News from March 2015
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: “For more than a decade, Congress has had to temporarily fix the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) nearly twenty times since it was enacted," said Pallone. “Well, today is the last time that we will have to talk about the broken SGR. The House has finally come together to fix it once and for all and it is an historic achievement to say the least."
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug and heroin abuse from state and local perspectives. Members heard from a number of experts who confront this growing crisis in communities all across the country. The subcommittee last year held a hearing to discuss this issue with witnesses from federal agencies.
By State Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: Dear Madam Ambassador: We are writing to express our deep and abiding support for American leadership in the Middle East peace process, with the understanding that any lasting solution will be decided by the parties themselves. As the President said in 2011: “[U]ltimately, it is up to the Israelis and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Aaron Glenn, 42, of North Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug and heroin abuse from state and local perspectives. Members heard from a number of experts who confront this growing crisis in communities all across the country. The subcommittee last year held a hearing to discuss this issue with witnesses from federal agencies.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today applauded Deirdre Imus, a Fox News commentator, for her clear and pointed opposition to S. 697, the Udall-Vitter toxic chemical bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: “For more than a decade, Congress has had to temporarily fix the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) nearly twenty times since it was enacted," said Pallone. “Well, today is the last time that we will have to talk about the broken SGR. The House has finally come together to fix it once and for all and it is an historic achievement to say the least."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Robert Alton Stukes, 22, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by indictment with three counts of making false statements to a firearms dealer, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the indictment, on three separate occasions - Jan. 15, 2014, Jan. 17, 2014, and March 7, 2014 - Stukes straw purchased guns from Delaware Valley Sports Center, Inc., located at 101 Geiger Road in Philadelphia, PA.
By State Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, introduced H.R. 1654, bipartisan legislation to provide arms directly to the Kurdistan Regional Government. The legislation, which largely...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug and heroin abuse from state and local perspectives. Members heard from a number of experts who confront this growing crisis in communities all across the country. The subcommittee last year held a hearing to discuss this issue with witnesses from federal agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On March 26, 2015, Jared Michael Fromknecht, age 23, formerly of Davenport, Iowa, and Denver, Colorado, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge James E. Gritzner to 59 months in prison, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute at least 100 kilograms of marijuana...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today discussed the future of U.S. spectrum policy. With ever increasing demand for this finite resource, members explored how the federal government can help meet America’s spectrum needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama, the Federal Trade Commission, and multiple law enforcement partners today jointly announced the results of Operation Ruse Control, a nationwide and cross-border crackdown to protect consumers when they buy a car. The yearlong sweep encompassed 252 enforcement actions in the United States and Canada. The federal prosecution of eight Birmingham car dealership employees is part of the sweep.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 26, 2015 - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs Don Young (R-AK), along with Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), and Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) sent a today...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Salem, New Hampshire man pleaded guilty today to committing six armed bank robberies in the Merrimack Valley area in 2013.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today discussed the future of U.S. spectrum policy. With ever increasing demand for this finite resource, members explored how the federal government can help meet America’s spectrum needs.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members today spoke in support of H.R. 2 to permanently repeal the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate, establish a fair and stable payment system for Medicare, protect seniors’ access to their doctors, begin to strengthen Medicare over the long term, and extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program. H.R. 2 was approved by a vote of 392-37. Read a summary of the legislation online here.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss the growing problem of prescription drug and heroin abuse from state and local perspectives. Members heard from a number of experts who confront this growing crisis in communities all across the country. The subcommittee last year held a hearing to discuss this issue with witnesses from federal agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - After a two-day trial, a federal jury found Etienne Q. Devoe, 42, of Fairbanks, Alaska, guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine and Heroin, and Conspiracy to Money Launder.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Michael Woods, 25, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and being a felon in possession of a firearm, before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life and a $250,000 fine.
