless carriers accountable for unauthorized disclosures of consumers’ real-time location data.
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Health Subcommittee to Markup Legislation on Tobacco, Maternal Mortality, and FDA Citizen Petitions
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
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E&C Leaders Demand Answers on FERC’s Efforts to Gut PURPA
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) today demanded answers from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about its efforts to change key provisions of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA).
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Pallone Statement on FCC Approval of T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it has approved the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint...
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Pallone & Tonko Denounce Trump Administration’s Proposed Rollback of Coal Ash Rules
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement today that it is pursuing a rollback of Obama-era coal ash rules, put in place in 2015 to protect Americans from coal ash - the toxic byproduct of burning coal...
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Pallone on Trump Administration Initiating Formal Process of Withdrawing U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) blasted the Trump Administration today for submitting a formal notification to the United Nations initiating the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord...
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Walden Statement on Dr. Stephen Hahn
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of Dr. Stephen M. Hahn to serve as Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner...
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Walden, Burgess, and Guthrie Ask CMS for Briefing on Integrity of NPI Process
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to request a briefing on efforts to improve the integrity of the application and assignment process of the National Provider Identifier (NPI).
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Walden Statement on Legislation to Fight Fentanyl
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, bipartisan legislation introduced today by Reps. John Katko (R-NY) and Kathleen Rice (D-NY) to combat illicit fentanyl, of which Walden is an original cosponsor.
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Pallone Opening Remarks at Hearing on Safeguarding the Global Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Safeguarding the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain in a Global Economy:"
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Pallone Remarks at Climate Hearing on Decarbonizing the U.S. Power Sector
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Solutions for the U.S. Power Sector." The hearing is the fifth hearing in the Committee’s climate change series aimed at developing comprehensive legislation to achieve a 100 percent clean economy by 2050...
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Pallone Urges President Trump to Follow Through on Promise to Issue E-Cigarette Flavor Ban
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to President Trump today urging the President to fulfill a promise he made last month in an Oval Office press conference that his Administration would ban all harmful flavored e-cigarette products, including those with mint and menthol.
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Walden Remarks at Hearing Examining Concerns over Growing Dependence on Foreign Drug Manufacturing
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Health hearing to examine safety and national security concerns over growing reliance of drugs manufactured abroad.
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Walden Remarks at Hearing on Goals for C-Band Utilization for 5G
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing titled, “Repurposing the C-Band to Benefit all Americans."
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Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Protecting the Renewable Fuel Standard Program
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Protecting the RFS: The Trump Administration’s Abuse of Secret Waivers:"
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Walden Remarks at Hearing on Waivers in the Renewable Fuel Standard program
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard program waiver process for exemptions to small refineries.
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