House Energy And Commerce Committee

Calling for Real Reform

Food safety in the 21st century 1
Posted 5 months ago
Just when America thought it was safe to go back into the grocery store, another food outbreak wakes us up to the fact that there is something seriously wrong with its food safety system. This time it's Nestle Toll House cookie dough with E.coli, a treat that nearly every kid in America reaches for a few times a month during the summer. This is yet another reminder why it’s important to get the new food safety legislation, currently winding its way through Congress, right.
Joe Barton not interested in moral implications of climate change 15
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
On Tuesday, I attended a hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee on "Allowance Allocation Policies in Climate Legislation." By and large, the testimony came from economists and executives from affected industries. But there was one exception: Rev. Dr. Maria Castellanos of the United Church of Christ.
Centuries apart

Citizens in Seattle, fossils in D.C. 3
Posted 6 months ago
The difference between the nation's government and its people has never been more stark than it is today, as the former squabble in D.C. and the latter inspire in Seattle.
Highly carbonated

The week in fruitloopery: jaw-dropping things Republicans are saying about climate and energy 4
Posted 6 months ago
I hope everyone's following the Waxman-Markey hearings via C-SPAN and Twitter, specifically @kate_sheppard @climatebill and @MarkeyMemo. If you're not, you're missing some vintage fruitloopery. Here are a few videos rounded up from the last few days.
Clean-energy future: On your markup ... 1
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Today the House begins the process of marking up the Waxman-Markey climate bill. A rundown of the political landscape.
No ponies

Waxman-Markey permit allocation plan: could be worse 4
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Reps. Waxman and Markey have released the text of their compromise climate and energy bill, including the proposal for allocating pollution permits. It's not awful.
“I intend to vote yes and I intend to encourage all other members of the committee to do the same”

Waxman’s big get: VA Rep. Boucher 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Key Virginia Democrat gets behind the Waxman-Markey bill. Pelosi backs off summer floor vote.
Sen. Reid: “Health care is easier than this global warming stuff”

Climate bill is now a longer shot than ‘Mine That Bird’ 4
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
For people who haven’t been paying close attention, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) keeps dropping bigger and bigger hints that President Obama is not going to get a climate bill on his desk this year.