WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today welcomed passage of three long-awaited trade pacts that will help create jobs and grow our economy. The agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea passed the House with wide bipartisan margins, opening the door for significant new U.S. exports and paving the way to create an estimated 250,000 American jobs.
WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Health and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a joint hearing today to examine the Interagency Working Group's proposed food marketing principles. In 2009, Congress formed an Interagency Working Group, comprised of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to complete a study on food marketing to children and report back to Congress.
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Kalamazoo GazetteDemocrats and Republicans are working toward bipartisan legislation on pipeline safety By Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and John Dingell (D-MI)October 11, 2011
Upton, Stearns Discover Treasury Department Believed DOE Violated Law in Restructuring Solyndra Loan
October 7, 2011 |
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) have uncovered new information as part of their ongoing investigation into the $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra about the level of disagreement among federal agencies about how the loan guarantee was handled. The committee has learned that the Treasury Department was concerned that the Department of Energy's restructuring of the Solyndra Loan in early 2011 was in violation of the law.
WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) responded to documents the committee received late today from the Obama administration regarding the investigation into the $535 million Solyndra bust. Upton and Stearns made the following statement: