News and reports from the Environmental Protection Agency.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “RAY BAUM’S Act: A Bipartisan Foundation for Bridging the Digital Divide."

News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to top Trump Administration officials demanding answers to a series of questions on the Administration’s latest illegal efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed three bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee bills. Collectively, the bills promote the use of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and advance public health.

News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that 2.4 million Americans have selected health insurance plans through state and federal marketplaces, a drop from this point in 2017...

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing for Wednesday, December 5 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Availability of SAFE Kits at Hospitals in the United States."

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Discussion Draft: The 21st Century Transportation Fuels Act."

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the release of United Nations Emissions Gap report...

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the release of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which is an assessment of impacts of climate change on the nation and its territories...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler today requesting documents and information about the agency’s decision to roll back policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report on actions the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should take to ensure proper regulatory compliance by states with regard to encounter data reliability in managed care organizations (MCO). This study was undertaken by GAO in response to questions raised by the Committee on Energy and Commerce regarding the reliability of Medicaid managed care encounter data.

News Release: Democratic leaders on health care committees in the House and Senate today called on the Trump Administration to cease their continued attacks on affordable, comprehensive health care for Americans, following a proposed change to Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act that would further open the door to junk insurance plans and undermine health care for people with pre-existing conditions.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the alarming statistics on youth e-cigarette usage released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the announcement on FDA’s new steps to address the youth e-cigarette crisis and proposal to ban menthol in combustible tobacco products...

News Release: As Democrats prepare to take the House Majority in January, three Democratic Committee leaders, whose committees have jurisdiction over climate change, announced today that their committees will hold a series of hearings over a two-day period early next year to assess the effects of climate change and the need for action.

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, Frank Pallone, Jr., and Adam Schiff, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, respectively, sent seven letters...

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a draft risk evaluation for Pigment Violet 29 (PV29), which is one of the first ten chemicals undergoing risk evaluation under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act...