News from November 2015
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: CANTON, Ohio - A crane's safety latch failed and 1,000 pounds of equipment fell on a man below and injured him as he worked on the factory floor of TimkenSteel Corp. For the second time in a year, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found struck-by, fall and amputation* hazards at the company's two Canton plants following inspections.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement in response to a letter 11 Senate Democrats sent today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking for clarification on the final WOTUS rule while also voting to block Senate consideration of S.1140...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) introduced a landmark bill this morning to create a new national monument to protect the Grand Canyon watershed and honor the region’s rich Native American history and culture. The Greater Grand Canyon Heritage...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today held a joint hearing to review the status of United States and European Union safe harbor negotiations. The safe harbor agreement that allowed for data to be transferred...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Brittney Michelle Walls, 26, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, with prescription medication trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced a former drug vendor on the Silk Road website, Sheldon Kennedy, age 25, of Lincoln, Nebraska, today to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to traffic in controlled substances, including...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Members of the newly formed Affordable Drug Pricing Task Force will hold a press conference announcing meaningful action to combat the skyrocketing costs of pharmaceuticals.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: Inhofe Statement on Senate Vote on S.1140
By EPA Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today held a joint hearing to review the status of United States and European Union safe harbor negotiations. The safe harbor agreement that allowed for data to be transferred...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The number of failed Obamacare CO-OPs grew to one dozen today as Michigan became the latest to announce it was closing. To date, 12 of the original 23 CO-OPs have closed, bringing the total cost to taxpayers at more than $1.23 billion. This Thursday, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing on “Examining the Costly Failures of Obamacare’s CO-OP Insurance Loans."
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. today (R-TX) commented on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s announcement of a coordinated remedy program Takata Airbags.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today held a joint hearing to review the status of United States and European Union safe harbor negotiations. The safe harbor agreement that allowed for data to be transferred...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today continued its efforts to protect Medicare and Medicaid for the most vulnerable and to ensure government operates as effectively and efficiently as possible.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today held a joint hearing to review the status of United States and European Union safe harbor negotiations. The safe harbor agreement that allowed for data to be transferred...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Volkswagen Group of America President and CEO Michael Horn requesting additional information about VW’s emissions cheating scandal. The letter follows Horn’s October testimony to the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts announced today that Casper resident Harold "Creature" Creighton has been convicted in federal court. A jury found Creighton guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine after a five-day jury trial in the United States District Court in Casper. Creighton will be sentenced at a later date by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl. Creighton faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: Statement: UAS Registration Task Force Day One
By EPA Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today held a joint hearing to review the status of United States and European Union safe harbor negotiations. The safe harbor agreement that allowed for data to be transferred...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today continued its efforts to protect Medicare and Medicaid for the most vulnerable and to ensure government operates as effectively and efficiently as possible.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) issued the following statement upon announcing Jennifer Hemingway, current Staff Director for the Government Operations Subcommittee, as the Committee’s new Staff Director. The Committee’s current Staff Director, Sean McLaughlin, recently announced plans to return to the private sector at the end of the year.
