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News Release: A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce leaders sent a letter to Indian Health Service (IHS) Acting Director Rear Admiral Michael D. Weahkee today requesting a briefing on reported medical errors and systemic failures at IHS hospitals, the corrective actions taken to date, and an update on the agency’s...
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce leaders sent a letter to Indian Health Service (IHS) Acting Director Rear Admiral Michael D. Weahkee today requesting a briefing on reported medical errors and systemic failures at IHS hospitals, the corrective actions taken to date, and an...
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today to request information about its policies on the retention and disposition of electronic communications, including email, text messages, chat and instant messages and social media messages.
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Health Subcommittee to Hold Legislative Hearing on Proposals to Lower the Cost of Prescription DrugsNews 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 legislative hearing on Wednesday, March 13, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Lowering the Cost of Prescription Drugs: Reducing Barriers to Market Competition."
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening statement at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Inclusion in Tech: How Diversity Benefits All Americans:"
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement regarding the release of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) 2019 High Risk Report, compiled at the start of each new Congress identifying areas in government vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement...
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 13, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building...
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after Democrats introduced their net neutrality legislation...
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Strengthening Our Health Care System: Legislation to Lower Consumer Costs and Expand Access:"
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic leaders of the House and Senate today unveiled the Save the Internet Act that will keep the internet open and free. The legislation will reverse the disastrous repeal by Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in late 2017 of critical net neutrality protections.
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) have issued the following statement regarding the release of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report entitled, “Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Could Improve Program and Project Management by Better Classifying Work and Following Leading Practices."
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement today on the passage of the Responsible Disposal Reauthorization Act of 2019 (H.R. 347) and the Reauthorization of the West Valley Demonstration Project (H.R. 1138):
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce 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 legislative hearing on restoring net neutrality protections on Tuesday, March 12, at 10:00 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will be entitled, “Legislating to Safeguard the Free and Open Internet."
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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 hearing on Tuesday, March 12, at 12 pm in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building with Health and Human Services...
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after the House passed two bills by voice vote that advance the Department of Energy’s environmental remediation efforts.
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) released the following statement today on the passage of the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2019 (H.R. 762):
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after the announcement Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb will resign...
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News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement regarding the release of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report entitled, “Nuclear Waste Cleanup: DOE Could Improve Program and Project Management by Better Classifying Work and Following Leading Practices."
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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 762, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2019, by voice vote.
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News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced the Agency detected asbestos in cosmetic products marketed to children and teens. Commissioner Gottlieb also outlined the need to work with Congress to address the agency’s outdated regulatory framework for cosmetics and personal care products to ensure the safety of products on the market...