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11/06/2012
Press Release
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), after consultation with Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), today issued a subpoena for Barry Cadden, New England Compounding Center Co-owner and Managing Pharmacist, to appear before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on November 14, 2012, to testify about the deadly meningitis outbreak. Through his counsel, Cadden has...
11/05/2012
Press Release
Continuing its investigation of the deadly meningitis outbreak, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today announced that the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will convene a hearing on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg is scheduled to testify. The subcommittee has also invited James Coffey, Director of the...
10/31/2012
Press Release
Senators Max Baucus and Chuck Grassley and Representatives Pete Stark, Sandy Levin, and Henry A. Waxman today unveiled a report detailing the role physician self-referrals have in driving up costs for patients, taxpayers, and Medicare.
10/31/2012
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 Chairman Ed Whitfield requesting a hearing during the lame duck session on Hurricane Sandy, extreme weather events, and climate change. Hurricane Sandy is the...
10/26/2012
Press Release
A report released today by Reps. Henry Waxman, Sander Levin, and John Dingell, and Sen. Max Baucus, confirms the successful implementation of the new Medicare Part D drug discount included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The report shows that the landmark health reform law the congressional leaders helped pass is effectively saving seniors money.
10/25/2012
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Energy and Power Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush sent a letter to GAO Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro requesting that the agency undertake a balanced and comprehensive study of federal subsidies affecting energy markets from fiscal years 2003 through 2012, including major federal subsidies that benefit oil and gas...
10/24/2012
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette sent letters to eight companies that sell rice and rice products to request information and documents regarding the levels of arsenic in rice and the companies’ practices for monitoring their products for arsenic.
10/24/2012
Press Release
This discussion draft reflects an ongoing bipartisan and bicameral effort to develop consensus policy on drug distribution security. Senate and House committee staff will review input from members of Congress and stakeholders to inform this process.
10/22/2012
Press Release
House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent letters to the New England Compounding Center (NECC) and one of its former owners to seek documents related to the recent outbreak of fungal meningitis as well as the history of investigations and operations of the NECC and associated entities. The bipartisan group of members requested all inspection reports, documents related to...
10/17/2012
Press Release
Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman released a new report on the impacts of the Republican budget, written by Rep. Paul Ryan, on seniors in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.