Committee on Energy and Commerce

November 19, 2008 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson regarding the Adequacy of EPA E-Waste Regulations

November 17, 2008 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach regarding FDA's Medical Device Approval Process

November 17, 2008 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach regarding FDA's contract with PR Firm

November 14, 2008 Letter

Letter to Signatories of Climate Change Principles Letter (includes attachment and list of Members who signed the October letter to Speaker Pelosi)

November 14, 2008 Letter

Dingell, Stupak Offer FCC Interviews Before Final Report is Released

November 12, 2008 Letter

Letter to Raynard Kington, M.D., Acting Director of the NIH, regarding contract between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

November 11, 2008 Letter

Letter to President-elect Obama on Need for Healthcare Reform

October 30, 2008 Letter

Letter to the heads of the major television networks urging them to refrain from calling the presidential election until all polls have closed nationwide next Tuesday.

Read the letters to:
CBS Corporation »
CNN Worldwide »
Disney Media Networks &
Disney-ABC Television Group »
Fox Entertainment Group »
Fox News Channel »
MSNBC »
NBC Universal »

October 24, 2008 Letter

Letter to Acting CFTC Chairman Walter Lukken regarding Unregulated Trading in Energy Commodity Swaps/Futures

October 24, 2008 Letter

Letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin regarding Use of "Television White Spaces"

Read FCC response »

October 21, 2008 Letter

Letter to NTIA on Continuing DTV Transition Efforts

October 15, 2008 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach requesting an interview on Bisphenol A

October 14, 2008 Letter

Letters to the Secretary and Inspector General of the HHS, and Health Net, Inc. regarding predatory sales practices of Medicare Advantage Plans

Letter to HHS »
Letter to Health Net, Inc. »

October 14, 2008 Letter

Letters to FDA, Shaw Science Partners, EthicAd, HHS and Bayer HealthCare LLC regarding the Committee's continuing DTC Ad Investigation

Letter to FDA »
Letter to Shaw Science Partners »
Letter to EthicAd »
Letter to HHS »
Letter to Bayer HealthCare LLC »

October 8, 2008 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach regarding Actavis Totawa, LLC

October 2, 2008 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt, Qorvis Communications, Red Team Consulting and Calista Corporation questioning FDA’s No-Bid Contract

Letter to HHS »
Letter to Qorvis Communications »
Letter to Red Team Consulting, LLC »
Letter to Calista Corporation »

October 2, 2008 Letter

Dingell writes Majority Leader Hoyer regarding a Senate-added provision to H.R. 1424, the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act that would provide a tax credit for carbon sequestration

October 2, 2008 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach regarding Melamine Contamination in Chinese Milk Products

October 1, 2008 Letter

Letters to AT&T, Quest and Verizon on Telecommunication Policy Matters

Read Letter to AT&T »
Read Letter to Qwest »
Read Letter to Verizon »

Read Qwest October 21, 2008 response »

September 26, 2008 Letter

Letter to NTIA about DTV education efforts in areas along the U.S.-Mexican border

read the Response »

September 26, 2008 Letter

Letter to FCC about DTV education efforts in areas along the U.S.-Mexican border

September 25, 2008 Letter

Letter to FCC Chairman Martin about DTV consumer education concerning antennas

September 25, 2008 Letter

Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman and EPA Administrator Johnson regarding testing protocals for Energy Star labels

September 23, 2008 Letter

Letter to FCC Chairman Martin regarding the Public Safety Spectrum Auction

September 19, 2008 Letter

Letter to Secretary Rice regarding the expansion of Ranbaxy Probe to Include PEPFAR Program

September 16, 2008 Letter

Letter to EPA regarding the Pentagon's Disregard of Environmental Orders and a Toxic Military Site

September 15, 2008 Letter

Letter: Dingell, Markey Question NTIA on Request for Additional Digital Television Funding

read the Response »

