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HOUSE APPROVES CONSUMER PRODUCT
SAFETY LEGISLATION
"This conference report represents the most significant overhaul of U.S. consumer product safety laws since the creation of the Consumer Product Safety Commission,” said Dingell. “Together with our Senate colleagues we have developed a legislative agreement that consumer advocates are hailing as ‘momentous.’ I am proud to send this bill to the President and look forward to seeing it signed into law." - July 30, 2008, News Release
The Conference Report was filed on July 29, 2008.
Read the Final Conference Report »
Read the the joint explanatory statement for H.R. 4040 »
HOUSE PASSES H.R. 1108,
FAMILY SMOKING PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT
"Cigarette smoking accounts for about one in five deaths annually, or about 435,000 deaths each year. Each day more than 4,000 young Americans try a cigarette for the first time, and each day 1,000 become addicted to tobacco. One in every three of them will die prematurely. With this legislation, we will place sharp and sorely needed limits on access to tobacco products and on tobacco advertising and marketing."
Read Chairman Dingell's Statement »
Read the Status of the Legislation (Thomas LOC) »
DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSITION
 Preparing for the Digital Television Transition. The nationwide transition from analog to digital television will take place on February 17, 2009. On that day, analog televisions not connected to a converter box, cable, or satellite will stop working because they will be unable to receive digital signals.
For more information on the DTV
transition click here »
July 10, 2008 -- Dingell, Markey Question
Mismanagement of Digital Television Coupon Program
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September 2, 2008:: Letter
Dingell, Stupak Write Schering-Plough and Merck on Vytorin-Cancer Link
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August 22, 2008:: News Release
Dingell, Stupak Applaud FDA’s Approval of Irradiation on Lettuce & Spinach; After Eight Years, FDA Finally Acts on Petition to Help Prevent Foodborne Illness
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August 22, 2008:: News Release & Letter
Lawmakers Urge HHS Against Approving Rhode Island Medicaid Waiver; Lawmakers Raise Concerns that Waiver Will Create Obstacles for Medicaid Beneficiaries Seeking Health Care Services
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August 21, 2008:: News Release & Letter
Dingell, Stupak Question Drug Makers on Safety of Vytorin and Conflicting Study Data; Recent Study Links Vytorin to Increased Cancer Risk
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August 11, 2008:: Letter
Dingell, Stupak Ask for GAO Report on Highly Enriched Uranium
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August 7, 2008:: Letter
Chairmen Dingell and Baucus write Health and Human Services Secretary Leavitt regarding the implementation of the moratorium on the Medicaid case management rule
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August 5, 2008:: Letter
Chairman Dingell writes FCC Chairman Martin regarding television white spaces
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August 5, 2008:: News Release
Dingell, Stupak Applaud FDA for ESA Label Change
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August 4, 2008:: Letter
Chairman Dingell writes Energy Secretary Bodman regarding Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
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August 1, 2008:: News Release and Letters
Energy and Commerce Committee Questions Data Practices of Network Operators
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July 31, 2008:: Letter
Chairmen Dingell and Stupak write the head of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals regarding a clinical trial being conducted in Ghana to test whether moxidectin can inhibit the production of the parasite associated with river blindness
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July 31, 2008:: Statement
Chairman Dingell at the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing entitled, “The Recent Salmonella Outbreak: Lessons Learned and Consequences to Industry and Public Health.”
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July 30, 2008:: News Release
Dingell on House Passage of “Michelle’s Law”
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July 29, 2008:: News Release
Dingell on the “Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008”
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July 28, 2008:: News Release
CPSC Conference Report Agreement Reached
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July 28, 2008:: News Release
New GAO Report Reveals Continuing Problems Resolving Medicare Drug Plan Complaints and Grievances
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July 28, 2008:: News Release
Rush Questions Kentucky Horse Racing Authority About Dutrow’s Suspension
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July 28, 2008:: News Release
CPSC Conferees Reach Agreement on Final Items
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July 28, 2008:: News Release
Committee Leaders Release CRS Report Showing DOE’s Counterintelligence Program May Be Off Course
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July 24, 2008:: Statement
Dingell on Rule Suspending Medicare “Trigger” for 110th Congress
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110TH CONGRESS
- H.R. 4, Medicare Prescription Drug PriceNegotiation Act of 2007
- H.R. 1017, Children's Health in Schools
Act of 2007
- H.R. 1108, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control ActH.R. 1535, Children's Health First Act
- H.R. 1781, Children's Dental Health Improvement Act
- H.R. 2034, Medicare For All Act
- H.R. 3162, Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007
- H.R. 3580, Food and Drug Administration Act of 2007
- H.R. 3610, Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007
- H.R. 3963, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007
- H.R. 4040, Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act of 2007
- H.R. 5268,
a bill
to Provide for a Temporary Increase of the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Under the Medicaid Program, and for Other Purposes
- H.R. 5613, the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008
- H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
- H.R. 6432, Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008
- H.R. 6357, PRO(TECH)T Act
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