News from July 2014
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today approved H.R. 4450, the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act, by voice vote. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Peter Welch (D-VT), reauthorizes funding for Brand USA, a public-private partnership...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at 3 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “21st Century Cures: Barriers to Ongoing Communication and Evidence Development." Witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at 3 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “21st Century Cures: Barriers to Ongoing Communication and Evidence Development." Witnesses to be announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement after the House of Representatives approved a plan that would provide a temporary patch for the Highway Trust Fund until May 2015, undermining the effort to pass a long-term transportation reauthorization bill this year.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today advanced 7 bipartisan bills to improve the public health and strengthen the economy. Full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) commented, “Last week, the Energy and Commerce Committee released its mid-year report, which highlighted our...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jack DeMeo, 52, of Hamburg, N.Y., who was convicted of impersonation of a federal officer, was sentenced to one year probation by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: The victim took an initial fall of 10 feet before he was stopped momentarily by a ledge, but the wet conditions caused him to once again slip and fall another 15-20 feet. His hiking companion lost sight of him after the final fall but was assisted by two University of Arkansas students who were also...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Glacier National Park Rangers responded to two water rescue incidents this afternoon. At approximately 12:30 p.m. today park dispatch was notified that a child fell into McDonald Creek near Red Rock Point along the Going-to-the-Sun Road, and at approximately 1:30 p.m. rangers were alerted to a raft accident on the North Fork of the Flathead River.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. announced today the unsealing of a four count superseding indictment charging 11 defendants with conspiracy to defraud the United States and smuggle chemicals from China, substantive smuggling charges, and a money laundering conspiracy. A sealed superseding indictment was filed on June 9, 2014.
By State Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran in Vienna...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today advanced 7 bipartisan bills to improve the public health and strengthen the economy. Full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) commented, “Last week, the Energy and Commerce Committee released its mid-year report, which highlighted our...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Robert F. Evans, Jr., age 38, of Moosic, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to a one-count Criminal Information charging that he distributed oxycodone on numerous occasions between August 2012 and July 29, 2013. At the time of the offense, Evans was employed as a police officer with the Hughestown Borough Police Department.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today continued the process of seeking public input ahead of a #CommActUpdate by releasing a white paper focused on the interconnection of telecommunications networks. The white paper seeks comment on the regulatory framework surrounding network interconnection in light of dramatic ongoing and rapid technological advances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Jamar Holt, a/k/a “Reds," “Jamal Holt" and “Rex," age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY HARRINGTON, also known as “Tone," 29, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today approved H.R. 4450, the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act, by voice vote. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Peter Welch (D-VT), reauthorizes funding for Brand USA, a public-private partnership...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), today, after a briefing by White House staff on political operations, informed White House Counsel Neil Eggleston that David Simas, the Director of the White House Office of Political Strategy and Outreach (OPSO), must still appear to testify at tomorrow for a hearing examining the scope of White House political activities and White House efforts to comply with the Hatch Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today released the following statement in response to the White House’s assertion that the Director of the White House’s Office of Political Strategy and Outreach, David Simas, would defy a congressional subpoena and fail...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), today held a hearing entitled, “Protecting America’s Youth: An Update from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children." During the hearing, Mr. John Ryan, president and chief executive officer of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), discussed the center’s ongoing work to protect children and return victims to their families.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: I thank Chairman Calvert and Ranking Member Moran for your work on this bill. Chairman Calvert, congratulations on introducing your first appropriations bill and for following the Committee tradition of consulting the minority even if the outcome is not something we can support at this time. This is...