September 12, 2008 Letter

Letter to Wyeth on Multivitamin that Claims to lower cholesterol

September 2, 2008 Letter

Letter to Schering-Plough and Merck on Vytorin-Cancer Link

Read the Report on the Simvastatin and
Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) Study »

August 21, 2008 Letter

Letter to companies Schering-Plough and Merck & Company regarding the safety of Vytorin and Conflicting Study Data

August 8, 2008 Letter

Letter to GAO Acting Comptroller General Gene Dodaro on Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) stockpiles around the world

August 7, 2008 Letter

Letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Leavitt regarding the implementation of the moratorium on the Medicaid case management rule

August 5, 2008 Letter

Letter to FCC Chairman Martin regarding television white spaces

August 4, 2008 Letter

Letter to Energy Secretary Bodman regarding Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

Read Secretary Bodman's Response »

August 1, 2008 Letter

Letter to 34 organizations initiating an inquiry into the privacy concerns raised by the data collection practices of Internet network operators who tailor Internet advertising based on a consumer’s Web surfing activity

Read the Responses »

July 31, 2008

Letter to the head of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals regarding a clinical trial being conducted in Ghana to test whether moxidectin can inhibit the production of the parasite associated with river blindness

July 22, 2008 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to drugs sold in the U.S. by Ranbaxy, Inc.

July 21, 2008 Letter

Letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Johnson regarding Proposed Exemption to PCB Import Ban

July 14, 2008 Letter

Letter to Embarq CEO Gerke regarding a test the company recently performed in conjunctions with NebuAd, to create consumer profiles based upon consumers’ web browsing data

Read Embarq responses:
July 23, 2008, response letter
July 21, 2008, response letter

July 11, 2008 Letter

Letter to the U.S. Goverment Accountability Office requesting a GAO study of the private Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program

July 10, 2008

Letter to the NTIA regarding mismanagement of the Digital Television Coupon Program

July 25, 2008 response »

July 9, 2008 Letter

Letter to the U.S. Postmaster General requesting expeditious delivery of the TV converter box coupons

Read the response »

June 25, 2008 Letter

Letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Johnson regarding Department of Defense Facilities in direct violation of EPA environmental orders
Letter to Department of Justice »
Letter to Office of Management and Budget »
Status of Department of Defense Federal Facility Superfund Sites »
Enforcement Order - May 7, 2008 »
Enforcement Order - February 4, 2008 »
Enforcement Order - November 13, 2008 »

June 25, 2008 Letter

Letter to U.S. Government Accountability Office Acting Comptroller General Dodaro regarding Security at Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Lab

June 25, 2008 Letter

Letters to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to adverse events linked to the the ProHeart 6 canine heartworm treatment

Letter requesting documents »
Letter requesting information »

June 17, 2008 Letter

Letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regarding energy speculation
Churchill Downs

June 4, 2008 Letter

Letter to Energy Northwest Chief Executive Officer Parrish requesting a copy of a contract between Energy Northwest and United States Enrichment Corporation for enrichment of high-assay depleted uranium tails Churchhill Downs

May 22, 2008 Letter

Letter to U.S. government Accountability Office Acting Comptroller General Dodaro regarding a proposed Agreement for Cooperation for the review requirements under Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954

Attachment »

May 22, 2008 Letter

Letters to horse racing associations regarding horse breeding and medication practices
Responses »

May 20, 2008 Letter

Letter to the CEOs of five companies regarding direct-to-consumer advertising

Johnson & Johnson »
Merck & Co., Inc. »
Pfizer, Inc. »
PhRMA »
Schering-Plough Corporation »

May 8, 2008 Letter

Letter to the President in regard to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

May 7, 2008 Letter

Letter to President Bush: Address Proliferation Concerns before Sending Russian Nuclear Pact to Congress

May 6, 2008 Letter

Letter to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez regarding oversight of ICANN

Read the response »

May 6, 2008 Letter

Letter to four companies requesting voluntary removal of Bisphenol A in products intended for use by infants and children

