News from April 2015
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Resulting "roadmap" could help improve yields, fiber quality and plant resilience.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, was joined by children's health advocate and Fox News commentator Deirdre Imus at a press conference to call on Senators Tom Udall (D-NM) and David Vitter (R-LA) to fix S. 697, their toxic chemical bill. The bill is expected to be marked up in the EPW Committee next week.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Piled boxes at dangerous heights and blocked exit routes were two of the hazards found at the Houston location of the national discount retailer Dollar Tree Stores Inc. The hazards, both of which led to repeated citations, were found during an investigation by U.S. Department of Labor Occupational...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - In recognition of the 45th Earth Day, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: 2016 marks the centennial of The National Park Service, and as part of the celebration we want you to Find Your Park! This Saturday, April 25, we invite you to find your park by joining in on the Junior Ranger Day celebration at Washita Battlefield National Historic Site.
By DOE 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 USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at today’s hearing entitled “Opportunities and Challenges for Agriculture Trade with Cuba."
By EPA 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 DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. - For the third time in three years, an Elk Grove Village maker of metal home siding products ignored safety rules for machines. By doing so, the company put workers at risk of cuts, lacerations and amputations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Three Altoona men and a Johnstown resident have been arrested and charged in federal court with violating the federal drugs laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Nevada, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving child pornography after he assumed a false online identity as a woman and persuaded a teenage girl...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - A federal grand jury has indicted Jeffrey Sean Nazari, 44, of Silver Spring, Maryland, on charges of distributing a controlled substance analogue resulting in death, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance analogue, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The indictment was returned today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released draft text of Title II of its comprehensive energy bill. Title II, 21st Century Workforce, seeks to ensure that America has a strong, diverse energy and manufacturing workforce. The Energy and Power Subcommittee will examine the legislative text at a hearing on Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: A grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Richard Gruly, 67, of Cleveland, with one count of bank robbery, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: This week, the Senate Finance Committee will consider the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA-2015), bipartisan, bicameral legislation to renew Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RICKEY COLEMAN, age 26, of Meraux, pled guilty yesterday to one count of conspiring to falsify ATF records related to the purchase of a firearm.
By EPA 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 DOE 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 Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) raised questions about possibly troubled information technology projects in the U.S. Treasury on Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted Marion Sobkowiak, 66, of Cleveland, for theft of government funds, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
