News published on Federal Newswire in July 2014

News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. -A Lafayette man suspected of making a bomb threat in the city of Lafayette has been arrested and charged for the bomb threat and an attempted bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.

Ways and Means to Administration: TPA Must Come Before TPP

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, all Republican Members of the House Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman urging the Administration to build support for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and directing the Administration not to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) before TPA is enacted into law.

Chairman Carper on the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Commission Report

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission Report...

#Path2Cures Requires Collaboration and Transparency

By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing, 21st Century Cures: Examining Barriers to Ongoing Evidence Development and Communication. Subcommittee members and witnesses discussed the discovery, development, and delivery cycle and the importance of transparent collaboration in that cycle in order to bring better cures and treatments to patients more quickly.

Sentencing Hearings Completed for Four Defendants in Cocaine, Heroin, Marijuana, Ecstasy and “Molly” Trafficking Conspiracy

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Four men arrested in June 2013 as the result of a sweeping fifteen-month joint federal, state and local law enforcement investigation resulting in the seizure of more than 137 grams of heroin, 392 grams of crack cocaine, 235 grams of cocaine powder, 47 grams and 100 pills of the synthetic drug "Molly," 100 Ecstasy pills and six firearms, including a machine gun, have been sentenced to federal prison, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha.

Coeur D´Alene Man Sentenced For Possessing Child Pornography

News Release: COEUR D´ALENE - Wade Thomas Weingart, 39, of Coeur d´Alene, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 60 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession of sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District...

#Path2Cures Requires Collaboration and Transparency

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing, 21st Century Cures: Examining Barriers to Ongoing Evidence Development and Communication. Subcommittee members and witnesses discussed the discovery, development, and delivery cycle and the importance of transparent collaboration in that cycle in order to bring better cures and treatments to patients more quickly.

#Path2Cures Requires Collaboration and Transparency

By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing, 21st Century Cures: Examining Barriers to Ongoing Evidence Development and Communication. Subcommittee members and witnesses discussed the discovery, development, and delivery cycle and the importance of transparent collaboration in that cycle in order to bring better cures and treatments to patients more quickly.

Upton, Pitts Comment on Halbig v. Burwell Decision

By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2014

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision in Halbig v. Burwell.

Member Of Newport News Drug Gang Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Eric Pridgen, 31, of Newport News, Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for participating in a conspiracy to distribute narcotics as part of the Thug Relations gang.

2013 Economic Impact

News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 863,316 visitors to Fort Sumter National Monument and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in 2013 spent $47.5 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 675 jobs in the local area.

Tourism to South Florida National Parks Creates $206 Million in Economic Benefit and Over 2,700 Jobs

News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - A new National Park Service report shows that over two and a half million visitors to the national parks in South Florida, spent $206 million last year in surrounding communities. That spending supported over 2,700 jobs in South Florida. In Biscayne National Park a half million visitors spent over $29 million and sustained 374 jobs in the local area.

Tourism to Yosemite National Park creates $373 million in Economic Benefit

News Release: Report shows visitor spending supports 5,033 jobs in local economy.

Kanabownits Fire to be Managed for Multiple Objectives on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - National Park Service fire managers on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon have decided to manage the Kanabowntis Fire for multiple objectives.

Hearing Notice: Subcommittee on Energy and Power

News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “FERC Perspectives: Questions Concerning EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan and other Grid Reliability Challenges." The subcommittee has invited all five Commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to testify.

Illegal Alien Sentenced To 4 Years And 9 Months For Selling Methamphetamine, Possessing False Documents

News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Israel Garrido-Hernandez, 24, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to four years and nine months in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of document-making implements, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

Former Waltham Police Officer Sentenced For Child Pornography Charges

News Release: BOSTON - A former Waltham Police Department police officer was sentenced today on child pornography charges.

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Subcommittee to Examine Regulatory Structure of Federal Wage and Hour Law

By DOL Newswire | Jul 22, 2014

News Release: On Wednesday, July 23 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, “Improving the Federal Wage and Hour Regulatory Structure." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Fake Applications for ObamaCare Tax Subsidies Show How Vulnerable Health Care Law is to Fraud & Abuse

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2014

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-OK), Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) released the preliminary results of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) undercover examination of enrollment controls in the ObamaCare health care exchanges.

Hearing Notice: Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade