News from October 2015
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a legislative hearing examining S. 611, the Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act. The bill, which passed the Senate by Unanimous Consent, is the companion to H.R. 2853 - a bill introduced by Subcommittee Vice Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today commending the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for approving new reforms today at the Commission’s October meeting...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Hartville, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for using a minor to produce child pornography. Chelese Penn, 25, of Hartville, was sentenced by U.S. District...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - News continues to get worse for the president’s health law as South Carolina’s co-op announced that it would shutter in 2016. South Carolina’s closure brings the total to nine out of the original 23 co-ops that will be out of operation in 2016, bringing the total cost to taxpayers to $917,524,470. South Carolina’s news comes on the heels of co-ops in Tennessee, Colorado, and Oregon announcing that they too would close.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, released the following statement following the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to approve the application for a permit to drill (APD) for the Greater Moose’s Tooth Unit One (GMT-1) project. The GMT-1 project is the first development wholly located within ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today convened the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine Puerto Rico’s financial crisis. The committee received testimony on actions that could be taken and structural reforms that could be implemented - at the local and federal levels - to resolve the crisis in Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Doriean Barberi, 37, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for transporting a minor across state lines for prostitution purposes.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Last weekend, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined over 600 folks for Kalamazoo’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. Over 100 teams braved the morning chill to raise over $60,000 and help boost awareness and research for breast cancer. According to the American...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Inhofe, Boxer Statement on House Committee Passage of Long-Term Transportation Bill
By EPA Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced they were issuing the operating license of the Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 in Tennessee...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - Travis Matthews, 28, of Dayton was sentenced today to 73 months in prison for possession of a firearm after having been previously convicted of a felony offense.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday, the Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), reviewed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ plan to update and strengthen the Medicare Part D Medication Therapy Management Program (MTM). The original goal of the program was to encourage senior patients...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Last weekend, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined over 600 folks for Kalamazoo’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. Over 100 teams braved the morning chill to raise over $60,000 and help boost awareness and research for breast cancer. According to the American...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced they were issuing the operating license of the Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 in Tennessee...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a legislative hearing examining S. 611, the Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act. The bill, which passed the Senate by Unanimous Consent, is the companion to H.R. 2853 - a bill introduced by Subcommittee Vice Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS).
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today commending the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for approving new reforms today at the Commission’s October meeting...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - News continues to get worse for the president’s health law as South Carolina’s co-op announced that it would shutter in 2016. South Carolina’s closure brings the total to nine out of the original 23 co-ops that will be out of operation in 2016, bringing the total cost to taxpayers to $917,524,470. South Carolina’s news comes on the heels of co-ops in Tennessee, Colorado, and Oregon announcing that they too would close.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield gynecologist was arrested today in connection with allegedly accepting free meals and speaker fees from a pharmaceutical company in return for prescribing its osteoporosis drugs, allowing pharmaceutical sales representatives to access patient records and lying to federal investigators.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Defendant Fondled Victim While She Was Sleeping.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced they were issuing the operating license of the Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 in Tennessee...
