News from September 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Today the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 5421 , the Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014 by a voice vote.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded the Department of Energy (DOE) for granting final approval to two liquefied natural gas export projects - Cameron LNG in Louisiana and Carib Energy in Florida.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Subcommittees: * Health (113th Congress) . Opening Statement of Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton . Opening Statement of Energy and Commerce Committee Member Diana DeGette . Participants: The Honorable Sylvia Burwell. Secretary. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Francis...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives last night approved four Energy and Commerce Committee bills to improve public health, building on the committee’s proven record of bipartisan success. Each measure was approved by voice vote.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Amy Ray, Assistant United States Attorney and Chief of the Appellate Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of North Carolina was one of 243 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Attorney General Eric Holder and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 30th annual Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - On Sept. 4, 2014, a federal grand jury indicted Doctor Michael Roger Chiarottino, with fourteen counts of distributing Schedule II controlled substances, and one count of distributing a Schedule III controlled substance outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Subcommittees: * Health (113th Congress) . Opening Statement of Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton . Opening Statement of Energy and Commerce Committee Member Diana DeGette . Participants: The Honorable Sylvia Burwell. Secretary. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Francis...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - WASHINGTON - Assistant United States Attorneys John P. McAdams and Lee H. Vilker of the United States Attorney’s Office in Rhode Island are among 243 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Attorney General Eric Holder and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 30th annual Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - Members of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston were recognized today by Attorney General Eric Holder and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 30th annual Director’s Awards Ceremony in Washington D.C.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Due to concerns about the status, trends, and escapement of Hoh River Chinook salmon, Olympic National Park is closing the upper Hoh River, South Fork Hoh River, and all tributaries to recreational fishing from September 9 through Oct. 15, 2014.The upper Hoh and South Fork Hoh Rivers are scheduled to reopen onOctober 16.

By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives last night approved four Energy and Commerce Committee bills to improve public health, building on the committee’s proven record of bipartisan success. Each measure was approved by voice vote.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday Sept. 17, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building to examine H.R. 4526, the 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Bear Creek woman was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to 16 months in federal prison today for her role in helping to transport a female from Pennsylvania to New Jersey to engage in prostitution.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday Sept. 17, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building to examine H.R. 4526, the 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday Sept. 17, at 1:30 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Cross-Border Data Flows: Could Foreign Protectionism Hurt U.S. Jobs?"
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) generated $68,415.50 during its quarterly oil and gas competitive lease sales held in Reno on September 9, selling 9 parcels that comprised 15,476.13 acres in the Elko, Carson City and Winnemucca Districts. The Elko District sale generated $5,929 on 2 parcels covering...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: Fashion District Store Using ‘Black Market Peso Exchange’ Scheme Allegedly Took Ransom Money for Hostage Being Held and Tortured by Sinaloa Drug Cartel.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - José Suàrez, owner of Joshua Enterprises, Inc., dedicated to food salvage and distribution, pleaded guilty today to selling meat products that were unfit for human consumption, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Suàrez is facing a possible sentence of three years in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday Sept. 17, at 1:30 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Cross-Border Data Flows: Could Foreign Protectionism Hurt U.S. Jobs?"