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Floor Action on H.R. 5910, the "Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2012" (September 19, 2012)
09/19/2012
Floor Action
The House passed H.R. 5910 on September 19, 2012, by a voice vote.
09/19/2012
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Ways and Means Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark released a report they requested of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that calls on Medicare Special Needs Plans (SNPs) that serve dual eligible beneficiaries to provide better and more standardized reporting on quality and performance measures and increased...
09/18/2012
Press Release
FYI - the Democratic Staff of the Energy and Commerce Committee released two fact sheets on the effects of H.R. 3409, the single worst anti-environment bill to be considered in the House this Congress.
09/14/2012
Bill
Committee Republicans introduced H.R. 6213 as part of its inquiry into the bankruptcy of Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturer that received a Department of Energy loan guarantee. H.R. 6213’s supporters claim that the bill terminates the DOE loan guarantee program. In reality, the bill allows DOE to award billions of dollars in new loan guarantees as long as the applications were...
09/14/2012
Floor Action
The Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing on this bill on July 12, 2012 and marked up the bill on July 25, 2012. The Full Committee passed the bill on August 1, 2012 by a vote of 29-19.
On September 14, 2012, the House passed H.R. 6213 by a vote of 245-161.
09/14/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Friday, September 14, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was entitled “Title 42 – A Review of Special Hiring Authorities.”
09/14/2012
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 urging them to hold a hearing on ocean acidification and its damage to sensitive marine ecosystems and species. The warming and...
09/14/2012
Press Release
Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman spoke on the House floor today in opposition to H.R. 6213, the No More Solyndras Act.
09/13/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Energy and Power held the twenty-eighth day of its hearing on the “The American Energy Initiative” on Thursday, September 13, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing focused on the outlook for achieving North American energy independence within the decade.
09/13/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on Thursday, September 13, 2012, at 10:15 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The title of the hearing was “Creating Opportunities through Improved Government Spectrum Efficiency.”