News from December 2014
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON- Last evening, the Senate approved critical legislation that would help federal agencies thwart cyber attacks.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved the bipartisan H.R. 5185, the EARLY Act Reauthorization, by a voice vote. H.R. 5185 was authored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), herself a breast cancer survivor, and committee member Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC). The Energy and Commerce Committee has a proven #RecordOfSuccess this Congress, including more than two-dozen laws to strengthen the public health.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to review climbing federal health spending ahead of the 114th Congress. Subcommittee members discussed the unsustainable spending trajectory of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The subcommittee also explored opportunities for savings and policy options to strengthen the health care safety net and protect the most vulnerable.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: HONOLULU - Kali Lotoaiki Laulea, 33, of Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i County, Hawaii, was sentenced to 155 months imprisonment for three counts of methamphetamine distribution. A federal jury found Laulea guilty of the three charges in August of this year after a five-day trial.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved the bipartisan H.R. 5185, the EARLY Act Reauthorization, by a voice vote. H.R. 5185 was authored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), herself a breast cancer survivor, and committee member Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC). The Energy and Commerce Committee has a proven #RecordOfSuccess this Congress, including more than two-dozen laws to strengthen the public health.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, will now convene at 9:30 a.m. The hearing entitled, “The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975: Are We Positioning America for Success in an Era of Energy Abundance?" will be held in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Witness testimony will be posted at the same link as available.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: AGENCIES -. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former president of International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) was sentenced today to 22 months in prison for conspiring to extort ILA Local 1235 longshoremen on the New Jersey piers for Christmastime tribute payments, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Eastern District of New York U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: 2014 Omnibus: $50.9 billion. 2015 Request: $59.9 billion. 2015 Omnibus: $53.8 billion. Highlights and key points: * $9.74 billion for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Operations, which is $90 million more than the 2014 enacted level and $9.3 million less than the President’s budget request. *...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Ricky Allen Fisher, 35, most recently of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Fisher pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge in Coeur d’Alene.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released its latest white paper in the 21st Century Cures initiative. The paper solicits feedback regarding the regulation of in vitro diagnostic test kits and laboratory developed tests. All comments can be sent to cures@mail.house.gov by January 5, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to review climbing federal health spending ahead of the 114th Congress. Subcommittee members discussed the unsustainable spending trajectory of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The subcommittee also explored opportunities for savings and policy options to strengthen the health care safety net and protect the most vulnerable.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, will now convene at 9:30 a.m. The hearing entitled, “The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975: Are We Positioning America for Success in an Era of Energy Abundance?" will be held in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Witness testimony will be posted at the same link as available.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Donnell Morris, of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was convicted of conspiring to distribute at least one kilogram of heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., truck driver was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a 14-year-long conspiracy to steal more than $1 million worth of trucks and trailers and their cargo.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2014 - USDA is announcing that the Citrus Disease Subcommittee is meeting Dec. 9-10 in Lake Alfred, Fl., to consider and make recommendations for the Fiscal Year 2015 research agenda, budget, and annual priorities for the Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program. This will be the second meeting of the subcommittee since its inception earlier this year.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced speakers for the 2015 Agricultural Outlook Forum, "Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century," to be held from Feb. 19-20, 2015, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington, Va. The forum's plenary speakers and sessions will take a global, modern look at different aspects of today's agriculture industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced a Correctional Education Guidance Package aimed at helping states and local agencies strengthen the quality of education services provided to America’s estimated 60,000 young people in confinement every day.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Two Florida men were sentenced on charges of conspiracy and trafficking in protected timber rattlesnakes and endangered Eastern indigo snakes on Friday, Dec. 5. A federal judge in Philadelphia sentenced Robroy MacInnes, 55, of Inverness, Florida, and Robert Keszey, 48, of Bushnell, Florida, to 18 months ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that the Justice Department will take new steps to bar profiling by federal law enforcement agencies, building upon a 2003 policy that had previously only addressed the consideration of race and ethnicity in conducting federal investigations. ...
