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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced that Josh Trent has been named Chief Counsel for the Health Subcommittee.
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#SubDCCP to Hold Hearing on Detecting and Preventing Drugged Driving
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Drug-Impaired Driving."
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#SubCommTech to Discuss Customer Proprietary Network Information
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Protecting Customer Proprietary Network Information in the Internet Age."
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Facebook Submits Responses to Cmte’s Written Questions
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee has received responses from Facebook to its written questions following its hearing with CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook submitted the responses to the committee shortly before midnight last night. The deadline for submission provided by the committee was close of business on June 29th.
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E&C Democrats Release Facebook’s Responses to Questions
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released Facebook’s long-awaited answers to the Committee’s outstanding questions for the record. Earlier this year, House members sent hundreds of follow up questions to Facebook after Mark Zuckerberg was unable to answer a number of questions during his hearing before the Committee in April.
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Walden and Upton on Five Hydropower Bills Headed to POTUS’ Desk
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate yesterday passed five Energy and Commerce Committee bills aimed at boosting our nation’s energy infrastructure and improving energy efficiency. The bills now head to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
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E&C Republicans Question HHS About Management, Treatment, and Reunification Efforts of Children in Custody
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding its Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and the management, treatment, and reunification of unaccompanied alien children (UAC).
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Top Dems Call for Comprehensive Review of President Trump’s Child Separation Policy by Inspectors General at DHS, HHS, and DOJ
News Release: Today, Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr., Elijah E. Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, Bennie G. Thompson, and Bobby Scott, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Education and the Workforce, sent a letter to the Inspectors...
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E&C Dems Want Assurances Data Propria Isn’t Using Improperly Obtained Cambridge Analytica Data
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Data Propria President Matt Oczkowski...
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Walden and Burgess on Release of CDC Grants to Help Combat the Opioid Crisis
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the release of grants to help aid in the country’s response to the opioid crisis.
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GAO Sounds the Alarm on Lax Oversight of Contract Pharmacies Within 340B Program
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) is making seven recommendations that the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) take additional action to ensure all contract pharmacies are compliant with the 340B Drug Pricing Program (340B Program).
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GAO Calls on DOE to Improve Management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Department of Energy (DOE) take several steps to modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
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GAO Calls on DOE to Improve Management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Department of Energy (DOE) take several steps to modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
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#SubHealth Advances Public Health Bills, Including PAHPA and Children’s Hospital GME
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a markup considering five public health measures.
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Latta on Senate Commerce Vote to Advance NHTSA and CPSC Nominations
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s vote to approve the nominations of Heidi King to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Peter Feldman to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
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Pallone Remarks at Markup of Public Health Bills
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health markup on H.R. __, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2018, H.R. 959, H.R. 1676, H.R. 3728, and H.R. 5385...
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Democratic Committee Leaders Request Commerce Inspector General Investigate Ross’ Conflicts of Interest
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Democratic Ranking Members of eight House Committees with jurisdiction over the Department of Commerce sent a letter to the Agency’s Inspector General, Peggy Gustafson, requesting an investigation into Secretary Wilbur Ross’s compliance with federal ethics requirements, his ongoing issues with conflicts of interest, and his potentially false comments regarding certain financial holdings.
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#SubEnvironment Advances Two Bipartisan Bills to Full Committee for Consideration
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today advanced two bipartisan bills to the full committee that advance the Department of Energy’s environmental remediation efforts.
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E&C Republicans Reject Pallone Amendment Requesting a Hearing on Family Separation
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks during a Health Subcommittee markup on his amendment that urged the Committee to hold at least one hearing on the status and welfare of the children separated from their families as a result of the Trump Administration’s “Zero Tolerance" policy. The Pallone amendment failed to pass after all Subcommittee Republicans voted against it unanimously...
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Tonko's Remarks at Nuclear Waste Markup
News Release: Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Environment markup of two nuclear waste bills...
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