News from June 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives voted today in favor of H.R. 2576, the TSCA Modernization Act, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 398 to 1. The TSCA Modernization Act was authored by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY), Full Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ).
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The 21st Century Cures Act continues to enjoy growing support from individuals and groups all across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LOUIS ADALBERTO MORADIAGA, age 44, a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: Become a Junior Archeologist!. Date: Friday, July 10th. Time: 10:00am -12:00pm. Location: Mound City Group Visitor Center. Reservations are required. When most people think of archeology, they think of an adventurous explorer who braves great danger to grab a precious object! Archeology provides a link to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Carnegie, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to three months in prison and three years supervised release on his conviction of possession of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Chief Judge Christina Reiss, of the United States District Court, sentenced Troy Gibbs, 52, of Rutland, Vermont to 18 months imprisonment for making his residence available to several out-of-state drug dealers. In addition, Judge Reiss sentenced Gibbs to three years supervised release, to be served after he completes his jail sentence.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - With sweltering temperatures impacting the greater Philadelphia today, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reminding employers to protect their workers from heat illness.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) today kicked off House debate on legislation to protect the future of the Internet. Authored by Shimkus, H.R. 805, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act, is bipartisan...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee; Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ranking member of the Senate EPW Committee; David Vitter (R-La.), chairman of the EPW Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and Tom Carper (D-Del.), ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives voted today in favor of H.R. 2576, the TSCA Modernization Act, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 398 to 1. The TSCA Modernization Act was authored by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY), Full Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) today kicked off House debate on legislation to protect the future of the Internet. Authored by Shimkus, H.R. 805, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act, is bipartisan...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: Two United Kingdom nationals have been charged with crimes involving the death of a scuba diver in the Florida Keys.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following House passage of the TSCA Modernization Act of 2015 (H.R. 2576) with a vote of 398-1. On April 28, the EPW Committee marked up S. 697, the Vitter-Udall version of TSCA reform, which Senator Boxer opposes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: A man who was a fugitive from justice for almost twenty-one years was sentenced June 22, 2015, to more than ten years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Columbus, Ohio man who possessed heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine in a Parkersburg hotel room was found guilty today by a federal jury, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. On August 4, 2013, drug task force officers arrested Toby Germaine Person, 39, and Amanda Sue White, 25...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 805, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act, bipartisan legislation authored by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL). The DOTCOM Act aims to protect the future of the Internet by ensuring that Congressional oversight of the administration’s transition of the Domain Name System to the global Internet community.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Alicia D. Duerr, 30, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was convicted today of cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Carrolltown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison and five years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to possess and distribute heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 805, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act, bipartisan legislation authored by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL). The DOTCOM Act aims to protect the future of the Internet by ensuring that Congressional oversight of the administration’s transition of the Domain Name System to the global Internet community.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) today kicked off House debate on legislation to protect the future of the Internet. Authored by Shimkus, H.R. 805, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act, is bipartisan...
