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Upton, GOP Leaders Unveil Plan for America's Job Creators
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today joined fellow House Republicans to unveil a Plan for America’s Job Creators. The Energy and Commerce Committee has been at the forefront of efforts to promote job creation, with a focus on expanding American-made energy and promoting a balanced regulatory approach that does not harm job creators. Upton issued the following statement...
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Committee Leaders Expand Investigation Into Tainted Heparin, Seek Answers from U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders have expanded their investigation of the now 3-year unsolved case of toxic and sometimes lethal contaminated heparin supplies that were imported from China and given to U.S. patients. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg testified during an Oversight...
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Energy and Commerce Committee Approves Bill to Protect Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved a long-term extension for the program that protects our nation’s chemical facilities from terrorist threats.
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Obama Regulatory Czar Defies Congressional Investigators' Request on Red Tape that Bureaucracies have Identified for Elimination
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Two days after missing a congressional deadline, Obama regulatory czar Cass Sunstein has unveiled the preliminary recommendations that federal agencies were required to submit, identifying onerous regulations. Sunstein and his staff ignored formal requests from the Oversight and Investigations...
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Subcommittee Discusses Expanding Health Care Options, Allowing Americans to Purchase Coverage Across State Lines
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today examined options to lower the cost of health care by allowing Americans to purchase coverage across state lines, increasing consumers’ options.
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Energy and Power Subcommittee Approves Bills to Fight High Energy Costs and Protect America's Economy
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power today approved two key pieces of legislation under the American Energy Initiative, the Jobs and Energy Permitting Act and the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act, or TRAIN Act. Both bipartisan bills passed out of the subcommittee by voice vote.
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Walden Statement on FCC's Broadband Report
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today commented on a recent report from the Federal Communications Commission concluding that broadband is not being deployed in a “reasonable and timely" fashion. Section 706 of the Telecommunications...
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Congressional Leaders Seek Governors' Feedback to Improve Medicaid
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch today sent a letter to the governors of all 50 states and the U.S. territories requesting feedback and ideas to improve the Medicaid program. Medicaid consumes nearly a quarter of state government budgets -a significant driver of the current $175 billion collective state budget shortfall.
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Committee Seeks Details on Burdensome Government Red Tape that Bureaucracies have Identified for Elimination
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In its ongoing effort to fight burdensome regulations and protect jobs, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is seeking the preliminary recommendations that federal agencies were required to submit identifying onerous regulations. The week after...
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E&C Studio: Committee Continues to Await President's Response on Medical Liability Reform
News Release: House Republicans were encouraged when President Obama announced his support for medical liability reform in this year’s State of the Union address. Immediately after his speech, the Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to the president pledging to work with the administration on this issue. However, ...
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Energy and Commerce Leaders Inquire About Administration's New Greenhouse Gas Rules
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) called on the Obama administration today to provide additional information on its new rules to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
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Energy and Commerce Leaders to Commence Gulf Energy Tour Wednesday
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As American families are confronted with soaring gas prices, Energy and Commerce Committee leaders will commence a tour of the Gulf region on Wednesday to showcase the critical role the Gulf of Mexico plays in our nation’s energy future. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton...
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Republican Leaders Urge EPA to Give American People More Time to Weigh in on New Rules Affecting Electricity Prices
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Ranking Member James M. Inhofe (R-OK) today sent the following letter to the Obama administration urging additional time for public comment on the proposed Utility MACT rule.
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Upton Welcomes EPA's Decision to Delay Boiler MACT Rule
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed news that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to delay the effective dates for its rules impacting certain boilers and incinerators.
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Upton & Shimkus Comment on Obama's Anywhere but Yucca Mountain Panel – "This Administration Should Be Listening to the Nuclear Scientists, Not Political Scientists"
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today expressed disbelief with reports that the Obama administration’s blue ribbon commission on nuclear waste disposal is set to recommend taxpayers fund a new search for temporary storage - despite 30 years of research and billions of dollars...
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Energy and Power Subcommittee Discusses Legislation to Expedite Alaskan Energy Production
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing efforts to fight high gas prices and increase American energy production, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power today continued its hearing on the American Energy Initiative with a discussion on draft legislation that would accelerate energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf.
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Health Subcommittee Passes the State Flexibility Act of 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today approved the State Flexibility Act of 2011, H.R. 1683, by a vote of 14 to 9.
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Upton Praises Congressional and Court Action to Increase Energy Production
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) applauded recent congressional and judicial efforts to increase offshore energy production.
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In Face of Congressional and Stakeholder Objections, EPA to Suspend Chemical Reporting Program to Revise Flaws Rules
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration yesterday announced plans to suspend a chemical reporting program under the Toxic Substances Control Act after serious concerns were raised about the agency’s proposed changes to the program - changes that would have imposed significant new costs without a sensible...
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Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Votes to Improve Consumer Product Safety Law
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade took an important step to improve consumer product safety protections today by approving the discussion draft of H.R. ___, “Enhancing CPSC Authority and Discretion Act of 2011 (ECADA)."
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