News from May 2015
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - A Guatemalan man charged with killing his ex-wife and their unborn child was removed to Guatemala May 8 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in Los Angeles, California.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor today, saying the legislation pending before the Senate represents a new approach to trade...
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After more than a year of listening to and engaging with patients and other experts across the country, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today advanced the 21st Century Cures Act by a voice vote. The full committee will consider the legislation next week. The bipartisan...
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 21, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “What are the State Governments Doing to Combat the Opioid Abuse Epidemic?"
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today unveiled an updated draft of the 21st Century Cures Act as support for the multiyear initiative continues to build. 21st Century Cures is a new approach to tackle disease by updating how we research and regulate. Patient...
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: This week the Department of the Interior finally gave conditional approval to begin production of the vast energy resources in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea. The approval of Shell’s exploration plan, following a finding of no significant environmental impact, marks a critical milestone in what has proved to be...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating for approximately 90 minutes, on May 13, 2015, a federal jury found Santino Drew guilty of two felony narcotics counts: conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and possession with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After more than a year of listening to and engaging with patients and other experts across the country, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today advanced the 21st Century Cures Act by a voice vote. The full committee will consider the legislation next week. The bipartisan...
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Thursday night, May 14, Drs. Steve Lubkeman, George Washington University, and Paul Gardullo, National Museum of African American History and Culture, will present to the public the first phase of a potential long term project examining wrecks associated with the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade off St. Croix.
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 21, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “What are the State Governments Doing to Combat the Opioid Abuse Epidemic?"
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Ofori Awauh, 22, of Burke, Virginia; and Dane Ellis, 35, of Brooklyn, New York, were convicted yesterday by a federal jury on charges of Access Device Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced that Richard A. James Jr., (age: 23), was sentenced on May 8, 2015, to 44 months of imprisonment, followed by a three year term of supervised release. The sentence was the result of a guilty plea by James on Jan. 26, 2015, to Count One of a federal indictment charging him with one count of robbery of a convenience store and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy today unanimously approved the bipartisan TSCA Modernization Act by a vote of 21 to 0. The draft now advances to the full committee.
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 21, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Quadrennial Energy Review and related Discussion Drafts." Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will be the sole witness.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Pravin Mehta, 77, of Amherst, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally dispense controlled substances from his medical office by issuing prescriptions other than for a legitimate medical purpose and not in the usual course of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: Bowling Green, Ky. - An Evansville, Indiana man was detained and remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals following a detention hearing yesterday, before Magistrate Judge H. Brent Brennenstuhl, on charges of the transportation of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, announced Acting United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy today unanimously approved the bipartisan TSCA Modernization Act by a vote of 21 to 0. The draft now advances to the full committee.
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy today unanimously approved the bipartisan TSCA Modernization Act by a vote of 21 to 0. The draft now advances to the full committee.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulatory issues impacting end-users and market liquidity.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 2015 - Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-04), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Federal Lands made the following opening statement at today's oversight hearing entitled "Litigation and Increased Planning’s Impact on Our Nation’s Overgrown, Fire-Prone National Forests.".
