News from October 2015
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following Senate passage of H.R. 3819, which provides a three- to five-year safety delay for railroads to install Positive Train Control (PTC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Frederick Jenkins and Willie Jenkins were convicted by a federal jury Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, on charges that they conspired to prepare and file false federal tax returns that claimed over $1 million in tax refunds.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, Chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today approved S. 611, The Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - companion legislation to H.R. 2853, a bill introduced by Subcommittee Vice Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS). S. 611 would help alleviate the financial burden EPA’s drinking water regulations have placed on small and rural drinking water supply systems.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor ahead of a vote on a bipartisan budget agreement reached by House and Senate leaders...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining issues related to the implementation of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act and the disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ANDREW HUTCHINSON, age, 24, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. Specifically, HUTCHINSON pled guilty to receiving and attempting to receive sexually explicit images of children.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “Assessing the State of Our Nation’s Biodefense." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - A Fort Smith chiropractor was sentenced today to serve 17 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release announced Acting U.S. Attorney Kenneth Elser and Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CEASAR ANQUILLARE, 88, of Orange, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to two years of probation for paying nearly $300,000 in bribes to the former Executive Director of the West Haven Housing Authority in exchange for government contracts and business. ANQUILLARE also was ordered to pay a $100,000 fine and $291,033.91 in restitution.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Legislation to Improve Medicare and Medicaid." The subcommittee will continue its efforts to protect Medicare and Medicaid for the most vulnerable and ensure government operates as effectively and efficiently as possible.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Portland, Ore. - Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service are announcing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s release of Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Jordan Cove Energy and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline Projects. Now that Federal Energy Regulatory...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health *, December 1-2, 2015, in Washington, D.C. The Temporary Workers Work Group will meet Dec. 1 and the full committee will meet Dec. 2.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: A large storm system extending across the central Pacific will bring large, long period swells to the area today through Thursday. This will translate into large breaking waves from 9 to 12 feet at the beaches within Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service for taking a major step forward toward restoring three National forests in Michigan.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining issues related to the implementation of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act and the disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today reviewed six bipartisan proposals aimed at improving broadband deployment for consumers across the country.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a markup beginning on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 3 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building for opening statements only. The subcommittee will reconvene on Wednesday, November 4, at 10 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn to consider the following legislation...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2015
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement after House and Senate Leaders reached a budget agreement.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2015
News Release: Employer name: U.S. Postal Service, Ottumwa, Iowa
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A ship management company has pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for deliberately concealing pollution discharges from the ship directly into the sea and for falsifying its oil record book, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Rear Admiral David R. Callahan...
