News from November 2014
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: In response to public requests, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), California Energy Commission (CEC) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will extend the public comment period for the draft Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) Environmental...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today built upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess by sending three more pieces of legislation to the president’s desk for signature. The House today approved by unanimous consent the Senate versions of three House-passed bills: the E-LABEL Act (S. 2583), the Sunscreen Innovation Act (S. 2141), and the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act (S. 2539).
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and other Chairmen and Ranking Members of congressional committees and subcommittees ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The BLM Royal Gorge Field Office today released a preliminary environmental assessment analyzing the proposed sale of oil and gas leases on 42 parcels totaling 10,980 acres of public mineral estate in Adams, Arapahoe, Logan, Morgan and Weld counties. As part of the environmental review process BLM Colorado is also analyzing an additional seven parcels totaling 2,000 acres for lease reinstatement.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
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By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the Executive Summary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Report on the White House Incursion Incident of Sept. 19, 2014. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson tasked Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to investigate the incident at all levels.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
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By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lantry, South Dakota, man convicted of Simple Assault of a Minor, was sentenced on Nov. 12, 2014, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MEREDITH CORBIN, age 33, of Hammond, Louisiana, was sentenced today, having previously pled guilty to possession of cocaine hydrochloride with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm during and in relation to that drug-trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced an Ohatchee man to 20 years in prison for receiving, possessing and distributing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Carl E. DuBois, the Sheriff of Orange County, today announced the unsealing of an Indictment...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Boxer, for convening today's hearing, and I would also like to thank our Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board Nominees, Ms. Lodge and Mr. Walter for being here today to testify before this committee.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today built upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess by sending three more pieces of legislation to the president’s desk for signature. The House today approved by unanimous consent the Senate versions of three House-passed bills: the E-LABEL Act (S. 2583), the Sunscreen Innovation Act (S. 2141), and the Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act (S. 2539).
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water."
By EPA Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: Zachary G. Knigge, 23, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Nancy D. Freudenthal on Nov. 12, 2014, for unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm. Knigge was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received 24 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Pennsylvania Coin, LLC, a Scranton-based company, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering. The guilty plea was entered before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Armed career criminal Tavares Keith has been sentenced to nineteen and a half years in prison for the armed robbery of a BB&T Bank in Riverdale, Ga.
By State Newswire | Nov 12, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) introduced H.R. 5681, legislation to extend the 1958 U.S.-U.K Mutual Defense Agreement to allow continued bilateral nuclear security cooperation.
