News from July 2015
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is set to vote today on H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. H.R. 6 is a nonpartisan bill originating from the Energy and Commerce Committee’s 21st Century Cures initiative, launched over a year ago by Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO).
By State Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Also participating: U.S. Holocaust Museum official, Holocaust survivor, and Syrian survivor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: On July 9, 2015, Kenneth D. Harris, Jr., 47, of Elkville, IL, pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging escape, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Group of Senators and Representatives to Hold Bipartisan Press Conference to Highlight Broad Opposition to Sweeping Anti-Patent Legislation Moving Through Congress
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is set to vote today on H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. H.R. 6 is a nonpartisan bill originating from the Energy and Commerce Committee’s 21st Century Cures initiative, launched over a year ago by Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Felon, who Allegedly Possessed Eight Firearms, is being Prosecuted Pursuant to Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Defendant Spent Money at Casinos and on Other Personal Expenses.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: This morning as the House considers H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, more than 100 patient groups and organizations are voicing their support for the bill’s Innovation Fund to help boost research and support scientists. Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) has led this effort for a year and a half, keeping...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CARLOS LOPEZ, 27, was sentenced on July 7, 2015, and FELIX LOPEZ-CABRERA, 25, and LUIS BELTRAN, 27, were sentenced on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, for racketeering, murder, conspiracy to murder, attempted murder...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A Rowlett, Texas, man, appeared today in federal court this morning before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging several federal felony offenses stemming from the hundreds of white-powder hoax letters he mailed from North Texas, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: EPHRATA, Washington - The Bureau of Reclamation has reopened Scooteney Reservoir, located 36 miles south of Moses Lake on Highway 17, after water samples have shown a decline in the recent algae bloom to safe levels and potable water has been re-established to the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2015
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Judy Elaine Henry has been sentenced to serve three years and one month in federal prison for committing wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Bec-Don, Inc., a company that supplies concrete reinforcing steel and related products to the construction industry.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: As part of the Obama Administration’s effort to prepare communities for the impacts of climate change, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has awarded $11.8 million in Tribal Climate Resilience Program funding awards. The funding will help federally recognized Tribes and tribally chartered organizations with climate change adaptation and ocean and coastal management planning projects.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the nomination of Andy Slavitt to be administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), where he has been the acting administrator since January 2015...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Multi-year investigation dismantles theft ring responsible for millions in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: New Technology Will Allow Pedophiles to Act “With Little Risk of Detection" Law Enforcement Authorities Must Alert Public to Consequences of “Going Dark".
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 On July 10-12, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will travel to Los Angeles to participate in workforce engagements with Transportation Security Administration employees. On July 12, Deputy Secretary Mayorkas will join ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: Fellows Will Address Research Needs Specific to Indian Country and Tribal Communities WASHINGTON, July 9, 2015 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the seven members of the 2015 class of the Terra Preta do Indio Tribal Fellowship Program. The Terra Preta do Indio Tribal ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 9, 2015 – Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the United States and Switzerland formed a partnership that will recognize the two countries' organic programs as equivalent for organic products and streamline access to each other's markets. The organic ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 9, 2015
News Release: New agreement will expand market for organic farmers, reduce hurdles for small and medium-size businesses, and deliver more organic products to consumers WASHINGTON, July 9, 2015 – The United States and Switzerland announced today that beginning July 10, 2015, organic products certified in the United ...
