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09/11/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a hearing on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was entitled ”The Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Standards Program – A Progress Report.”
09/11/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a legislative hearing on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at 10:15 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building on H.R. 4255, the “Accountability in Grants Act of 2012".
09/11/2012
Markup
The Subcommittee on Health held a markup on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The Subcommittee considered the following:
H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011;
H.R. 6118, the Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012;
H.R. 1063, the Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011;
H.R. 6163,...
09/11/2012
Press Release
FYI – the Democratic Staff of the Energy and Commerce Committee released a fact sheet on the effects of H.R. 1206, Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011.
09/10/2012
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 on the impact of climate change on the operation of the nation’s energy generation. Recent reports indicate that...
09/05/2012
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Subcommittee on Health Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Anna G. Eshoo, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Diana DeGette, and Committee members Lois Capps, Jan Schakowsky, Tammy Baldwin, Doris O. Matsui, Donna Christensen, and Kathy Castor...
08/28/2012
Press Release
Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman released the following statement in response to EPA’s finalization of tailpipe standards for 2017 to 2025:
08/27/2012
Press Release
Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg describing new tobacco industry documents that show tobacco companies are manipulating their products to exploit regulatory and tax loopholes. According to the letter, new data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that these...
08/24/2012
Press Release
Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman released the following statement in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruling finding graphic images on cigarette packages unconstitutional:
08/23/2012
Press Release
Today, Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman released a statement in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) release of its special access order: