News from December 2015
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: It’s time to stop EPA’s clean power grab
By USDA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today applauded action in the transportation conference report that would restore $3 billion in cuts to crop insurance.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote today on two important energy resolutions, S.J. Res 23 and S.J. Res 24, which will keep electricity affordable and reliable for Americans. The resolutions are identical to H.J. Res 71 and 72, authored by Energy and Power Subcommittee...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: Senate EPW Committee Sets the Record Straight on Obama's Misguided Climate Agenda
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and a senior member of the Subcommittee on Health for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, commemorated World AIDS Day today and called for renewed commitment to combat HIV/AIDS...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved S.J. Res. 23 and S.J. Res. 24 - resolutions identical to H.J. Res. 71 and H.J. Res. 72 introduced by Subcommittee on Energy and Power Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) - aimed at keeping electricity affordable and reliable for ratepayers around...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today continued its Disrupter Series with a review of mobile payments. In light of the holiday shopping season now firmly underway, the subcommittee discussed how this innovative technology works, the security it provides consumers, and how it is disrupting traditional payment options for small and large businesses across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today continued its Disrupter Series with a review of mobile payments. In light of the holiday shopping season now firmly underway, the subcommittee discussed how this innovative technology works, the security it provides consumers, and how it is disrupting traditional payment options for small and large businesses across the country.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) this afternoon kicked off debate on two resolutions that protect jobs and affordable and reliable energy from the Obama administration’s cap and trade scheme. S.J. Res 23 and S.J. Res 24 (identical to H.J. Res 71 and 72 authored...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, Dec. 1, 2015 - As part of its commitment to protecting the integrity of the child nutrition programs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) kicked off a prize challenge today to solicit innovative designs for an electronic school meals application.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Luzerne County man pleaded guilty today, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley in Scranton, to participating in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that operated in Luzerne County during February through October 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced JASON LEE LEVESQUE, 42, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, to 121 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of New York. Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote today on two important energy resolutions, S.J. Res 23 and S.J. Res 24, which will keep electricity affordable and reliable for Americans. The resolutions are identical to H.J. Res 71 and 72, authored by Energy and Power Subcommittee...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “An Overdue Checkup Part II: Examining the ACA’s State Insurance Marketplaces." CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt is confirmed to testify before the subcommittee.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote today on two important energy resolutions, S.J. Res 23 and S.J. Res 24, which will keep electricity affordable and reliable for Americans. The resolutions are identical to H.J. Res 71 and 72, authored by Energy and Power Subcommittee...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican and Democratic lawmakers today outlined a series of legislative principles that will help strengthen the retirement security of working families and ensure retirement advisors protects their clients’ best interests. The congressional effort is taking place as bipartisan concerns...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that the Kingdom of Thailand does not comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards and has been assigned a Category 2 ratingbased on a reassessment of the country’s civil aviation authority.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., delivered the following remarks at a press conference with Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, a senior member of the committee, following the release of their bipartisan investigation into the pricing of Gilead Sciences blockbuster Hepatitis C drug, Sovaldi. Video of the press conference can be found here. A press release with the details of the report can be found here.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2015
News Release: Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill Paves the Way for Comprehensive Tax Reform.
