News from December 2013
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Statement of Senator Boxer EPW Oversight Hearing on Domestic Renewable Fuels Dec. 11, 2013 This oversight hearing will focus on the critically important Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS) and Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recent proposal to set the 2014 renewable fuel volumes. Congress ...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced two bipartisan pieces of legislation from the Communications and Technology Subcommittee that aim to improve Federal Communications Commission processes and improve federal spectrum use. The committee’s action today follows Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden’s (R-OR) announcement on Monday that bipartisan agreements had been reached on both pieces of legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man today admitted his role in a scheme in which he and others stole business checks from the U.S. Mail in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, altered them, and cashed them at banks using a series of conspirators, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today wrote to Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz regarding DOE’s intentions to comply with two recent court decisions by the U.S. Court of...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today wrote to Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz regarding DOE’s intentions to comply with two recent court decisions by the U.S. Court of...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today advanced a package of bipartisan, commonsense bills that will collectively help improve public health, cut red tape, and encourage energy development. The committee approved the following bills by voice vote...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) convened a business meeting to consider the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to be the Deputy Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. For more information on the meeting or.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida: Waterways continues its exploration of the south Florida ecosystem in a new two-segment episode. This latest episode takes a look at Everglades National Park’s neighbor to the north-Big Cypress National Preserve-and a plan to clean-up the manmade canals in the Florida Keys.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today kicked off debate on H.R. 2019, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. This bill would redirect wasteful spending on political conventions to important, scientific, pediatric research. H.R. 2019 was introduced by committee member Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) in April.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today kicked off debate on H.R. 2019, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. This bill would redirect wasteful spending on political conventions to important, scientific, pediatric research. H.R. 2019 was introduced by committee member Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) in April.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced two bipartisan pieces of legislation from the Communications and Technology Subcommittee that aim to improve Federal Communications Commission processes and improve federal spectrum use. The committee’s action today follows Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden’s (R-OR) announcement on Monday that bipartisan agreements had been reached on both pieces of legislation.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: In support of President Obama's goal of doubling U.S. energy productivity by 2030, the Energy Department today announced new awards of more than $1 million to three states to advance clean energy manufacturing in their regions. This effort will help create economic development opportunities in local communities to significantly increase statewide energy savings and spur investment in clean energy technologies.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced two bipartisan pieces of legislation from the Communications and Technology Subcommittee that aim to improve Federal Communications Commission processes and improve federal spectrum use. The committee’s action today follows Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden’s (R-OR) announcement on Monday that bipartisan agreements had been reached on both pieces of legislation.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today advanced a package of bipartisan, commonsense bills that will collectively help improve public health, cut red tape, and encourage energy development. The committee approved the following bills by voice vote...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recognized current and former employees in an awards ceremony Dec. 11, 2013, at its Gaithersburg campus. Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director Patrick Gallagher and other officials presented the awards.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-An investigation into the federal contracting process unveiled today by U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, revealed widespread labor law violations among major government contractors. The investigation found...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Today, in response to attempts by the Department of Health and Human Services to prohibit contractors working on HealthCare.gov from cooperating with congressional investigators, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sent a letter to Department Secretary Kathleen Sebelius calling for an end to HHS’s obstruction of the Committee’s investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On Dec.10, 2013, Mario Lee White, 27, a member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James Carrto 100 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to two counts of felon in possession of a firearm on June 26, 2013.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: Mr. President, I rise today to speak about one of the most important jobs the Senate must do before we go home for the holidays-extend federal unemployment insurance benefits. This is a program that has helped tens of millions of Americans weather the storm of the difficult economy over the last several years. It has helped workers put food on the table, kept a roof over their heads, and kept millions out of poverty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2013
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on.
