News from July 2015
By EPA Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Continuing its work on policies to realize the full potential of the nation’s newfound energy abundance, the Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a Committee Print that includes...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Continuing its work on policies to realize the full potential of the nation’s newfound energy abundance, the Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a Committee Print that includes...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - A Laurel Bloomery, Tenn. man, who pled guilty to a pair of counts related to the theft of government equipment, was sentenced today in the United States District Court of the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested a report from the Government Accountability Office on the efficacy of providing credit monitoring for consumers following data breaches. With more and more Americans’ information put at risk by data breaches...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RONALD S. BATTAGLIA, 66, of Stratford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to filing false tax returns.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on Rep. David McKinley’s (R-WV) bipartisan H.R. 1734, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act. The legislation builds on the committee’s bipartisan, bicameral work from previous Congresses and incorporates the EPA’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Defendant Also Conspired to Provide Material Support to the FARC and to Acquire and Transfer Anti-Aircraft Missiles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Joseph Dougherty, 73, of Philadelphia, former Business Manager/Financial Secretary/Treasurer of Ironworkers Local 401, was sentenced today to 230 months in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy involving a dozen members of Ironworkers Local 401, announced United States Attorney...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leading House Democrats today sent a letter urging United States Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman to negotiate provisions in the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement that provide governments the flexibility to help protect and strengthen the stability of their financial systems by implementing measures that would stem flows of speculative capital.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested a report from the Government Accountability Office on the efficacy of providing credit monitoring for consumers following data breaches. With more and more Americans’ information put at risk by data breaches...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Continuing its work on policies to realize the full potential of the nation’s newfound energy abundance, the Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a Committee Print that includes...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on Rep. David McKinley’s (R-WV) bipartisan H.R. 1734, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act. The legislation builds on the committee’s bipartisan, bicameral work from previous Congresses and incorporates the EPA’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Jasmine Bonner, 27, a former officer with the Houston Police Department (HPD), has been convicted of aiding and abetting possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on Rep. David McKinley’s (R-WV) bipartisan H.R. 1734, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act. The legislation builds on the committee’s bipartisan, bicameral work from previous Congresses and incorporates the EPA’s...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement calling on lawmakers of both parties to come together behind a 6-year transportation bill after the collapse of a bridge on Interstate 10, the main ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Sherrie Rivera, 53 of Hialeah, pled guilty today to one count of theft of government money, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Last night, July 19, at 7:30 p.m. park rangers were notified via cell phone that a 13-year-old female from Estes Park had suffered a leg injury roughly a half mile northwest of The Pool in rugged Forest Canyon in Rocky Mountain National Park. Her father had climbed to higher ground and was fortunate to get cell phone coverage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A 21-year-old female resident of Houston has been ordered to federal prison for a total of 204 months following her convictions of production, distribution and possession of child pornography involving a toddler, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Julia Michelle Morris pleaded guilty to the charges on April 27, 2015, admitting she exploited a 19-month-old child to produce pornography for an unidentified third party for financial gain.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore is holding public scoping meetings to consider changes to the Seashore's Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) special regulation as it relates to morning opening of beaches, extending the length of fall and spring seasonal ORV routes, and modifying the size and location of vehicle free...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park is hosting a brown-bag luncheon presentation by photographer and Glacier National Park Artist-in-Residence Norman Riley. The free presentation, “Photographers in Glacier National Park," is Thursday, July 30, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the park’s community building in West Glacier.
