Tag: House Energy and Commerce Committee

"Top officials, officials who reported to Director Clapper, repeatedly misled the American people and even lied to them,—£ Ron Wyden said in a statement. (AP Photo)

Time for opioid executives to face the music on Capitol Hill: Ron Wyden

Robert King · April 19, 2018 2:40 pm

There is no guarantee that money from any settlements would go toward prevention, based on the 1990s settlement between 46 states and major tobacco makers.

House panel maps out moves for opioid bills

Robert King · April 18, 2018 11:20 pm

The overdose-reversal drug is a critical tool to easing Americaâs coast-to-coast opioid epidemic. Baltimoreâs health department is rationing its supplies of naloxone because it says it canât afford an adequate stockpile.

Democrats seek $100 billion to fight opioid epidemic

Robert King · April 18, 2018 4:04 pm

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2013, file photo shows a part of the HealthCare.gov website, photographed in Washington. The administration is warning hundreds of thousands of consumers they risk losing taxpayer-subsidized health insurance unless they act quickly to resolve issues about their citizenship and immigration status.

Democrats push to end Trump’s expansion of ‘junk’ healthcare plans

Robert King · April 13, 2018 3:14 pm

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. Abuse of painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and other opioids across the country has resulted in tens of thousands of children being taken from their homes and placed in the foster care system.

House panel plans to grill opioid distributors

Robert King · April 12, 2018 6:42 pm

Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry talks during an event.

Energy and Environment

Energy Secretary Rick Perry walks tightrope on Scott Pruitt’s trip to Morocco

John Siciliano · April 12, 2018 6:16 pm

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., taps on several documents during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Democrats press GOP on Medicaid cuts during opioid hearing

Robert King · April 12, 2018 6:07 pm

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone speaks during a canvasing event for New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in Newark, N.J.

Democrat worries House panel moving too fast on opioid bills

Robert King · April 11, 2018 8:24 pm

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., leaves a meeting with members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Zuckerberg in April announced the formation of an advocacy group, Fwd.us, to push for more visas for skilled immigrant workers. He pressed that cause yesterday in a meeting with Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mark Zuckerberg concedes Facebook will eventually have to be regulated

Kelly Cohen · April 11, 2018 3:20 pm

Mark Zuckerberg admits his personal data was sold to ‘malicious third parties’

Melissa Quinn · April 11, 2018 11:21 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., holds a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Major push to combat opioid abuse doesn’t include bill to restore DEA powers

Robert King · April 11, 2018 4:00 am

House panel to consider dozens of bills catered to fighting opioid abuse

Robert King · April 4, 2018 11:58 pm