May 6, 2008 Letter

Letter to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez in regard to the decision to continue oversight of the agency charged with overseeing the reliability and stability of the Internet

May 1, 2008 Letter

Letter to the presidents and CEOs of 10 private laboratories regarding to the role of the these labs in ensuring the safety of our Nation's food supply

April 30, 2008 Letter

Letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office regarding the cost implications of work stoppages at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant and Tank Farms

April 30, 2008 Letter

Letter to Malt-O-Meal Company President and CEO Neugent in regard to the recall of its cereal due to the risk of potential Salmonella poisoning

April 30, 2008 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to the recent outbreak of Salmonella associated with cantaloupe from Honduras

April 28, 2008 Letter

Letter to the Consumer Product Safety Commission in regard to the use of Bisphenol A

April 24, 2008 Letter

Letter to the Department of Energy regarding impartiality issues

April 15, 2008 Letter

Letter to the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health regarding the restriction of scientific inquiry in the Population Information Online (POPLINE) database

Letter to USAID »
Letter to Johns Hopkins University »

April 4, 2008 Letter

Letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner von Eschenbach requesting information regarding the use of Bisphenol A in consumer products

April 3, 2008 Letter

Letter to 35 groups in regard to generic versions of biologic products

April 2, 2008 Letter

Letter to American Chemistry Council President and CEO Gerard in regard to the use of consulting firms to manipulate public opinion related to the use of Bisphenol A and other chemicals

March 31, 2008 Letter

Letter to Johnson & Johnson and Amgen Inc., requesting documents relating to the marketing strategies of a class of drugs known as Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs)

read the Johnson & Johnson Letter »
read the Amgen Inc., Letter »

March 27, 2008 Letter

Letter to CDC Director Gerberding regarding the treatment of "whistleblower" employees involved in the Great Lakes Report and other studies

March 26, 2008 Letter

Letters to the U.S. Government Printing Office in regard to the distribution of our Nation's new e-Passports

read the letter to Inspector General Ogden »
read the letter to Public Printer Tapella »

March 18, 2008 Letter

Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding a proposed EPA rule change that would lift emissions reporting requirements for dangerous airborne pollutants that are emitted from the waste of large factory farms or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)

March 12, 2008 Letter

Letter to Attorney General Mukasey in regard to the plea agreement reached with British Petroleum (BP)

March 12, 2008 Letter

Letter to FCC Chairman Martin requesting further information about the management practices at the Agency

March 11, 2008 Letter

Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff requesting public release of the Homeland Security Institute's review of Advanced Spectroscopic Portal monitor development

March 6, 2008 Letter

Letter to William Nelson requesting further information regarding his e-mail sent to the Committee, his EPFX biofeedback device, and the Eclosion company

March 5, 2008 Letter

Letter from Full Committee Chairman Dingell and CTCP Subcommittee Chairman Rush to Senator Pryor regarding H.R. 4040, the Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act of 2007

March 5, 2008 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt in regard to the Agency's offer to access records related to Dr. von Eschenbach's testimony before the Committee March 22, 2007

March 5, 2008 Letter

Chairmen Dingell and Markey write the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Federal Communications Commission in regard to the TV converter box coupon program

read NTIA's April 11, 2008 response »
read FCC's March 31, 2008 response »
read NTIA's Feb. 21, 2008 response »

March 4, 2008 Letter

Letter to GAO Comptroller General Walker in regard to the individual market for health insurance coverage

March 1, 2008 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to industry's use of Bisphenol A

February 28, 2008 Letter

Chairman Dingell submits the Committee on Energy and Commerce Majority Views and Estimates on the President's Fiscal Year 2009 budget

February 28, 2008 Letter

Letter to CDC Director Gerberding in regard to the withholding of a study entitled Public Health Implications of Hazardous Substances in the Twenty-Six U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern

February 27, 2008 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt in regard to the Committee's subpoena of hearing documents used to brief Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach

