News from April 2015
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today applauded action taken by the House to approve, by voice vote, energy efficiency legislation authored by Sens. Portman, R-Ohio, and Shaheen, D-N.H. The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 would promote increased energy efficiency for grid enabled water heaters and in buildings and is now on its way to President Obama for his signature.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee today unveiled three draft proposals to improve transparency at the Federal Communications Commission. The three draft bills (detailed below) will be the focus of a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: CINCINNATI - Albert D. Nassar, 59, of New York City, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with the illegal sale of prescription drugs bearing false pedigrees that misrepresented the sources and origins of the drugs.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today released the following statement following the administration’s release of the first installment of its Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) focusing on energy transmission, storage, and distribution infrastructure.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 471, the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015, as part of the committee’s ongoing effort to address the growing problem of prescription drug abuse.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Donohue praised the merits of The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 in his testimony before the Finance Committee during a hearing on trade policy and called on Congress to swiftly approve the measure, which renews Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Luis Macias-Molinas, 32, Ricardo Rosas Jr., 27, and Manuel Aguilar, aka Chino, 25, all of Laredo, have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions for drug trafficking and gun related charges, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Macias and Rosas pleaded guilty Oct. 17, 2013, while Aguilar was convicted Sept. 10, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today voted to approve S. 535, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015. The bipartisan legislation includes language from a bill that was advanced by the Energy and Commerce Committee and approved by the full House last year. The legislative package...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee today unveiled three draft proposals to improve transparency at the Federal Communications Commission. The three draft bills (detailed below) will be the focus of a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: “The QER is a serious, thoughtful, and necessary look at how best to modernize America’s energy infrastructure, and I applaud the Obama Administration for releasing this first installment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - The former president of a bank in Plains, Kan., has been indicted along with two customers of the bank on federal money laundering charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. Two former bank employees also are charged in the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: An 11-count criminal indictment was filed charging a travelling minister from Arkansas and a Georgia man for their roles in a $4.8. million tax refund scam, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy A. Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, Cincinnati Field Office.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee today unveiled three draft proposals to improve transparency at the Federal Communications Commission. The three draft bills (detailed below) will be the focus of a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: “The QER is a serious, thoughtful, and necessary look at how best to modernize America’s energy infrastructure, and I applaud the Obama Administration for releasing this first installment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Rolf Heartburg, 41 and Larry Heartburg, 68, of Scottsdale, Ariz., were both sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Neil V. Wake to a year in prison and ordered to pay $257,000 in restitution. Rolf Heartburg previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing on trade priorities and The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An Oklahoma husband and wife received prison sentences today for stealing over $6.5 million from six victims who thought they were investing in a hedge fund, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada, Laura A. Bucheit, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI for Nevada, and John Collins, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation for Nevada.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- On Wednesday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a full committee hearing titled, “Enhancing Cybersecurity of Third-Party Contractors and Vendors." Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings requested the hearing as part of his continued push for oversight of recent cyberattacks in the private and public sectors. Chairman Chaffetz agreed to Cummings’s proposal to hold the hearing during cyber week-April 20-24.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 471, the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015, as part of the committee’s ongoing effort to address the growing problem of prescription drug abuse.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 471, the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015, as part of the committee’s ongoing effort to address the growing problem of prescription drug abuse.
