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12/03/2012
Press Release
Today Reps. Henry A. Waxman, Ed Markey, Bobby L. Rush, Diana DeGette, and Rush D. Holt, the leading Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to Grand Isle Shipyard Owner Mark Tregeant to request a briefing regarding Grand Isle Shipyard’s involvement in the recent deadly explosion on a Black Elk Energy oil production...
11/29/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 12:00 pm in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The title of the hearing was “The Role of Receivers in a Spectrum Scarce World.”
11/28/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was entitled “Examining Options to Combat Health Care Waste, Fraud and Abuse.”
11/26/2012
Press Release
Today leading Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee sent a letter to Black Elk Energy CEO John Hoffman regarding the explosion on November 16, 2012, on one of the company’s oil production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The letter was sent by Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Rep. Bobby L. Rush, and...
11/21/2012
Press Release
Energy and Commerce Committee leaders and members will hold a briefing on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. in HVC 215. The title of the briefing is "Should Telecom Companies Edit the Internet?"
11/19/2012
Press Release
Today leading Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden requesting a hearing on the impact of “superstorm” Sandy and the performance and reliability of communications services.
11/19/2012
Press Release
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 Ranking Member Ed Whitfield requesting a hearing on an important, new World Bank report that details the “devastating” impacts of climate change. The...
11/16/2012
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna G. Eshoo, and Committee Member Edward J. Markey sent a letter to their colleagues to call attention to a troubling constitutional argument being advanced as part of a case filed by Verizon to overturn the Open Internet Order adopted by the Federal Communications...
11/15/2012
Press Release
The Committee on Energy and Commerce has played a key role in investigating the causes and impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and oil spill.
11/15/2012
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman released a statement on the record-breaking settlement between BP and the U.S. government over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: