News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Defendant Operated Out of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Bahamas, Spain, France, Italy, Panama, and Luxembourg.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing next week on efforts to prevent and respond to the potential arrival of a dirty bomb at a U.S. port.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to the U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy asking about the safety of recycled rubber tire “crumbs" used in synthetic turf fields in the United States. In light of recent NBC News headlines - “How Safe...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Marin County, CA - The National Park Service has released an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposed parking and shuttle reservation system for Muir Woods National Monument for a 30-day public comment period beginning Oct. 23, 2015. The proposed reservation system was informed by goals outlined...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Jorge Mendoza-Sanchez of Sunnyside, Washington, was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for his role as a drug courier and distributor in a large-scale methamphetamine-trafficking conspiracy. Mendoza-Sanchez admitted to regularly transporting pounds of methamphetamine from California...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today announced his plans to introduce resolutions under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to disapprove of two final rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for new and existing power plants. Under the CRA, a rule disapproved by Congress shall have no force and effect and an agency may not issue the same or a substantially similar rule unless authorized by subsequent legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Ernest Thomas, a/k/a “EJ," age 27, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, in connection with his membership in a group known as “Coppin Court" which operated in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to the U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy asking about the safety of recycled rubber tire “crumbs" used in synthetic turf fields in the United States. In light of recent NBC News headlines - “How Safe...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of October 26.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Health Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) this week highlighted the extensive work that the Energy and Commerce Committee has done this year to protect our seniors. Pitts writes, “These are just some, not all, of the things we’ve done to help seniors just this year. We will continue this work and always keep in mind the best interests of our seniors."
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess M.D. (R-TX), today continued its examination of ways to better protect seniors and ensure their data is safe from bad actors. Certain types of scams are more likely to impact senior citizens, and with more consumers spending increased time online, there is ample data available at the fingertips of criminals around the globe.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate EPW Committee, released the statement below following the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's passage of a long-term transportation bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of October 26.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced bipartisan legislation to help farmers purchase new equipment and replace worn-out machinery by amending the U.S. tax code to permanently set a five-year depreciation schedule for certain agricultural equipment. The ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Dear Director Hall: As the ballooning national debt approaches the statutory limit, the federal government increasingly relies on cash flows to fund continued operations absent new borrowing authority. As a result, Congress and the American people are interested in how much cash is in the federal till...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Speaker John Boehner today announced the Republican appointments to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Select Investigative Panel that will focus on the abhorrent practices of big abortion providers. Full committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) will lead the Select Investigative Panel. Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) and committee member Dr. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) were also appointed to the panel.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act by a vote of 240 to 189. The measure repeals a number of harmful provisions in Obamacare, including the Prevention and Public Health Fund, the individual mandate, the employer...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of October 26.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: Shaun C. Meyer, 33, of East Alton, Illinois, was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in federal court to seven years in prison for Receipt of Child Pornography, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois announced today. Following his prison sentence, Meyer will...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the conviction of VELTREZ BLACK, a/k/a “Chief," for participating in two street gangs operating throughout Hennepin County. The defendant was a prominent member of the 1-9 gang, which worked together with the Stick up Boys gang to illegally obtain...
