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03/29/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on Thursday, March 29, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is on balancing privacy and innovation.
03/29/2012
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey released a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) evaluating the oil industry’s capabilities for containing subsea wells and the federal government’s oversight in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil explosion and subsequent spill.
03/28/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 9:45 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing discussed legislative responses to rising gasoline prices.
03/28/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The discussed “Cybersecurity: Threats to Communications Networks and Public-Sector Responses.”
03/27/2012
Bill
H.R. 3309 would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to alter procedures followed by the FCC. During the Committee’s consideration of the bill, Democrats raised concerns that Republicans were using this legislation to restrict the FCC’s ability to promote competition and eliminate safeguards to the public interest during the agency’s review of mergers. Furthermore,...
03/27/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, entitled “IT Supply Chain Security: Review of Government and Industry Efforts.”
03/27/2012
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled, “Examining the Current State of Cosmetics.”
03/27/2012
Press Release
Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman released the following statement in response to EPA’s proposed carbon pollution standards for new power plants:
“The proposal is a breakthrough. It sets achievable limits on dangerous carbon pollution, spurs investments in new clean energy technologies, and provides certainty for industry. And it shows the President is listening to scientists, not...
03/27/2012
Press Release
The Republican budget would end Medicare as we know it. The Republican plan would slash hundreds of billions more out of health care programs that middle class families depend upon – including $122 billion out of Medicare - to fund trillions of dollars in tax cuts, defense spending and deficit reduction.
03/23/2012
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna G. Eshoo, and senior Committee Member Edward J. Markey sent letters to nineteen carriers, handset manufacturers, and operating system developers seeking information on how they address cell phone theft.