News from November 2015
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today passed two resolutions, H.J. Res 71 and H.J. Res 72, to keep electricity affordable and reliable for ratepayers across the country. The resolutions, introduced by Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), would provide for Congressional disapproval of two final rules issued by the EPA for new and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants, and that the rules shall have no force or effect.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today unanimously passed S. 611, the Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - companion legislation to H.R. 2853, a bill introduced by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Vice Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) and Ranking Minority...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: Washington - USDA Rural Utilities Service Administrator Brandon McBride today announced that nearly six million Americans who live and work in rural areas now have access to new or improved high-speed internet service, thanks to USDA funding provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney Kenyen Brown announces that Clifford Shane Hall, Jr. a 38 year old, resident of Bay Minette, Alabama was sentenced today to 48 months incarceration followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute approximately 120 grams of methamphetamine ICE.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, which was introduced by Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) earlier this year. The bipartisan legislation would begin the phase out of plastic microbeads from personal care products on July 1, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), on Tuesday continued its oversight of the Federal Communications Commission. Members heard from all five FCC commissioners and raised questions on many of the issues before the commission, focusing on process and the effect the FCC’s actions have on innovation, job creation, and consumer access to information.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today unanimously passed S. 611, the Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - companion legislation to H.R. 2853, a bill introduced by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Vice Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) and Ranking Minority...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today passed two resolutions, H.J. Res 71 and H.J. Res 72, to keep electricity affordable and reliable for ratepayers across the country. The resolutions, introduced by Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), would provide for Congressional disapproval of two final rules issued by the EPA for new and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants, and that the rules shall have no force or effect.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Nov. 18, 2015, Acting United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel announced the return of an indictment stemming from an investigation into the misappropriation of city funds and burning of a community building in Casey, Iowa. The indictment charges Dorothy L. Dillinger, the former...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today joined Patriotic Millionaires - a group of more than 200 wealthy Americans dedicated to addressing our nation’s economic inequality - in calling on Congress to close the carried interest loophole and strengthen the economy.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today passed two resolutions, H.J. Res 71 and H.J. Res 72, to keep electricity affordable and reliable for ratepayers across the country. The resolutions, introduced by Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), would provide for Congressional disapproval of two final rules issued by the EPA for new and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants, and that the rules shall have no force or effect.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Peter Bonfiglio (28, North Port) to two years and one month in federal prison for making and possessing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 19, 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today passed two resolutions, H.J. Res 71 and H.J. Res 72, to keep electricity affordable and reliable for ratepayers across the country. The resolutions, introduced by Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), would provide for Congressional disapproval of two final rules issued by the EPA for new and existing fossil fuel-fired power plants, and that the rules shall have no force or effect.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Terrance Douglas, 35, of Bennettsville, South Carolina and Bangor, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 10 years in prison and eight years of supervised release for conspiracy to ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), on Tuesday continued its oversight of the Federal Communications Commission. Members heard from all five FCC commissioners and raised questions on many of the issues before the commission, focusing on process and the effect the FCC’s actions have on innovation, job creation, and consumer access to information.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) are currently representing the Energy and Commerce Committee as part of the House-Senate Conference Committee on the surface transportation bill. Included in the House approved highway bill were a number of provisions to improve auto safety for American drivers and several bills from committee members to boost America’s energy security.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Thomas Jefferson Bentley, IV, 34, of Mobile, was sentenced today in federal court on charges involving his participation in conspiracies to manufacture methamphetamine and to possess a Schedule I chemical, pseudoephedrine, with knowledge it would be used to manufacture a controlled substance. Bentley pled guilty to the two charges in December of 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man who used the screen name “kansas_dad" in chat rooms was sentenced Wednesday to 150 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: Brandy Kelly Sold Heroin that Led to Overdose Death.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Park Service (NPS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment (CITMA). The MOU aims to facilitate joint efforts concerning science, stewardship, and management...
