News from November 2015
By EPA Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power today was joined by the Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Jerzy Buzek and members of the European Parliament in a roundtable discussion about energy policy and security. Earlier this year, bipartisan members of the committee...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today voted to include a number of important auto safety provisions as part of the House’s consideration of the DRIVE Act. The amendment, authored by Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), is the result of the committee’s extensive work to reform the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and keep families safe on American roads.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Ashley Anders Bishop (42) to 23 years and 4 months in federal prison, and a life term of supervised release for possessing and receiving child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Subcommittees: * Energy and Power (114th Congress) . Background Memo . Participants . Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI). Chairman Jerzy Buzek of the European Parliament. Members of the Energy and Power Subcommittee. Members of the European Parliament. Opening Statement of Energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 48 months imprisonment, followed by eight years supervised release, on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor. The defendant was also ordered to pay $ 11,881.28 in restitution to five victims, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A real-estate broker was sentenced today for conspiracy to defraud mortgage lenders of $4 million relating to more than two-dozen properties in Dorchester.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, pled guilty in federal court to charges of bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Agdaagux tribe of King Cove and its fellow plaintiffs appealed a District Court decision in their lawsuit against Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. Jewell rejected a short, gravel, life-saving road for the isolated community in December 2013, and local residents have since then been forced to endure 35 additional medevacs, including 12 requiring the U.S. Coast Guard at taxpayer expense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Army Captain Pleads Guilty to Gratuities Charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the committee’s ongoing #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved five committee member bills as part of the broader highway bill. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) stated, “These bills aim to boost our energy security at home...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today voted to include a number of important auto safety provisions as part of the House’s consideration of the DRIVE Act. The amendment, authored by Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), is the result of the committee’s extensive work to reform the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and keep families safe on American roads.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Subcommittee on the Interior Chairman Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter and report to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy outlining the Committee’s findings from its investigation on the EPA’s unprecedented 404(c) action in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 52-year-old man from Guatemala who was residing in Ciudad Hidalgo Chiapas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison for his two convictions of possessing with intent to distribute and importing methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A jury convicted Hector Feliciano Lopez-Monzon following a three-day trial and less than two hours of deliberation on March 13, 2015,.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement today on the overwhelming passage of Initiative Measure 1401 in Washington State...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement today on the passing of former Congressman and T&I Member Howard Coble of North Carolina...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: The former director of operations of a Department of Defense contracting company in Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to soliciting and receiving $193,665 in kickback proceeds in return for steering U.S. government subcontracts to a U.K. company, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: A Tampa, Florida, area investment advisor was sentenced to 18 months in prison today for perpetrating a $9 million investment fraud scheme involving Facebook stock. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III of the Middle ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: The Department of Justice, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the launch of a federal Domestic Violence and Housing Technical Assistance Consortium to better address the critical housing needs of victims of domestic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: A federal jury in Oklahoma City convicted two individuals today for their participation in a scheme involving illegal gambling, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Sanford C. Coats of the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Today the Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree with Augusta County, Virginia, resolving claims that the county violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The complaint, which was filed along with the consent decree, alleges that the county discriminated against voters with disabilities ...
