BY F. VINCENT VERNUCCIO, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR
What a difference a year makes for the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union and more than a dozen allies wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last winter, criticizing Microsoft over its proposed acquisition of the video game company Activision Blizzard.
Ten months later, the union’s concerns about… Read more »
By CBS 12 (WRDW)
WASHINGTON (WRDW/WAGT) - U.S. Rep. Rick W. Allen, R-Augusta, has been selected to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
One of the oldest standing committees of the House of Representatives, the panel chaired by Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers has broad jurisdiction over such issues as health care, energy policy, cybersecurity and telecommunications. It… Read more »
By Lauren Young
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) - FOX54 was first to report last year on the conditions at Summerville's Bon Air Apartments. This week, FOX54 spoke with some of the politicians who told us then they were demanding improvement.
After Bon Air Apartments failed a HUD inspection, Congressman Rick Allen and Commissioner Catherine Smith-McKnight told… Read more »
By Victoria Knight & Maya Goldman
The new Republican members of the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees are ready to work on Medicare, prescription drug costs, telehealth policies, PBMs and more.
Here's what we're hearing from the Republicans we chased down in the halls this week and the staffers we bothered when their bosses escaped… Read more »
By HANNAH BLEAU
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) introduced the Vaccine Mandate Reenlistment Act, which would essentially pave the way for those unfairly discharged from service due to the vaccine mandate to rejoin the military.
According to a press release announcing the bill, it would “ensure that any soldier, sailor, Airman or Marine who was discharged for refusing the… Read more »
Analysis by Maxine Joselow with research by Vanessa Montalbano
Republican lawmakers are claiming that the Consumer Product Safety Commission wants to take away people’s gas stoves, in what they say is the latest example of the Biden administration’s regulatory overreach, Maxine reports.
In reality, the commission is not going to snatch… Read more »
By Adam Jacobson
With the start of the 117th U.S. Congress, the House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader became Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who succeeded the now-retired Greg Walden.
Now, with the 118th Congress underway, Rodgers has risen to the top leadership position of the powerful committee that has oversight of the FCC on Capitol Hill.
On Wednesday, she… Read more »
By Cablefax Staff
A day after Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) officially took over as chair of House Commerce, we’re getting word of the new GOP members joining the committee that is most often involved in issues of broadband/cable and technology. Newbies include Jay Obernolte (R-CA), a computer engineer and video game developer with a degree in… Read more »
By Henry Rodgers
A group of House Republicans, led by Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter, sent a letter Wednesday to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling on them to rescind their early January decision to allow pharmacies to dispense the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone.
The letter was first obtained by the Daily Caller and addressed to the Commissioner of the FDA Robert Califf.… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Rick W. Allen announced that Lakeside High School students Amber Verma, Aditi Umapathy and Joseph Alackara were selected as the winners of the 2022 Congressional App Challenge for Georgia’s 12th District.
The students were chosen for their work developing Timely, a software application designed to aid productivity in individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity… Read more »
