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Letter to White House Opposing Executive Order on Cybersecurity

10.11.2012

Excerpt: Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress and on both sides of the aisle agree that cybersecurity is of critical importance to America’s safety and prosperity in the 21st century. The House of Representatives has already passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) to bring the nation’s considerable wealth of public and private sector intelligence to bear on the challenge of securing America’s vital communications networks. A number of proposals continue to be debated in the Senate. The United States has been a beacon of online...

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House Approves Bipartisan Bill To Boost American Manufacturing Competitiveness and Job Growth

09.12.2012

WASHINGTON, DC – The House of Representatives today continued its efforts to grow the economy and create jobs by passing the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act, H.R. 5865, by a vote of 339 to 77. This bipartisan legislation, authored by Reps. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), will develop a plan to help promote job growth and make American manufacturing more competitive.

The Act will establish a public-private American Manufacturing Competitiveness Board to advise the president on manufacturing issues and conduct a rigorous analysis of America’s manufacturing sector....

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Subcommittee Explores State of the Apps Economy

09.12.2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Continuing its "Where the Jobs Are" hearing series, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade today heard from a panel of witnesses on the growing demand for jobs within the applications (apps) marketplace. A rare bright spot in our struggling economy, the apps industry, particularly for mobile devices, is fueling job growth in towns and cities across the country.

"Through American innovation and ingenuity – we’re rapidly becoming a world where there’s literally ‘An App for Everything,'" stated Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary...

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House Approves Bill to Extend Consumer Protections Against Online Cross-Border Threats

09.11.2012

WASHINGTON, DC – The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 6131, a bill to reauthorize the SAFE WEB Act of 2006. The Act, set to expire next year, has become an extremely effective tool used by the Federal Trade Commission to combat cross-border fraud, spam, and spyware. Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) and Ranking Member Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) introduced H.R. 6131 to extend this important consumer protection law for another seven years.  

"By any measure, the ‘U.S. SAFE WEB Act’ has...

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Committee Leaders Seek Immediate Assurances from NFL and Players Association that HGH Testing Agreement Will Finally Be Enforced for 2012 Season

07.27.2012

WASHINGTON, DC – With NFL players reporting for training camp this week, bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell and National Football League Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith seeking information about the status of the league’s performance enhancing drug testing for human growth hormone as required by last year’s collective bargaining agreement. The members expressed concern that internationally recognized standards and testing methods, such as those used for the upcoming Olympic Games, have not yet...

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Letter to NFL and NFLPA Regarding Human Growth Hormone Testing

07.27.2012

Excerpt: We have been reluctant to engage more deeply in this matter, believing this is a problem best solved by allowing labor and management to follow through on their agreement. But as the upcoming Olympics reminds us, performance enhancing drug testing is a critical tool for protecting athletes, the integrity of the games they play, and the health and safety of aspiring athletes. It is time for the NFL to follow the Olympic model and start testing for HGH. Until you do, questions will remain about the commitment...

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House Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Red Tape Burdening American Auto Dealers

07.23.2012

WASHINGTON, DC – To help cut bureaucratic red tape and remove regulatory burdens on American businesses, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 5859, a bipartisan bill to repeal an obsolete mandate requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting.

Reps. Gregg Harper (R-MS) and Bill Owens (D-NY) introduced the bipartisan measure to remove a costly and unnecessary reporting requirement that is burdening job-creators across the country. Specifically, the legislation eliminates a requirement for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to develop information on how damage susceptibility affects insurance...

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Bono Mack, Butterfield Lead Efforts in House to Reauthorize, Extend U.S. SAFE WEB Act

07.17.2012

Washington, DC - Calling it vitally important to efforts by the federal government to fight online fraud, Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (CA-45), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, and Ranking Member G.K. Butterfield (NC-1) today introduced bipartisan legislation (H.R. 6131) to reauthorize the U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006.

Passed unanimously by the House and signed into law by President Bush, the U.S. SAFE WEB Act – set to expire next year – has become an extremely effective tool used by the Federal Trade...

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