By Grice Connect
Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) has been selected to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
It is one of the oldest standing committees of the House of Representatives. The committee has broad jurisdiction over such issues as health care, energy policy, cybersecurity, and telecommunications.
Additionally, the committee oversees several federal… Read more »
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 »
This story originally appeared in the Washington Times.
Experts predict that it will cost American families more money to heat their homes this winter than any time in the last 15 years. Since his inauguration, President Biden’s war on domestic energy has been a key driver of the inflation that’s still sending shockwaves across our economy.
In the past twelve months, over a third of… Read more »
This week, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) voted for legislation to create a Select Committee investigating China and prohibit the sale of fuel from the United States’ national reserves to China, part of a broader effort by House Republicans to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable.
H.Res. 11 established a Select Committee in the House of Representatives on the Strategic… 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 »
Today, Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) was selected to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, one of the oldest standing committees of the House of Representatives with broad jurisdiction over such issues as health care, energy policy, cybersecurity, and telecommunications.
Additionally, the committee oversees several federal departments and agencies including the U.S.… Read more »
