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News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology (CAT) Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (D-OR) and CAT Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn today requesting a hearing to review the proposed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. The proposed merger, which was announced over the weekend, would have T-Mobile paying approximately $59 billion to purchase Sprint.
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Rep. Dingell's Opening Remarks at Robocalls Hearing
News Release: Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Do Not Call: Combatting Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing:"
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E&C Democrats Unveil Proposals to Combat Robocalls
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democrats released a series of legislative proposals to address abusive robocall practices today. The Democrats announced one bill and two discussion drafts during a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing this morning on Combatting Robocalls and Caller ID Spoofing.
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Pallone’s Remarks for the Record at Robocalls Hearing
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Do Not Call: Combatting Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing:"
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#SubDCCP Holds Hearing on Protecting Consumers from Robocalls
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today on combating robocalls, caller ID spoofing, and telemarketing scams.
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Pallone’s Opening Remarks at EPA Administrator Pruitt Hearing
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “The Fiscal Year 2019 Environmental Protection Agency Budget:"
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#SubDCCP Examines CFIUS Review Process Reform
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today to examine the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS), whether its process for reviewing investments needs an update, and the Foreign Investment Risk Review and Modernization Act (H.R. 4311).
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Walden, Latta on Senate Confirmation of FTC Commissioners
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of all five Federal Trade Commissioners.
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EPA Administrator Pruitt Testifies Before #SubEnvironment on FY19 Budget
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the agency’s Fiscal Year 2019 Environmental Protection Agency Budget.
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E&C Democrats to Host News Conference Today at 9 AM Ahead of Pruitt’s Capitol Hill Testimony
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats will host a news conference today at 9 a.m. at the House Triangle with environmental advocacy leaders to reiterate their call for the firing or resignation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and to discuss important issues he...
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Pallone’s Opening Remarks at Health Subcommittee Markup of Opioid Legislation
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 “Opioid Legislation and H.R. 5554, Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug Amendments Act of 2018:"
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Pallone & Cummings Urge Office of Special Counsel to Investigate Pruitt’s Personnel Practices
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) sent a letter to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel today requesting an investigation into whether there is a pattern of prohibited personnel practices taking place at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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E&C Democrats Send Follow-up Questions to Zuckerberg
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats today sent Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg a list of hundreds of follow-up questions that he could either not answer at the hearing or questions that Democratic Committee members developed as a result of his testimony before the Committee.
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#SubHealth Votes to Advance 57 Bills to Combat the Opioid Crisis, Reauthorization of ADUFA and AGDUFA
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today advanced 57 bills to the full Energy and Commerce Committee. Of the bills, 56 were focused on ways to help combat the opioid crisis. #SubHealth also considered the bipartisan, bicameral reauthorization of the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA).
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Pallone Statement on FDA’s Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following an announcement from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on new efforts to address youth access to tobacco products, including JUUL and other e-cigarettes...
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E&C Dem Leaders Request GAO Investigation Into EPA Enforcement of Health & Environmental Safeguards
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders today requested the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement of federal health and environmental safeguards, including EPA’s oversight of state enforcement programs. The request...
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E&C Leaders Welcome Mental Health Action Plan
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The 21st Century Cures Act does more than accelerate the critical cycle of discovering new cures and treatments, developing them, and delivering them. The landmark law also made a number of important mental health reforms. Many of these reforms received critical resources in a government funding package that was signed into law by President Trump last month.
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#SubHealth Announces Details for Markup of Opioid Legislation
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), formally announced a markup for Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at 1 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
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E&C Hears Personal Stories from the Opioid Crisis
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), yesterday held a roundtable discussion, hearing personal stories from the opioid crisis.
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Bipartisan Committee Leaders Urge HUD to Ensure Funds are Used to Modernize Puerto Rico’s Grid
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS), and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Benjamin Carson.
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