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Today Ranking Members Henry A. Waxman, Bobby L. Rush, and Diana DeGette sent a letter to Chairman Upton renewing a request for a hearing on the practice of natural gas flaring at oil production facilities in the U.S. and its potential energy and environmental impact. The request follows a recent report that the U.S. shale boom caused global gas flaring to rise in 2011, reversing a downward trend. The United States now falls in the top 10 countries for natural gas flaring, along with Russia, Nigeria, and Iraq.
Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin, Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Emeritus Charles B. Rangel, and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman announced a briefing on the fifth anniversary of the “May 10 Agreement” on trade. The briefing will take place on Thursday, May 10, 2012, in B-318 Rayburn House Office Building, beginning at 2:00 P.M.
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey, and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette released the following statement in response to new EPA draft guidelines on use of diesel fuel in oil and gas hydraulic fracturing:
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette, and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member G. K. Butterfield sent a letter to Mary Tolan, founder and CEO of Accretive Health, Inc., regarding allegations that Accretive’s debt collection work for hospitals may involve practices that undermine important patient protections.
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Energy and Power Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby L. Rush sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield urging them to hold a hearing on findings by the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggesting that the transition to a low-carbon energy system is happening too slowly to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.
Today, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Diana DeGette, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns criticizing a new Republican staff report on the Affordable Care Act. The report purports to be an analysis of the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the members of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.