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Friday, January 16 2009 |
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On Thursday, January 22, at 10 a.m. the Committee will hold a business meeting to mark up portions of the economic recovery package that are in the jurisdiction of the Committee. Three separate measures are likely to be considered at this markup concerning the following issues: health, broadband, and energy. The health, broadband, and energy texts are posted below.
- Health Text
- Broadband Text
- Energy Text
Also read the Summary of the Energy & Commerce Provisions on
Medicaid and the Unemployed and Health Information Technology.
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Thursday, January 15 2009 |
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Chairman Waxman and Chairman Stupak wrote to the Peanut Corporation of America to seek information and records relating to the company's recent recall of peanut butter linked to the recent nationwide outbreak of Salmonella that has reportedly caused 434 illnesses and five deaths.
Read the Letter
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Thursday, January 15 2009 |
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Chairmen Henry A. Waxman and Bobby L. Rush, together with Senator John D. Rockefeller, incoming chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Senator Mark L. Pryor, sent a letter to the Consumer Product Safety Commission expressing concerns about implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. The letter highlighted four issues of particular concern and urged the Commission to take swift action to address critical issues of implementation.
Read the Letter
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Wednesday, January 14 2009 |
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By a vote of 289 to 139, the House passed H.R. 2, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIRPA). This
legislation will protect coverage for those children and expand it to include an
additional 4 million children who would otherwise be
uninsured.
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Tuesday, January 13 2009 |
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House Democratic leaders introduced legislation to expand the State
Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides health insurance currently
for more than 7 million children. This
legislation will protect coverage for those children and expand it to include an
additional 4 million children who would otherwise be
uninsured.
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