February 21, 2008 Letter

Letter to Administrator Guy Caruso, Energy Information Administration, with questions regarding a Feb. 11, 2008, Wall Street Journal article entitled "Refiner Cutbacks May Not Be Felt at Pumps"

February 21, 2008 Letter

Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff in regard to the Agency's plans to close and relocate operations at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center

February 21, 2008 Letter

Letter to Christopher Ranch requesting information relating to the recent detection of a dangerous pesticide in imported Chinese ginger

February 21, 2008 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach requesting documents and information relating to the FDA's foreign inspection program and the drug Heparin

February 21, 2008 Letter

Letter to Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP requesting information in regard to the Committee's inquiry into the uses of the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), particularly in products intended for use by infants and children

February 21, 2008 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt requesting documents and information relating to the FDA's foreign inspection program and the drug Heparin

February 21, 2008 Letter

Letter to Baxter International Inc. requesting documents and information relating to the FDA's foreign inspection program and the drug Heparin

February 14, 2008 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to a Chinese facility which produces a drug that has been associated with hundreds of adverse events

April 24, 2008 response »

February 12, 2008 Letter

Letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in regard to the DTV Transition

February 11, 2008 Letter

Letters to four companies regarding the withholding of clinical trial data during the ENHANCE trial

Letter to Softlayer Technologies, Inc. and Cafepharma Inc. »
Letter to Schering-Plough Corporation
and Merck and Co., Inc. »

February 11, 2008 Letter

Letter to Schering-Plough Corporation and Merck and Co., Inc. requesting additional information from a prior information request regarding the ENHANCE clinical trial

February 11, 2008 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach requesting information that relates to the Agency's protocol approval for the ENHANCE clinical trial

February 8, 2008 Letter

Letter to President Bush in regard to the DTV Transition

February 6, 2008 Letter

Letter to Energy Secretary Bodman concerning Department of Energy funding of Russian institutes which are also providing support to the Buhsher nuclear power plant in Iran

read Russian power point slides
(referenced in the letter)
Attachment 1 »
Attachment 2 »

February 6, 2008 Letter

Letters to 10 organizations involved in advertisements for Pfizer's Lipitor featuring Dr. Robert Jarvik

February 5, 2008 Letter

Letter to The Weinberg Group CEO Weinberg in regard to an ongoing investigation into the use of the chemical Bisphenol A in products intended for use by children

January 31, 2008 Letter

Letter to GAO Comptroller General Walker in regard to EPA enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act

January 31, 2008 Letter

Letter to Treasury Secretary Paulson in regard to the proposed acquisition by Huwei Technologies and its U.S. Partner Bain Capital, LLC of 2Com Corporation

January 28, 2008 Letter

Letter to Ty, Inc. Chairman and CEO Warner requesting information regarding a recall that affects the company's products

January 24, 2008 Letter

Letter to Schering-Plough Corporation and Merck & Co., Inc. in regard to the withholding of clinical data during the ENHANCE trial

January 24, 2008 Letter

Letter to American College of Cardiology CEO Lewin in regard to the withholding of clinical data during the ENHANCE trial

January 24, 2008 Letter

Letter to American Heart Association CEO Wheeler in regard to the withholding of clinical data during the ENHANCE trial

January 22, 2008 Letter

Letter to Schering-Plough Corporation and Merck and Co., Inc. in regard to the Committee's ongoing investigation into Vytorin and the ENHANCE trial

January 22, 2008 Letter

Letter to Health and Human Services in regard to the Committee's ongoing investigation into Vytorin and the ENHANCE trial

January 18, 2008 Letter

Letter to Soma Beverage Company, LLC President and CEO Lowe in regard to the recent recall of Metromint bottled water

January 16, 2008 Letter

Letter to GAO Comptroller General Walker requesting more information on a possible third class of "Behind-the-Counter" drugs

January 16, 2008 Letter

Letter to Schering-Plough Corporation and Merck and Co., Inc. in regard to concerns about misleading statements in Direct-to-Consumer advertisements of prescription drugs

