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News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following statement on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 3771, the South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022...

Foxx on Markup of Rushed, Onerous Bills Impacting Job Creators and Schools

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee markup of legislation being rushed through Congress that will tie the hands of job creators and schools with more one-size-fits-all mandates...

Neal Statement on House Passage of H.R. 4040

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4040, Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2022...

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: H.R. 8487, Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-As the Ways and Means Committee begins marking up H.R. 8487, Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2022, key stakeholders have shared their praise for the commonsense, bipartisan legislation led by Representatives Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ami Bera (D-CA), and Larry Bucshon (R-IN).

Pension Bailout is a Slap in the Face to Taxpayers

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 6929, a taxpayer-funded bailout for an underfunded, privately-run pension plan...

Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Members Lead on Telehealth Expansions

By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2022

News Release: Washington, D.C. - On the heels of a raging pandemic and a terrible recession, Americans deserve greater access and choice in the health care they are relying on, which is why Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and issued the following statement...

Pension Bailout Bill Leaves Taxpayers Holding the Bag

News Release: Today, the House passed H.R. 6929, the Susan Muffley Act of 2022, which will force taxpayers to bail out Delphi’s underfunded, privately-run pension plans.

Chairman Carper’s Opening Statement: Hearing on Carbon Capture

By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday July 27, 2022, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to examine projects and policies supporting carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies.

Rodgers, Bilirakis Commend Bipartisan Solutions to Protect Americans’ Safety and Online Security

By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2022

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) released the following statement commending the passing of bipartisan legislation that protects Americans’ consumer safety and strengthens online security.

Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Members Lead on Telehealth Expansions

By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2022

News Release: Washington, D.C. - On the heels of a raging pandemic and a terrible recession, Americans deserve greater access and choice in the health care they are relying on, which is why Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Ways and Means Republican Leader Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) and issued the following statement...

Rubio, Smith, colleagues demand information from McKinsey regarding work with China

By Press Release | Jul 28, 2022

In April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would not issue new contracts with McKinsey & Company pending ongoing investigations into whether McKinsey failed to divulge potential conflicts of interest over its work with both the FDA and opioid manufacturers.

Pallone Floor Statement on the South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act

By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2022

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following statement on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 3771, the South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2022...

Foxx: “These bills do more harm than good.”

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Committee passed legislation that would mandate an overly prescriptive heat standard and add layers of burdensome regulations to our school nutrition programs...

Ways and Means’ Working Women Wednesday

News Release: Today is all about the thousands of women retirees who stand to have their earned pensions restored under H.R. 6929, the Susan Muffley Act of 2022. More than 20,000 Delphi salaried retirees, nearly half of whom are women, had their pensions slashed after the subsidiary of GM filed for bankruptcy in 2005.

McCaul, House Foreign Affairs Members Send Letter to USAID Administrator Power Over Global Food Crisis

By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2022

News Release: Dear Administrator Power: We write to express our concern over the global food crisis caused by Russia’s full scale and unprovoked continued invasion of Ukraine and the Administration’s slow response to utilize emergency supplemental funds and prioritize this unprecedented humanitarian emergency. Before...

Pallone Floor Statement on the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following statement on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 4040, the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2022...

Peters and Hawley Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Bolster DHS Efforts to Detect and Seize Illicit Drugs

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2022

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that the Department of the Homeland Security (DHS) is efficiently using existing resources and expanding available...

Neal Opening Statement at Markup of H.R. 8487 “Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act of 2022”

News Release: Today, we will consider a proposal that will ensure our Medicare beneficiaries are receiving the care they need in a timely manner. Championed by Congresswoman DelBene and Congressman Kelly, H.R. 8487, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2022, has been years in the making and has overwhelming bipartisan support.

House Republicans to Biden: Put American Energy Workers First, Don’t Reward Foreign Oil Producers

By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2022

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Republicans are demanding President Biden abandon his anti-American energy agenda, including any plans to cut off America’s access to global energy markets by imposing a ban on oil exports. In a new letter, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers...