News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Patrick S. O'Mara, 54, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud related to falsely claiming he had been injured on duty as a police officer, was sentenced to six months in prison and two years supervised release by Senior U.S. District Judge William M Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution to the City of Buffalo totaling $103,946.28.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, October 7, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “EPA’s CO2 Regulations for New and Existing Plants." The sole witness will be EPA Acting Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe, Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A member of a citizen group known as “Rusty’s Rangers" or “Rusty’s Regulators" has been found guilty of four counts of felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Kevin Lyndel Massey, 48, of Quinlan was found guilty this afternoon following a bench trial before the U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today applauding Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler for directing the FCC to approve new rules designed to lower prisoner phone call bills at the Commission's October meeting...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries are hosting the final of four annual saddle-trained horse adoption events Oct. 17 at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center located at 1721 Snyder Avenue, south of Carson City, Nevada.Twelve wild horses...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, October 7, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “EPA’s CO2 Regulations for New and Existing Plants." The sole witness will be EPA Acting Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe, Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Executive Session, Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) submitted remarks on several bipartisan bills to improve the health and wellbeing of families and communities. The Protecting Our Infants Act, the Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act, and the Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act all passed the Committee by voice vote.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved bipartisan legislation authored by committee member Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) that would protect children from exposure to e-liquids containing nicotine (a product used in open system e-cigarettes and...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Washington D.C. -During an appearance tonight on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform who is currently leading the investigation of Planned Parenthood, admitted that he has identified no evidence that Planned Parenthood has violated any laws...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved a reconciliation proposal introduced pursuant to S. Con. Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016. By repealing the so-called auto-enrollment mandate in the president’s health ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Marking an important milestone in the multi-year, multi-Congress effort to modernize the nation’s energy laws, the Energy and Commerce Committee today approved H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015, by a bipartisan vote of _to_. Full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) first unveiled the Architecture of Abundance initiative in July of 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A local man who admitted failing to pay over payroll taxes for tax years 2008 through 2012 was sentenced today, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Chairman Bob Gibbs (R-OH). Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Hearing on “The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: A Review of the Progress and Challenges in Restoring the Great Lakes". Sept. 30, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Great Lakes are a vital resource for both...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 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 President Obama for signing into law the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015. The Act included three bipartisan reauthorizations: Mandatory Price Reporting, the National Forest Foundation Act, and the U.S. Grain Standards Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Michael Massey, 26, of Lexington, Tennessee, and Demario Winston, 27, of Clarksville, Tennessee, were each sentenced to 28 years in prison for killing during a home invasion robbery, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Jonathon M. Ford, 38, of Fenton, Missouri, was sentenced today in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, for Bank Robbery, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Vitter, Inhofe Announce Growing Republican Support For Chemical Safety Reform
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today applauding Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler for directing the FCC to approve new rules designed to lower prisoner phone call bills at the Commission's October meeting...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) issued the following statement in reaction to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (IG) report on an investigation into U.S. Secret Service employees improperly accessing and circulating sensitive, personal information of the Chairman.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders this week continued the investigation into Planned Parenthood’s abortion practices and its handling of fetal tissue. The leaders sent letters to Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the heads of seven...