January 16, 2008 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to concerns about misleading statements in Direct-to-Consumer advertisements of prescription drugs

January 8, 2008 Letter

Letter to FCC Chairman Martin announcing a formal investigation into regulatory procedures at the Federal Communications Commission

January 7, 2008 Letter

Letter to CEO and Chairman of the Board Kindler of Pfizer, Inc., in regard to Dr. Robert Jarvik's endorsement of the drug Lipitor

read the February 25, 2008 response »

December 21, 2007 Letter

Letter to Comcast Corporation CEO and President Roberts in regard to a recent decision by the company to require additional hardware in order that viewers have access to certain "PEG" channels

read the January 7, 2008 response »

December 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to the potential misuse of Institutional Review Boards to conduct biomedical research

December 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to the Texas Applied Biomedical Services and the Biomedical Research Institute of America in regard to the potential misuse of Institutional Review Boards to conduct biomedical research

December 11, 2007 Letter

Letter to Schering-Plough Corporation and Merck & Co., Inc. in regard to the withholding of clinical trial data

December 7, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to concerns about the transparency and openness of the Agency's business

December 5, 2007 Letter

Letter to Attorney General Mukasey and Acting Attorney General Keisler in regard to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)

December 3, 2007 Letter

Letter to FCC Chairman Martin in regard to concerns about transparent regulatory process at the FCC

read the December 3, 2007 response »

November 26, 2007 Letter

Letter to FCC Chairman Martin in regard to the lack of equal access to 911 services for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing

November 15, 2007 Letter

Letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Martin in regard to concerns about the Agency's media ownership proposal

November 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to Speaker Pelosi in regard to ongoing negotiations for the Energy bill

November 9, 2007 Letter

Letter to HHS Inspector General Levinson in regard to an investigation of several ethics violations at the FDA

November 9, 2007 Letter

Letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Nussle in regard to implementation of a law to protect Americans living near nuclear plants

November 2, 2007 Letter

Letter to staff at the Department of Homeland Security in regard to the deployment of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portals

November 1, 2007 Letter

Letter to Acting Attorney General Keisler in regard to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

October 30, 2007 Letter

Letters to the following companies requesting further information regarding the discovery of lead in products for children:

October 23, 2007 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt in regard to the President's veto of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007

October 19, 2007 Letter

Letter to the directors of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute in regard to potential conflicts of interest that could damage the reputations of the organizations

October 15, 2007 Letter

Chairman Stupak and Ranking Member Whitfield write OMB Director Nussle in regard to the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act (NASPER)

October 12, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to observations from a Committee staff trip to India and China

October 11, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to a recent Washington Post article which highlights the Administration's failure to initiate criminal prosecutions when they are merited

October 4, 2007 Letter

Letter to GAO Comptroller General Walker in regard to an investigation of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Government agencies within the Committee's jurisdiction

October 2, 2007 Letter

Letter to the following organizations (and responses) requesting information on the implications of Public Law 110-55, the Protect America Act of 2007:

American Civil Liberties Union »
response »
Center for Democracy and Technology »
response »
Computer and Communications Industry Assoc. »
response »
Electronic Frontier Foundation »
response »
Electronic Privacy Information Center »
response »

October 2, 2007 Letter

Letter to the following organizations (and responses) requesting information about the company's policy for releasing customer records

AT & T, Inc. »
response »
Qwest »
response »
Verizon Communications »
response »

October 2, 2007 Letter

Letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Gerberding regarding the Oversight Subcommittee's investigation into the human health consequences of antimicrobials administered to food animals

September 21, 2007 Letter

Letter urging Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff to delay certification of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals

September 21, 2007 Letter

Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff in regard to an investigation of operations at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center

September 20, 2007 Letter

Letter to FERC Chairman Kelliher and CFTC Acting Chairman Lukken regarding their authorities to police the natural gas markets against manipulation

September 20, 2007 Letter

Letter to Department of Agriculture Acting Secretary Conner in regard to an investigation of operations at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center

