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Pallone & Tonko on Release of PV29 Studies by EPA

Mar 22, 2019 Press Release
Chairmen Frank Pallone, Jr. and Paul Tonko respond to EPA's release of PV29 studies.
Issues:
Environment and Energy

E&C Leaders Demand Health and Safety Studies from EPA

Mar 21, 2019 Press Release
Request Comes After EPA Acknowledges to Committee Leaders that Studies on Pigment Violet 29 Are NOT Protected as Confidential Business Information
Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko issued their second request for the health and safety studies EPA used in its risk evaluation of PV29, a toxic chemical commonly found in paints and plastics.
Issues:
Environment and Energy

Pallone, Whitehouse, Carper Raise New Questions about Wehrum’s Involvement in Reversing EPA Position to Benefit Former Firm’s Client

Mar 20, 2019 Press Release
Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Tom Carper (D-DE) are raising new questions about whether EPA officials William Wehrum and David Harlow helped to reverse the agency’s position in a major enforcement action to favor a client of their former law firm.
Issues:
Environment and Energy

Pallone: EPA Failing to Prioritize Risk Evaluations for Most Pressing Chemical Hazards

Mar 20, 2019 Press Release
Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. responds to the EPA's newly-published list of chemicals it is considering for risk evaluations.
Issues:
Environment and Energy

E&C Leaders Want to Know How FTC Could Boost Privacy & Data Security Enforcement If It Received More Funding

Mar 20, 2019 Press Release
Chairman Pallone and CPC Subcommittee Chair Schakowsky wrote to the FTC today asking how it would use additional resources to protect consumer privacy and increase data security enforcement activity.
Issues:
Consumer Protection

Pallone: EPA’s Methylene Chloride Rule is Inadequate, Fails to Protect American Workers

Mar 15, 2019 Press Release
Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.'s statement on the EPA's final rule regulating the toxic substance methylene chloride.
Issues:
Environment and Energy

Schakowsky Remarks at Hearing on Vehicle Technology to Prevent Drunk Driving

Mar 14, 2019 Press Release
CPC Chair Schakowsky's opening remarks at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on “Enhancing Vehicle Technology to Prevent Drunk Driving.”
Issues:
Consumer Protection

Pallone Remarks at Hearing on EPA’s Failure to Protect Workers from Hazardous Chemicals

Mar 13, 2019 Press Release
Chairman Pallone's opening remarks at a hearing on the EPA's failure to protect workers from hazardous chemicals.
Issues:
Environment and Energy

E&C Launches Investigation into Companies that Sell or Broker Junk Health Insurance Plans

Mar 13, 2019 Press Release
Committee Leaders Request Documents & Information from Twelve Companies on Troubling Practices Like Denying Coverage & Misleading Consumers
E&C leaders announced a new investigation into the companies that sell and broker junk health insurance plans that leave consumers at significant financial risk.
Issues:
Health

Pallone Remarks at Legislative Hearing on Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable

Mar 13, 2019 Press Release
Chairman Pallone's opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on seven legislative proposals to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
Issues:
Health

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