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03/18/2013
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Monday, March 18, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled, “Saving Seniors and Our Most Vulnerable Citizens from an Entitlement Crisis.”
03/15/2013
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Thursday, March 15, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled, “Unaffordable: Impact of Obamacare on Americans’ Health Insurance Premiums.”
Ranking Members Waxman and Rush Request Testimony From Scientists on Urgent Threat of Climate Change
03/15/2013
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 Chairmen Fred Upton and Ed Whitfield requesting a hearing with scientists and other experts on the need for action to address climate change, following a hearing earlier this month featuring testimony from utilities on the EPA’s proposed carbon...
03/14/2013
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled, “Oversight of FirstNet and Emergency Communications.”
03/14/2013
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a hearing on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled, “The Chemical Facility Anti-terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program: A Progress Update.”
03/13/2013
Hearing
The Subcommitee on Health held a hearing on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 10:15 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled, "Obamacare's Impact on Jobs."
03/13/2013
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled, "DOE Management and Oversight of its Nuclear Weapons Complex: Lessons of the Y-12 Security Failure."
03/12/2013
Bill
On March 12, 2013, Reps. Waxman and Blumenauer and Sens. Whitehouse and Schatz released a discussion draft of a bill that would establish the polluter pays principle for dangerous carbon pollution, requiring large emitters to pay for the pollution they emit.
The legislation assigns responsibility for the assessment and collection of the carbon fees based upon the expertise that has already...
03/12/2013
Press Release
Today, Representative Henry A. Waxman, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Representative Earl Blumenauer, and Senator Brian Schatz released draft carbon-pricing legislation and solicited feedback on it from stakeholders and the public. The legislation would establish the polluter pays principle for dangerous carbon pollution, requiring large emitters to pay for the pollution they emit.
03/11/2013
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 Chairmen Fred Upton and Ed Whitfield requesting a hearing on U.S. trends in greenhouse gas emissions.