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The Hill: Healthcare law could leave families with high insurance costs

07.21.2011

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The Hill: Healthcare law could leave families with high insurance costsBy Julian Pecquet

A major provision of the healthcare reform law designed to prevent businesses from dropping coverage for their workers could inadvertently leave families without access to subsidized health insurance.

The problem is a huge headache for the Obama administration and congressional Democrats, because it could leave families unable to buy affordable health insurance when the healthcare law requires that everyone be insured starting in 2014.

Some of the administration's closest...

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We need a plan, Mr. President

07.21.2011

90 Days Is Enough Time...

1.--To complete the entire P90X workout challenge.2.--For Mercury to revolve around the Sun.3.--For a cheetah to be conceived and born.4.--For the U.S. government to add nearly $350 billion to the national debt.

90 Days Isn't Enough Time...

For the President to submit details to Congress about his "plan" to reduce Medicare spending.--

In a joint letter...

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House Leaders Welcome Bipartisan Senate Effort to Protect Jobs by Improving and Extending Time to Meet Boiler Rules

07.21.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today praised introduction of the Senate's EPA Regulatory Relief Act, a bipartisan Senate proposal that shares many features of a bill introduced last month in the House to protect hundreds of thousands of jobs. Reps. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) joined Upton in welcoming the bill's introduction as a signal of progress toward regulatory relief in this area become law; Griffith and Butterfield are the lead sponsors of the House's EPA Regulatory...

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Upton & Shimkus Ask, "Where Are the Findings?" Following NRC's Incomplete Release of Long Overdue Yucca Evaluation

07.21.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today called on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko to release the full and uncensored safety evaluation for the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository.

Documents obtained during the committee's investigation into the Obama administration's efforts to terminate the Yucca project indicate involvement of either Chairman Jaczko or staff in his office in the alteration of the original language in the professional staff's draft of the Technical Evaluation Report (TER). The...

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Subcommittee Approves Legislation to Protect Americans Against Data Theft

07.20.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), today approved legislation to protect American consumers from cyber attacks and identity theft. The Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act (H.R. 2577), or SAFE Data Act, passed the subcommittee by voice vote. The bill now moves to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration. The SAFE Data Act, authored by Chairman Bono Mack, will enhance protection of personal information by establishing uniform national standards for data...

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Subcommittee Investigates Delays at FDA

07.20.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), today held a hearing on the Food and Drug Administration's medical device regulations and the impact on American patients, innovation, and job creation. Patients and innovators adversely affected by regulatory inconsistencies and inefficiencies at the FDA shared their personal testimonies and Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, Director of the Center for Device and Radiolical Health at the Food and Drug Administration, provided an update on the FDA's approval process.

Stearns said,...

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Bono Mack Introduces Legislation to Protect Consumers From Data Theft

07.19.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - Responding to concerns over recent cyber attacks and other data breaches, Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) has introduced legislation to ensure American consumers are appropriately protected from data theft. H.R. 2577, the Secure and Fortify Electronic (SAFE) Data Act, requires reasonable security policies and procedures to protect personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach. Bono Mack, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, introduced this legislation in the aftermath of several high-profile data breaches...

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Energy & Commerce Committee Cautions NRC Chairman to Follow Commission Procedures to Ensure Thorough, Thoughtful, and Deliberate Review of Task Force Recommendations

07.18.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) are spearheading a committee effort to ensure Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko follows proper commission procedures when considering task force recommendations. The six-member NRC panel last week released, "Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century - The Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights From the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident."

Members of...

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