News from June 2015
By USDA Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today said legislation to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulatory overreach on Waters of the U.S. was approved by the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (EPW). The legislation now awaits debate by the full Senate.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As House Republicans prepare to pass Rep. Paul Ryan’s version of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (“the Customs bill"), Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva released the following statement today on the bill’s unacceptable proposed language prohibiting any climate change regulations in new trade agreements - a measure that would limit what deals negotiated through so-called Fast Track Authority could achieve on climate issues.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Shuster and Gibbs Opening Statements. Hearing on “One Year Anniversary After Enactment: Implementation of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014". June 10, 2015. (Remarks as Prepared). Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA). Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. This hearing will be valuable...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: A former deputy sheriff and volunteer firefighter who submitted a fraudulent insurance claim after deliberately setting fire to his vacant home was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Today, the Committee will consider legislation that would undermine one of our nation's landmark laws - the Clean Water Act - and roll back protections for small streams and wetlands that provide drinking water to roughly 1 in 3 Americans or 117 million people.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: A Marion man was arrested on federal heroin and firearms charges, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its longstanding efforts to improve safety at some of the nation’s most critical nuclear sites, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today released a report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) with important new findings about problems within the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Defendants Promised to Transport Children Across U.S.-Mexico Border, Instead Hid Children In Juarez For 18 Months While Demanding Money From Mother.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: A twice-convicted felon who possessed a firearm and ammunition on the streets of Waterloo last Halloween evening was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in federal prison, the statutory maximum sentence possible for his crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Vehicle access to Logan Pass on the Going-to-the-Sun Road from the west side of Glacier National Park is anticipated to be available tomorrow morning, Thursday, June 11. Park road crews have finished snow removal, debris clean-up, guard rail installation, and facility preparation, as well as assessing snow conditions. Vehicle access to Logan Pass from the east side of the park is scheduled to be available June 19 due to road rehabilitation work.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its longstanding efforts to improve safety at some of the nation’s most critical nuclear sites, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today released a report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) with important new findings about problems within the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement in regards to changes to the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (“the Customs bill") made by House Republicans...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently voted 51-0 approving H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. This nonpartisan legislation is a product of more than a year of working with patients, advocates, researchers, innovators, and health care professionals to bring our nation’s laws...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) delivered the following opening statement during a hearing on protecting the safety net from waste, fraud, and abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Phosavan Khamnivong a.k.a. “P.K.," 34, of Anchorage, Alaska was sentenced today to 77 years’ imprisonment following his February 2015, convictions on drug trafficking conspiracy, two kidnapping charges, and two firearm charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Bradenton, Florida, has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months in jail, and ordered to make restitution to Thayer Power and Communication in the amount of $202,789 and to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $87,840 on his conviction of bank fraud and tax evasion, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Washington -Responding to nearly 500 comments about its new reservation system for the West Potomac volleyball courts, the National Park Service today announced updates designed to improve the process and make the distribution of court time more equitable. The changes include.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: Defendant faces a forfeiture allegation of $227,653.22.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession with the intent to distribute heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 10, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), have scheduled a joint hearing for Tuesday, June 16 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “EPA’s Proposed Ozone Rule: Potential Impacts on Manufacturing."
