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Committee Leaders Renew Calls for Details on Financial Condition of All Loan Recipients in Solyndra Program

10.07.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined every member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations in once again calling on the Secretary of Energy to turn over information on the financial condition of each loan guarantee funded with stimulus dollars in the program that granted the ill-fated Solyndra loan, known as section 1705 loan guarantees. Committee leaders had previously requested the financial information on September 20, 2011, before the agency rushed out the remaining $9 billion before the program expired on September...

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Joint Select Committee Members Urge President Obama to Consider Options for Government Spectrum Reallocation

10.07.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - Four members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction today sent a letter to President Obama requesting a review of how spectrum currently used by the federal government can be used more efficiently, with a goal to reallocate portions of existing government spectrum to expand the public's access to broadband. The letter was sent by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), and Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-PA). The full text of the letter follows:

Dear Mr. President:

The Budget...

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Upton, Stearns Comment on Explosive White House Documents on Solyndra

10.07.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) responded to documents the committee received late today from the Obama administration regarding the investigation into the $535 million Solyndra bust. Upton and Stearns made the following statement: "After eight months of stonewalling by this administration, today we finally learn one of the reasons why they fought our investigation every step of the way. The paper trail released by the White House portrays a disturbingly...

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Upton, Stearns Comment on Resignation of DOE Loan Guarantee Chief

10.06.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) responded today to news that Jonathan Silver, Executive Director of the Department of Energy's Loans Programs Office, is resigning. Silver, who was responsible for doling out $18 billion in stimulus loan guarantees, appeared before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on September 14, 2011, for a hearing on "Solyndra and the DOE Loan Guarantee Program." Upton and Stearns made the following statement:

"Mr. Silver's resignation does not solve...

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Subcommittee Examines Politicization of EPA's Science and What it Means for Jobs and the Economy

10.06.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing to examine the objectivity and credibility of the Environmental Protection Agency's chemical risk program, the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).

The IRIS assessment program and its database were created in 1985 to assist EPA in policy decisions and its ability to protect Americans from dangerous chemical exposures. While risk assessment remains critical to public health protection, the integrity of the IRIS program has been...

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Energy and Power Subcommittee Continues To Press Federal Regulators on Electric Reliability Concerns

10.06.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - Following its recent hearing with members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power submitted an additional series of questions to the Commissioners for the record this week. These questions will assist the committee in gathering critical information concerning the potential impact of EPA's recent and pending power sector rules on the reliability of our nation's electric grid.

Testimony at last month's hearing revealed FERC has no plans to conduct a formal...

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House Approves Bipartisan Legislation to Save Jobs and Protect American Businesses from Excessive Regulation

10.06.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives declared another victory today in its ongoing battle against destructive regulation with passage of H.R. 2681, the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act. The measure passed the full House with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 262 to 161.

H.R. 2681, authored by Reps. John Sullivan (R-OK) and Mike Ross (D-AR), will protect the domestic cement manufacturing industry from costly new rules issued by the EPA, which currently threaten widespread plant closures and thousands of American jobs. This legislation provides...

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Upton Outlines Committee's Jobs-Focused Agenda in the First Nine Months of the 112th Congress

10.06.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released a progress report on the panel's key activities in the first nine months of 2011. The third quarter report was provided to committee members and the House Republican leadership yesterday, exactly nine months after Speaker John Boehner gaveled the 112th Congress into session. The report outlines the committee's jobs-focused accomplishments with nearly 100 hearings and 24 bills that preserve American jobs, bolster the economy, and protect individual freedoms....

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