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House sends clear message: FCC overstepped its authority
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today sent a clear signal to the FCC that it overstepped its authorities granted by Congress by strongly rebuking the commission’s attempts to regulate the Internet.
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Say What?
News Release: On the House floor this afternoon, members debated an amendment offered by Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden and Reps. Cliff Stearns, Mario Diaz-Balart, and Tom Graves to prohibit the FCC from clamping down on and regulating the Internet.
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On 2nd Anniversary of the Stimulus, Upton Seeks Answers from Dept. of Energy on Half Billion Dollar Bust
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) marked the second anniversary of the stimulus bill by seeking answers from the Department of Energy (DOE) on its inaugural $535 million stimulus loan guarantee awarded in March of 2009. Solyndra, Inc. of Fremont, California, ...
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Pitts, Upton Push to Ease Delays in Medical Device Regulatory Process to Benefit Patients, Spur Job Growth
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine the impact of medical device regulations on patients and jobs. During the hearing, members of the subcommittee questioned the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for...
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Walden, Upton Join Senate Leaders in Unveiling Resolution to Reverse FCC's Controversial Internet Regulations
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House and Senate leaders on communications and technology policy today formally introduced a Resolution of Disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules. Leading the effort in the House are Communications and Technology...
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Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Probes New Bureaucracy Responsible for Granting Widespread Waivers for Massive Health Care Law
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing today examining the new bureaucracy responsible for granting widespread waivers for the massive health care law. The subcommittee heard from the officials responsible for granting the waivers, Steve...
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Whitfield Discusses Need to Hit "the Pause Button" on EPA Regulation While Congress Prepares to Act
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This evening on the House Floor, Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) engaged in a colloquy with Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Mike Simpson (R-ID) to discuss provisions in the Continuing Resolution government funding package that...
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Energy and Commerce Adopts Oversight Plan and Approves Protect Life Act, Additional Health Care Legislation
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today adopted a Committee Oversight Plan for the 112th Congress and passed four pieces of health care legislation: the Protect Life Act, H.R. 358 ; the Veterinary Public Health Workforce and Education Act, H.R. 525 ; the Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act, H.R. 528 ; and the Dental Emergency Responder Act, H.R.570.
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Walden to Offer Amendment to Block Funds for Implementation of Net Neutrality Rules
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that he is offering an amendment to the Continuing Resolution to prohibit the FCC from using funds to implement the controversial internet regulations that the commission adopted in December.
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Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Learns of Burdensome Environmental Regulations Stifling Job Creation and Economic Growth
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Environment and the Economy Subcommittee today held a hearing on “Environmental Regulations, the Economy, and Jobs." The panel, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), examined how and whether federal regulatory agencies are conducting the...
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Upton Statement on President's Budget Request
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement today in response to President Obama’s FY 2012 budget request...
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Health Subcommittee Approves Protect Life Act, Additional Health Care Legislation
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today passed four pieces of health care legislation: the Protect Life Act, H.R. 358 ; the Veterinary Public Health Workforce and Education Act, H.R. 525 ; the Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act, H.R. 528 ; and the Dental Emergency Responder Act, H.R.570.
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Energy & Power Subcommittee Republicans Fight to Protect American Jobs and Families from EPA's Relentless Push to Implement Cap-and-Trade through Regulation
News Release: CNBC: Chairman Upton Highlights the “Energy Tax Prevention Act" to Protect American Jobs and Families from EPA Regulations
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Walden Holds Stimulus Oversight Hearing
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing to begin oversight of broadband spending allocated under the stimulus. Members heard from the Government Accountability Office and Inspectors General...
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Energy and Power Subcommittee Examines How Middle East Events Affect U.S. Energy Supplies and Market Stability
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Energy and Power Subcommittee today held a hearing on “The Effects of Middle East Events on U.S. Energy Markets." The panel, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), focused on steps the U.S. could take to reduce our reliance on energy imported from the Middle East.
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Upton, Walden Respond to President's Broadband Proposals
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Congressman Greg Walden, chairman of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, today released the following statements after President Obama unveiled his proposal to increase spending for wireless broadband and reallocate spectrum previously slated for auction...
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Energy and Power Subcommittee Questions EPA Administrator on Runaway Regulations, Hears from Job Creators Speaking Out Against Cap-and-Trade Regulations
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today heard directly from stakeholders affected by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) controversial regulatory agenda during an examination of the Energy Tax Prevention...
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Congressional Energy and Environmental Policy Leaders File Amicus Brief with Supreme Court
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leading congressional energy and environmental policymakers today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in American Electric Power Company, et al. v. State of Connecticut, et al. to assert the sole prerogative and responsibility of the legislative and executive branches - ...
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Upton Responds to Waxman's Objections to Committee Oversight
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today restated his commitment to serious, substantive, and substantial oversight of the executive branch, industry, and all matters within the committee’s purview. Upton’s comments come in response to...
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Energy and Commerce Leaders Probe HHS on Health Care Slush Funds
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a pair of letters to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius seeking information about how the agency has spent taxpayer dollars provided in the stimulus and under last year’s controversial health care law. The inquiries, ...