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Sep 24, 2014
Press Release
Today Reps. Waxman, Dingell, Pallone, and DeGette, and Sens. Harkin, Rockefeller, Durbin, and Blumenthal released a new report that found that hundreds of tobacco advertisements and images glorifying smoking and e-cigarettes appear in magazines with large teen readerships.
Sep 9, 2014
Floor Action
The House considered H.R. 3670 on September 9, 2014, and passed the legislation, as amended, by voice ​vote.
Jul 29, 2014
Markup
The Committee on Energy and Commerce began a markup on Tuesday, July 29, 2014.  The Committee considered the following: • H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act; • H.R. 4701, The Lyme and Tick-borne Diseases Act of 2014; • H.R. 4067,  a bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic...
Jul 14, 2014
Markup
The Committee on Energy and Commerce began a markup on Monday, July 14, 2014.  The Committee considered the following: • H.R. 4771, Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act; • H.R. 4250, Sunscreen Innovation Act, as amended; • H.R. 594, Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2014, as amended; • H.R. 669, Sudden...
Jul 9, 2014
Markup
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade began a markup on Wednesday, July 9, 2014.  The Subcommittee considered the following: • H.R. ___, Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act; • H.R. 4450, Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014; and, • H.R. 4013, Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2014; On Wednesday, July 9, the...
May 22, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at 9:15 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.  The hearing focused on H.R. __, "a bill to enhance federal and state enforcement of fraudulent patent demand letters."
Apr 8, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, entitled “Trolling for a Solution: Ending Abusive Patent Demand Letters.”  
Feb 5, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.  The was titled “Protecting Consumer Information: Can Data Breaches Be Prevented?
Jan 29, 2014
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky sent a letter to Neiman Marcus Group President and Chief Executive Officer Karen Katz requesting information and documents on the recent cybersecurity breach affecting Neiman Marcus customers.  The members seek to understand how the attack...