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Nov 19, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a hearing on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled “Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water.”
Sep 18, 2014
Press Release
Today, Rep. Paul D. Tonko, Ranking Member of the Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, and Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced legislation to reauthorize and increase funding for the drinking water state revolving fund (SRF) established by the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). H.R. 5534, the Assistance, Quality and...
Sep 18, 2014
Bill
Rep. Paul D. Tonko, Ranking Member of the Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, and Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced H.R. 5534, the Assistance, Quality and Affordability Act of 2014, to reauthorize and increase funding for the drinking water state revolving fund (SRF) established by the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA...
Jul 23, 2014
Hearing
The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy will hold a hearing on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Modernizing the Business of Environmental Regulation and Protection.”
Jul 2, 2014
Press Release
Today, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent a letter to Committee Chairman Fred Upton, asking him to assert the Committee’s jurisdiction over H.R. 4012, the Secret Science Reform Act. This bill, which the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology voted to report last week, could significantly impede implementation of multiple...
Jun 26, 2014
Bill
H.R. 4993 was introduced on June 26, 2014, by Representative G.K. Butterfield (D-NC). Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY), and Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI) signed on as original co-sponsors of the bill. H.R. 4993 followed a Supreme Court decision on the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...
Jun 25, 2014
Press Release
The Republican-led House of Representatives in on track to mark a grim milestone today: the 500th vote on the floor to undermine protection of the environment. In the 112th Congress, the House Republicans voted 317 times for anti-environment positions. In 2013, the anti-environment votes increased by 109 to 426. Today, the House is likely to cast its 500th anti-environment...
May 5, 2014
Press Release
Today leading House and Senate Democrats released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the status of efforts to clean up uranium contamination in the Navajo Nation. The report had been requested by Reps. Henry A. Waxman, Peter DeFazio, Frank Pallone, Jr., Colleen Hanabusa, Raul M. Grijalva, Ben Ray Lujan, and Sens. Martin Heinrich and Edward J. Markey.
Feb 18, 2014
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and 35 Democratic members of the California congressional delegation sent a letter to Chairmen Fred Upton and Ed Whitfield strongly urging them to hold a hearing on the connection between climate change and the severe drought in the West.
Feb 11, 2014
Press Release
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette praised the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for releasing its long-awaited permitting guidance for oil and gas hydraulic fracturing activities using diesel fuels. This guidance clarifies that a company must obtain a permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act (...