WASHINGTON, DC – The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced it has rescheduled its hearing titled, “Solutions to Strengthen U.S. Public Safety Communications.” The hearing will now take place on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Majority Memorandum, […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Built in America: Jobs and Growth in the Manufacturing Sector.” Following historic achievements […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after President Trump signed H.R. 5385, the Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018, into law. “The president’s signature on H.R. 5385 represents the final step […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018. “We applaud the Senate for passing critical legislation to help combat the opioid crisis. With the House’s overwhelmingly bipartisan passage […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), committee member Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and committee member Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), along with Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), today introduced the PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018. This bipartisan legislation requires federal agencies to cooperate with states as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – For the first time since 1973, the United States has overtaken Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer of crude oil, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In February, U.S. crude oil production exceeded that of Saudi Arabia for the first time in more than two […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and #SubEnergy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement on the Labor-HHS appropriations bill, which includes critical funding for the landmark 21st Century Cures (Cures) Act and additional efforts to combat the opioid crisis. “Congress is once again putting our money where our […]

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WASHINGTON, DC – We know our country’s health care system is in need of repair, but the Democrats’ latest proposal to radically upend our health care system is not the answer. The government-run, single-payer health care program currently supported by more than half of the House Democrat caucus would have grave consequences, like raiding the Medicare […]

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