News from October 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This afternoon, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) appeared on MSNBC’s Meet the Press Daily with Chuck Todd to discuss his support of Kevin McCarthy for Speaker, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the importance of offering solutions to the challenges facing our nation.
By State Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to ongoing revelations about the extent of sexual exploitation and abuse at the hands of United Nations (UN) peacekeepers, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is urging the United States to exercise leadership at the UN citing ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today called the White House’s efforts to address prescription drug abuse and heroin use a “welcome step." The committee has held a number of hearings in the last year on the growing opioid epidemic and steps that should...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a legislative hearing to discuss a draft auto bill prepared by Committee Republicans. Unfortunately, even in wake of a spike in traffic fatalities and a record number of vehicle recalls, the draft fails make improvements to auto safety, and instead, weakens current environmental and consumer protections already in place.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mario Gomez, 29, a former resident of Albuquerque, N.M., who now resides in Denver, Colo., entered a guilty plea today in federal court to cocaine trafficking charges. The guilty plea was entered pursuant to a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: A grand jury returned an indictment charging Gerald D. Dotson, 45, of Cleveland, with 27 counts of filing false tax returns, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Donald William Butler, 56, of Saint Marys, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court today for his role in a methamphetamine manufacturing operation based in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today discussed draft legislation to improve vehicle safety on American roads. The staff draft addresses a number of areas of vehicle safety including improving recall awareness, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - “We have to secure our borders," Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said in his opening remarks at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday, “not just for the illegal immigration issue, but for national security, for public health and safety. This is a serious matter; it deserves serious attention.".
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, October 28 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Breaking Down Barriers to Broadband Infrastructure Deployment."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former Belmont man who fled to Columbia in the early 1990s pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with the fraudulent sales of non-existent rare scholarly books to universities, seminaries and churches.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced membership on the United Soybean Board will increase from 70 to 73 members due to changes in production levels that have occurred since the board was last reapportioned in 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a free ranger-guided car caravan tour on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, at 2 pm in association with the 152nd anniversary of the Battle of Wauhatchie.This 90-minute tour will begin at the Chattanooga Arboretum and Nature Center parking lot at 400 Garden Road, Chattanooga, TN 37419.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tonight, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivered the following statement.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a legislative hearing to discuss a draft auto bill prepared by Committee Republicans. Unfortunately, even in wake of a spike in traffic fatalities and a record number of vehicle recalls, the draft fails make improvements to auto safety, and instead, weakens current environmental and consumer protections already in place.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Team Honored at Annual Justice Department Ceremony.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: Continuing the examination of nuclear material management from last month’s hearing on the transportation of nuclear materials, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Update on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Issues."
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 692, the Default Prevention Act.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today discussed draft legislation to improve vehicle safety on American roads. The staff draft addresses a number of areas of vehicle safety including improving recall awareness, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Polo, Ill. woman was charged yesterday by a federal grand jury for embezzling funds. KAYLA BERGSTROM, 46, of Polo, Ill., was First Vice-President of First State Bank, with branches located in Polo and Shannon, Ill. As alleged in the indictment, as Vice-President, Bergstrom had the highest...
