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News from February 2012


Committee Leaders Pose Additional Questions to Google on Privacy Changes

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a briefing with Google last week, Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) sent a letter today to Google’s Chief Executive Officer Larry Page requesting additional information on the company’s recent privacy policy changes.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-PA) yesterday introduced the Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012 (H.R. 3988), which authorizes...


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News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a briefing with Google last week, Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) sent a letter today to Google’s Chief Executive Officer Larry Page requesting additional information on the company’s recent privacy policy changes.


Committee Leaders Pose Additional Questions to Google on Privacy Changes

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a briefing with Google last week, Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) sent a letter today to Google’s Chief Executive Officer Larry Page requesting additional information on the company’s recent privacy policy changes.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environment and Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) met with reporters recently to outline a 2012 agenda for the subcommittee that focuses on protecting the American people, creating jobs, eliminating government waste. The agenda includes...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a briefing with Google last week, Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) sent a letter today to Google’s Chief Executive Officer Larry Page requesting additional information on the company’s recent privacy policy changes.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a briefing with Google last week, Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) sent a letter today to Google’s Chief Executive Officer Larry Page requesting additional information on the company’s recent privacy policy changes.


Upton Hails Approval to Construct the First Two New Nuclear Reactors in 30 Years

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded today’s decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to approve the construction and operation of two new nuclear reactors at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle. The two reactors will join Vogtle’s two existing reactors near Waynesboro, Georgia, with Unit 3 expected to begin operating in 2016 and Unit 4 in 2017.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-PA) yesterday introduced the Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012 (H.R. 3988), which authorizes...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded today’s decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to approve the construction and operation of two new nuclear reactors at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle. The two reactors will join Vogtle’s two existing reactors near Waynesboro, Georgia, with Unit 3 expected to begin operating in 2016 and Unit 4 in 2017.


Final Keynote Speakers Announced for 2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- The Energy Department released today the current speakers for the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) annual Energy Innovation Summit, which will take place at the Gaylord Resort and Convention Center at the National Harbor, Maryland, from February 27-29, 2012. Acting...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton joined every Republican member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations in urging full White House compliance related to the Committee’s subpoenas on Solyndra. Despite repeated attempts by the Committee to accommodate...


Committee Leaders to White House: Time to Quit Stonewalling on Solyndra

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton joined every Republican member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations in urging full White House compliance related to the Committee’s subpoenas on Solyndra. Despite repeated attempts by the Committee to accommodate...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton joined every Republican member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations in urging full White House compliance related to the Committee’s subpoenas on Solyndra. Despite repeated attempts by the Committee to accommodate...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following a briefing with Google last week, Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) sent a letter today to Google’s Chief Executive Officer Larry Page requesting additional information on the company’s recent privacy policy changes.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Environment and Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) met with reporters recently to outline a 2012 agenda for the subcommittee that focuses on protecting the American people, creating jobs, eliminating government waste. The agenda includes...


Boxer and Inhofe Praise Strong Senate Vote To Move Transportation Bill Forward

News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Committee, issued the following statement today after the Senate voted to proceed with the surface transportation bill. The final vote was 85-11.


Harkin Statement on President’s Announcement of NCLB Waivers

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement responding to President Obama’s announcement that ten states have been granted waivers from some requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) ...


Members Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve FDA Generic Drug Approvals

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-PA) yesterday introduced the Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012 (H.R. 3988), which authorizes...