The Democratic leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter today to Mariner Energy CEO Scott Josey requesting a “briefing” on the possible causes of today’s Vermilion 380 oil rig explosion.
The letter was sent by committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), and subcommittee chairmen Edward Markey More…
In the three months after the Gulf oil spill, BP allocated three times more to its advertising budget than it did in the same three months last year, according to data released today by a congressional committee.
According to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is conducting an investigation More…
A key subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow in an attempt to sort out varying accounts of the amount of oil that has been taken care of in the Gulf of Mexico. The hearing will also touch on seafood safety, another big issue More…
There have been no lack of Republican accusations that new mammogram guidelines — crafted by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force — represent the first phase in the Democrats’ plot to rein in health costs by rationing care. (Nevermind that the task force is an independent More…
On Monday, The New York Times ran a damning story detailing how the nation’s drug makers are hiking their prices ahead of the reform laws winding their way through Congress. The very next day, some powerful House Democrats called for a closer look, asking the Government Accountability Office More…
As we’ve pointed out, passage of the House climate change proposal last month wouldn’t have happened without the liberal sponsors first bowing to the demands of some of their more conservative Democratic colleagues, who were protecting the same polluting industries the bill aims to rein in.
Among the most More…
After threatening 450 amendments and other delays, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee appear to be playing ball, and against all odds, it actually looks like the landmark Waxman-Markey energy and climate will be voted out of committee tonight.
Tuesday’s hearing, the first day at which amendments More…
It may come a surprise to some that the government has tougher safety standards for Cocoa Puffs than for Marlboros, but under current law, the Food and Drug Administration has no power to regulate the cigarette industry.
House lawmakers took a step today to change that, passing legislation placing More…
Remember Joe Barton (R-Texas)? The ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee who admitted recently that he’s “probably below average in [his] ability to understand” the nuts and bolts of climate change legislation? Well, he just had some more invaluable insights into global warming. His basic message: More…
Literally.
It was no mystery that Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Cal.) was intent on making environment-friendly changes when he swept the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee from beneath auto-friendly Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) in November. And this week, that house-cleaning began in earnest.
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