September 12, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to a funding shortfall and the slowdown in construction completions at Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites

President Bush's Budget Request
for Superfund Program »

September 6, 2007 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt in regard to a directive by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that would limit CHIP coverage to uninsured children

August 24, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to the agency's plans to outsource hundreds of FDA jobs to private companies

August 23, 2007 Letter

Letters and responses to 19 companies in regard to the 2007 Consumer Product Safety recall of imported toys and jewelry from China for excessive levels of lead

August 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt in regard the agency's cooperation for a GAO evaluation of security at biosafety laboratories

August 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to Naval Inspector General Route in regard to contracting issues related to the Office of Naval Research

August 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling President Carter in regard to illegal steroid use in pro wrestling

August 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to an FDA investigation of the Cordis Corporation's Coronary Stent

August 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to Robert's American Gourmet Food, Inc. in regard to Salmonella contamination in Veggie Booty snack food

August 10, 2007 Letter

Letter to Homeland Security Under Secretary for Management Paul Schneider in regard to the Department's ability to prevent nuclear attacks

Read the August 20, 2007 response »

August 7, 2007 Letter

Letter to Department of Commerce Secretary Gutierrez in regard to the Appointment of Commerce Department Acting Inspector General

August 7, 2007 Letter

Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff in regard to the adequacy of that Department's biosurveillance efforts

August 2, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to reauthorizing public health legislation

August 2, 2007 Letter

Letter to American Superconductor Corporation President and CEO, Yurek in regard to a contract awarded to the AMSC by the Department of Homeland Security

August 2, 2007 Letter

Letter to Richard Blum, University of California Chairman of the Regents, in regard to the University's request to DOE to consider that the Eleventh Amendment bars Federal Government enforcement action due to immunity from lawsuits

August 1, 2007 Letter

Letter to GAO Comptroller General David Walker in regard to the FDA's ability to ensure the safety of the Nation's drug supply

August 1, 2007 Letter

Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman in regard to a $9.5 billion non-competitive decontamination contract proposal

July 31, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach with concerns about the consequences of FDA contracting out surveillance sampling, as well as other FDA food sampling, to private laboratories

July 31, 2007 Letter

Letter to WWE Chairman McMahon in regard to alleged steroid use in the organization

July 25, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to retaliation against FDA witnesses

Read July 19, 2007 e-mail »

July 25, 2007 Letter

Letter to U.S. Comptroller General Walker asking the GAO to assist with the Committee's inquiry into the current state of the Superfund Program

July 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to the ongoing investigation of the drinking water contamination at Camp Lejeune

July 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to the adequacy of the criminal enforcement program

July 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to financial services regulators in regard to a June 2007 GAO report on Credit Derivatives

July 12, 2007 Letter

Letter to FCC Chairman Martin in regard to the growing trend of private equity ownership of media and telecommunications companies

read August 31, 2007 response »

July 6, 2007 Letter

Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff in regard to contracts awarded to American Superconductor Corporation and Consolidated Edison Group

July 6, 2007 Letter

Letter to Department of Navy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Etter in regard to a Committee evaluation of the contracts awarded to the American Superconductor Corporation

July 3, 2007 Letter

Letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Klein in regard to a major nuclear safety event and the release of documents relating to the event

read June 7, 2007 NRC letter »

June 27, 2007 Letter

Letter to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and Office of Management and Budget Director Portman in regard to implementation of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act

June 26, 2007 Letter

Letter to Hormel Foods Corporation and Cargill Incorporated in regard to the safety of meat treated with carbon dioxide

June 26, 2007 Letter

Letter to Pactiv Corporation in regard to the safety of meat treated with carbon dioxide

June 26, 2007 Letter

Letter to Safeway, Inc. in regard to the safety of meat treated with carbon dioxide

Read July 16, 2007 letter from Safeway, Inc. »

June 26, 2007 Letter

Letter to Department of Energy Secretary Bodman requesting documents in regard to the Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory in Idaho

