News from March 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today respond to Department of Energy Secretary Moniz’s announcement that DOE would move forward with siting a separate repository for high-level defense nuclear waste.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: “Finally, after a decade of trying, we have a bipartisan bill that will permanently repeal the flawed SGR and move Medicare to a health care system based on quality and efficiency, that is good for seniors and doctors alike." said Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-NJ). “As...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following comment after USTelecom and Alamo Broadband each filed Monday to appeal the FCC’s Depression-era net neutrality rules.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing and for your work on this important issue. I also would like to thank all of the witnesses for being here today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today explored the next technology frontier: the Internet of Things (IoT). Members of the subcommittee kicked off the day at the Internet of Things Showcase where they saw firsthand...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at today’s hearing entitled “Waters of the United States: Stakeholder Perspectives on the Impacts of EPA’s Proposed Rule."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Ricky Wallace, a/k/a Justice, 33, of Pawtucket, R.I., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence on Monday to trafficking a 17-year-old woman from the Boston area to Pawtucket for the purposes of commercial sexual activity, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Vincent...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: Subcommittees: * Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade (114th Congress) . On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will host an Internet of Things Showcase featuring Internet-connected products manufactured in members’ districts. The showcase will precede a subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Altagracia Guadalupe Vargas, 28, of Laredo, has been convicted of conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute Heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdict following a three-day trial and approximately one hour deliberation.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today respond to Department of Energy Secretary Moniz’s announcement that DOE would move forward with siting a separate repository for high-level defense nuclear waste.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today explored the next technology frontier: the Internet of Things (IoT). Members of the subcommittee kicked off the day at the Internet of Things Showcase where they saw firsthand...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing to discuss the 340B federal drug discount program. Witnesses from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG), and Health Resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: FORT WAYNE - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Craig Whigum, 21, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced today, for Interference with Commerce by Robbery (Hobbs Act Robbery) and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence. Whigum was the last of four defendants to be charged with the Nov. 13, 2012, armed robbery of Shooters Guns, a federally licensed firearms dealer located in New Haven, Indiana.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2015 - Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Lands made the following opening statement at today's oversight hearing entitled"Examining the Spending Priorities and Missions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management in the President's FY 2016 Budget Proposals.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two more Kansas City, Mo., men were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their roles in a 15-member conspiracy to distribute more than $1 million worth of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: A Canadian citizen pled guilty to all four counts of a superseding indictment, which included two counts of enticing a person under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity, one count of traveling to the United States for purposes of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a person under the age of 18, and one count of knowingly transporting a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, by means of interstate or foreign commerce.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce and House Ways and Means Committees today introduced H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, to permanently replace Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). The agreement builds upon H.R. 1470, the SGR Repeal and...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce and House Ways and Means Committees today introduced H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, to permanently replace Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). The agreement builds upon H.R. 1470, the SGR Repeal and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: Plead Guilty To Federal Drug Trafficking Charges.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined bipartisan committee leaders to unveil H.R. 2, legislation to permanently replace the flawed Sustainable Growth Rate and put in place Medicare reforms to promote quality care for seniors. Full committee...
