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New Report Shows LNG Exports Will Create Jobs and Benefit Small Businesses | May 3, 2013

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) this week released a new report showing liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports will benefit the U.S. economy and spur job creation.

E&C Analysis

Committee Releases White Paper Examining Environmental Impacts of Renewable Fuel Standard | May 9, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – The House Energy and Commerce Committee is continuing its bipartisan review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), releasing today the third in a series of white papers examining a number of issues emerging with the current system.

The Exam Room

190 Million Hours and Counting…Obamacare Burden Keeps Growing and Growing | May 7, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – The House Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce Committees today released an updated version of the Obamacare Burden Tracker (#ObamacareBurden), which reveals the burden on employers and families has increased to a

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In the Committee

On Monday, the committee released "The Looming Premium Rate Shock" which cites existing analyses from the nation’s largest insurance companies that reveal consumers nationwide could face significant premium increases, some as high as 400 percent. Read the report and learn more about the looming rate shock here

On the Floor

On May 14, the House unanimously approved H.R. 1580, legislation to affirm the policy of the United States regarding Internet governance and preserve Internet freedom. The bipartisan legislation, which was unanimously approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee in April, will promote a global Internet managed under the current multi-stakeholder governance model.

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