June 26, 2007 Letter

Letter to Tyson Foods, Inc. in regard to the safety of meat treated with carbon dioxide

read August 9, 2007 response »

June 15, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to proposed closure of FDA laboratories

June 15, 2007 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt in regard to risks associated with certain prescription drugs known as EPO products

read the September 27, 2007 response »

June 14, 2007 Letter

Letter to Department of Energy Secretary Bodman in regard to a recent security incident at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

June 7, 2007 Letter

Letter to attorneys general about draft energy legislation

read the letter »

June 6, 2007 Letter

Letter to Under Secretary for Food Safety Raymond in regard to the safety of food imports from China

June 6, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to FDA consultant Douglas Arbesfeld's critique of an Avandia study published by Dr. Steven Nissen

read the June 7, 2007 letter from
Senate and House members »

June 5, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to the FDA's ability to protect the safety of the Nation's food supply

May 25, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to the fine particle standards issued in 1997

May 24, 2007 Letter

Letter to FCC Chairman and Commissioners regarding the Digital Television transition

Read June 18, 2007, response from FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin

May 24, 2007 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt in regard to problems associated with the operation of the FDA

May 24, 2007 Letter

Letter to 40 energy associations in regard to a possible "portfolio standards" bill

May 23, 2007 Letter

Letter to the GAO comptroller general asking him to review matters relating to a legislative proposal by USEC Inc., to transfer uranium inventories from DOE to the corporation

May 11, 2007 Letter

Letter to Department of Commerce Executive Secretary McGilvray in regard to the Perrigo Company's petition to increase importation of bulk ibuprofen from abroad

May 4, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to the safety of Avandia

May 3, 2007 Letter

Letter to the President in regard to clean energy technologies

May 3, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson seeking clarification regarding the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) air toxics standard

May 2, 2007 Letter

Letter to BP America Chairman and President Malone in regard to the ongoing investigation of the leak incidents on the Prudhoe Bay Oil Transit Lines

May 1, 2007 Letter

Letter to the GAO and governmental financial regulators in regard to a March 2007 GAO report on Financial Market Preparedness

read the report »

May 1, 2007 Letter

Letter to Department of Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff in regard to the Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC) grant program

April 30, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to an investigation into post-marketing drug safety

April 30, 2007 Letter

Letter to BP Chairman and President Malone, in regard to the pending investigation of the cost-cutting atmosphere at BP's Prudhoe Bay facility

April 26, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to the library system at the EPA

April 23, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to the buyout initiative being conducted by Mr. Bill Roderick at the EPA

April 18, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach in regard to the FDA's ability to protect human and farm animal health from the risks associated with prescription drugs

April 13, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to an inquiry into EPA expenditures for the Performance Track program

April 12, 2007 Letter

Letter to GAO Comptroller General Walker in regard to an inquiry into the FCC's management of the Universal Service Fund

April 12, 2007 Letter

Letter to FCC Chairman Martin in regard to the Committee's investigation into the Universal Service Fund

April 10, 2007 Letter

Letter to US Consumer Product Safety Commission Acting Chairman Nord requesting action to improve the safety of free-standing kitchen ranges

April 4, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach with regard to the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA)

April 3, 2007 Letter

Letter to DOE Secretary Bodman requesting documents for an evaluation of the Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory

March 30, 2007 Letter

Letter to FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach requesting documents for an investigation into the recent contamination of pet food

March 29, 2007 Letter

Letter to HHS Acting Director Munier in regard to continued cooperation and assistance into preventable medical errors associated with caregiver work schedules

read the response

March 28, 2007 Letter

Letter to Secretary Leavitt in regard to Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach's appearance before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on March 22, 2007

March 27, 2007 Letter

Letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Leavitt and Social Security Administration Commissioner Astrue regarding the Medicare Part D benefit

March 27, 2007 Letter

Letter to Senators Bingaman, Domenici, Dorgan and Udall regarding the GAO's investigation of Los Alamos National Laboratory

