News from May 2015
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement after the Senate passed its versions of the Trade Preferences Act and the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act as well as achieved cloture on a package that includes the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act (TPA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On May 18, 2015, six individuals who pleaded guilty to knowingly and willfully submitting a total of 464 false claims for travel to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) were sentenced to serve a total of 26 months in prison, four years of federal probation, 15 years of federal supervised release, 300 hours of community service, restitution of $24,581, and assessments of $600.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Night-Time Bat Adventure. Date: Friday, June 5, 2015. Time: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Location: Mound City Group Visitor Center. Fees: No Fees. In our common folklore there are many myths and legends surrounding bats. Vampires?! Blind creatures of the night?! A crime-fighting Bat-Man?! Bring your flashlights...
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: On May 18, 2015, Christopher Clark Deschene joined the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as Director of the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs.
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: The House of Representatives today passed the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178) by a vote of 420 to 3. The bipartisan legislation will better target sex traffickers and support victims of sexual abuse. Earlier this year, the House advanced a number of proposals championed by the Education and the Workforce Committee that would strengthen protections for youth victims of sex trafficking. These proposals are embodied in S. 178, including reforms that will...
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today continued its investigation into the handling of select agents at federal laboratories. Committee leaders are requesting further review from the nonpartisan watchdog Government Accountability Office regarding documents obtained from its ongoing...
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade today held a hearing with commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission to review the agency’s budget, priorities, and policies. Chairman Elliot Kaye, Commissioner Robert Adler, Commissioner Ann Marie Buerkle, and Commissioner John Mohorovic provided testimony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A woman who distributed heroin from her Huntington apartment pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Patricia Lynn Petrie, 51, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Huntington to maintaining a residence for the purpose of distributing heroin.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: In the seventh in the series of videos introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, today shares his vision for America’s energy future that strengthens our economy, helps protect our environment, and promotes efficiency.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Excerpts of Chairman Ryan’s appearance follow...
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade today held a hearing with commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission to review the agency’s budget, priorities, and policies. Chairman Elliot Kaye, Commissioner Robert Adler, Commissioner Ann Marie Buerkle, and Commissioner John Mohorovic provided testimony.
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee today continued its work to build the Architecture of Abundance with the review of a discussion draft that seeks to improve energy reliability and security. Innovation and advancements in technology have offered new opportunities to improve our nation’s...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: He shared child pornography on a peer-to-peer network.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee today released a discussion draft entitled “Title III: Energy Diplomacy," to be included in the committee’s Architecture of Abundance energy legislation. The subcommittee will review the draft during Thursday’s hearing with Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and at a separate hearing scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, 2015.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today stressed the importance of developing Alaska’s diverse energy resources - from traditional fossil fuel production to hydropower, biomass, ocean and river energy, wind, and other renewable resources - while ensuring that Alaskans share in the economic benefits of offshore oil and natural gas production.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: Interagency News Release. Media Contacts: Traci Weaver, Yellowstone National Park, (307) 344-2010. Andrea Jones, Montana Fish, Wildlife &Parks (406) 994-6931. The National Park Service (NPS) and the State of Montana (State) have set the dates for three public scoping meetings in southwest Montana related...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Texas, announced today that Stephanie Pyle, 40, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester woman pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Worcester to making false statements to federal agents investigating federal child exploitation offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: What do you know? There is now a world standard for capturing and conveying the knowledge that robots possess-or, to get philosophical about it, an ontology for automatons.
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today continued its investigation into the handling of select agents at federal laboratories. Committee leaders are requesting further review from the nonpartisan watchdog Government Accountability Office regarding documents obtained from its ongoing...
