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Committee Leaders Call on HHS to Provide Evidence on CLASS' Viability

10.05.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to call on HHS to provide evidence regarding the viability of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program and office. The letter comes after HHS failed to comply with the committee's informal requests.

"According to a September 28, 2011, blog post from Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for...

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Committee Leaders Expand Investigation into West Wing Involvement with Solyndra Mess

10.05.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) are seeking all communications between White House staff and officials regarding now-bankrupt Solyndra's $535 million loan guarantee. The Committee leaders have requested all documents dating back to President Obama's inauguration on January 20, 2009. Recently produced documents reveal the President's closest confidantes closely monitored the Solyndra loan and wealthy donors also weighed in on Solyndra to those officials closest to the Oval Office.

Subcommittee Chairman Stearns made...

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House Unanimously Approves Legislation to Improve Oversight of Broadband Stimulus Dollars

10.05.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1343, authored by Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH), which improves accountability and transparency for broadband stimulus spending, by unanimous consent. The 2009 stimulus program allocated approximately $7 billion in taxpayer dollars to two broadband-related grant and loan programs administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Rural Utility Service. H.R. 1343 requires both agencies to terminate an award and return the funds to the U.S. Treasury if they find waste, fraud, or insufficient performance.

"The recent...

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NEWS: CNN "House GOP Leadership Urges Obama to Support Job-Saving Legislation"

10.04.2011

House Republicans are continuing to fight back against job-destroying regulations with votes scheduled this week on two bills that will modify and improve EPA's recent boiler and cement MACT rules that for many facilities are not achievable. H.R. 2250, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act, and H.R. 2681, the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act, will require EPA to re-propose the rules so that standards and timelines are actually achievable and impose the least burdens on job creators, consistent with President Obama's recent executive order on improving regulations. Speaker of...

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Walden Statement on Bipartisan Spectrum Negotiations

10.04.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, today reiterated his commitment to advancing legislation to make more efficient and effective use of spectrum, expressing his intent to advance a proposal by the end of this year. Walden's comments come after the latest round of negotiations with leading Democrats on the panel, and with momentum building to produce legislation that will use incentive auctions to significantly expand broadband access and achieve major communications policy goals, including buildout...

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Say What? President Obama Finally Answers for Solyndra

10.04.2011

No Regrets? Hindsight is Always 20/20? It Went Through the Regular Review Process, and People Felt Like this Was a Good Bet?

View the video HERE.

Mr. President, the facts say otherwise on Solyndra Corners were cut and the alarm bells were coming from within your own administration in 2009.

Bush Administration: "(R)ecommendation for approval premature at this time."

January 9, 2009, Solyndra DOE Credit Committee Recommendation

Bush Administration: "(I)t was the unanimous...

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Bipartisan Committee Leadership Continues to Examine Cybersecurity of Communications Networks

10.04.2011

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office to examine the government's role in addressing cybersecurity challenges.

The members wrote, "As online and IP-based communications increase, so do the threats of malware, cybercrime, and cyberwarfare. Cyberattacks can create costly and debilitating problems, interrupt commerce, undermine confidence in broadband communications networks, and raise public safety and national security concerns.

"We should seek a balanced approach that capitalizes on commercial sector expertise in conjunction with government efforts...

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1.6 Million Petitions to Repeal ObamaCare to be Delivered to Congress

10.04.2011

Event: Press conference for members of Congress to accept over 1.6 million petitions from American citizens who are urging Congress to immediately repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as ObamaCare. Ken Hoagland, chairman of Restore America's Voice Foundation, will deliver the petitions to the Capitol.

Who: Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pennsylvania) Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) ...

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