March 26, 2007 Letter

Letter to OMB regarding the need for innovative approaches to the $1 billion grant program administered by NTIA for public safety interoperable communications

March 22, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Acting Inspector General Roderick in regard to premature closure of regional offices

March 20, 2007 Letter

Letter to Johnson & Johnson in which Chairmen Dingell and Stupak call on the company to suspend direct-to-consumer marketing for anemia drugs

read April 18, 2007 response »
read August 10, 2007 response »

March 20, 2007 Letter

Letter to Amgen in which Chairmen Dingell and Stupak call on the company to suspend direct-to-consumer marketing for anemia drugs

read April 18, 2007 response »

March 12, 2007 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt about the proposed rule entitled "Medicaid Program; Cost Limit for Providers Operated by Units of Government and Provisions to Ensure the Integrity of Federal-State Financial Partnership," and its effects on funding sources for Medicaid

March 9, 2007 Letter

Letter to Sanofi-Aventis chairman Timothy Rothwell regarding the the circumstances surrounding the FDA approval of the Sanofi-Aventis antibiotic Ketek

March 8, 2007 Letter

Chairman Dingell writes letter to Mr. David Walker Comptroller General at the GAO regarding Medicare Part D

March 8, 2007 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt regarding investigation into allegations of apparent conflicts of interest in the Food and Drug Administration contracting practices involving the former Director of the Office of Information Technology

March 8, 2007 Letter

Chairman Dingell writes letter to Ms. Leslie Norwalk Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the agency's reexamination to improve the notice for Medicare beneficiaries and providers

March 6, 2007 Letter

Letter to Mr. John Kneuer, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and Information Administration with questions in preparation of an anticipated Committee oversight hearing of the NTIA

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March 6, 2007 Letter

Letter to ConAgra Foods, Inc., regarding the Committee's investigation into the safety of the Nation's food supply and the recent outbreak of salmonella contamination in peanut butter produced by ConAgra

March 5, 2007 Letter

Letter to Acting Chairman Nancy A. Nord, Consumer Product Safety Commission, regarding the stability of free-standing kitchen ranges sold and installed in the U.S., including repots that serious injuries and even deaths may have been caused by kitchen ranges tipping over onto small children

March 1, 2007 Letter

Chairman Dingell submits the Committee on Energy and Commerce Majority Views and Estimates on the President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget

March 1, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA requesting documents regarding EPA's failure to finalize the implementation rule providing States guidance on meeting the fine particle standards issued in 1997

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February 28, 2007 Letter

Letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff regarding the Committee's investigation into illegal activity over the Internet

February 28, 2007 Letter

Letter to Dr. Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics, MIT, requesting information on the difference of opinion surrounding the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and "crowd out"

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February 27, 2007 Letter

Letter to energy industry groups

Industry/NGO responses:
-- from Solicited Organizations
-- from Unsolicited Organizations

February 27, 2007 Letter

Letters to Copernicus Group, IRB and PPD, Inc., regarding the Committee's inquiry into the adequacy of the efforts of the U.S. FDA to protect the American public from excessive risks from prescription drugs, including the circumstances surrounding the Sanofi-Aventis antibiotic Ketek

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February 27, 2007 Letter

Letters to Platinum Solutions, Inc. and ProObject, Inc. regarding the Committee's investigation of possible conflicts of interest in contracting at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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February 27, 2007 Letter

Letter to Treasury Secretary Paulson regarding the Committee's inquiry into illegal activity over the Internet

February 23, 2007 Letter

Letter to the EPA regarding a proposal to change the air toxics program

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February 22, 2007 Letter

Letter to the CPSC and FDA regarding lead levels in children's lunch boxes

February 16, 2007 Letter

Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson about the slowdown of cleanups at highly contaminated Superfund National Priorities List sites

February 16, 2007 Letter

Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt requesting documents and information related to the Committee's investigation of pre-market review and post-market surveillance of the antibiotic telithromycin (Ketek)