News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Cary S. Collins on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and preparing a false tax return, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas McMahon.
By EPA 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 Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: EIS includes a thorough analysis of existing leases in Thompson Divide.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: A Sandusky man was charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to a billing scheme to defraud his employer, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By EPA 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 - 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 DOL Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: Today, November 18th, at 2:30 p.m., a House and Senate conference committee to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will hold its first meeting in HVC-201 of the Capitol Visitor Center. At the first meeting, members of the conference committee are expected to deliver opening statements.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee delivered remarks at a joint House and Senate conference committee meeting to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. In her remarks, Murray highlighted how the broken No Child Left Behind law needs to be fixed and called for continued bipartisan work to accomplish that goal.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JOSHUA JOHN KILLBLANE, age 33, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pled guilty to FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By Commerce 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 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 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: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an inmate of the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for assaulting another inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - The United States Attorney’s Office in Chicago has launched a review of restaurants in the city and suburbs to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, authorities announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico was sentenced today to 19 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to transport large amounts of narcotics to the Chicago area.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $200,000 civil penalty against Detroit’s Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA) for allegedly failing to maintain safe airfield conditions during a November 2014 storm.
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 DOE 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: TOPEKA, KAN. - The owner of a Topeka jewelry store was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in federal prison for knowingly buying jewelry that had been stolen in home invasions, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2015
News Release: Operation Code Red seizes heroin, methamphetamine and firearms; latest example of law enforcement partnerships making a difference.
