News from September 2015
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: In 1950, WSM announcer David Cobb first used the term “Music City U.S.A." on air. By then, Nashville was already home to blues, R&B, gospel, jazz, country western music and more. Tennesseans are proud of the fact that Nashville writes and produces the music that speaks to many beating hearts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted the following defendants on charges arising from a scheme to defraud elderly victims of millions of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS - Earlier this week the United States Department of Justice announced that nearly $18 million in Community Oriented Policing Services Office (COPS) grant funding was awarded through the COPS Anti-Gang Initiative, COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force Program, and the COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program.
By Commerce 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 Homeland Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Recent news reports from the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Daily Beast suggest that military intelligence reporting was manipulated to reflect the President’s narrative that the U.S. is winning the war against terrorists in Iraq and Syria, specifically the Islamic State (ISIS) and al Nusra.
By Commerce 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jonathan Rivera, 34, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of a firearm and ammunition while being a convicted felon, was sentenced to 50 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways will be conducting a managed youth deer hunt October 10-11 at Big Spring. This managed hunt is being conducted in partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation and has been made available to 10 applicants who will be using firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Jeffrey F. Bohn (55, Riverview) guilty of two counts of making false statements to government investigators. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on each count. A sentencing hearing has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DAI VAN TRAN, age 33, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with attempted possession with intent to distribute ethylone.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze announced today that he has selected three veteran land managers to serve in state director positions in New Mexico, Nevada and California.New MexicoAmy Lueders will serve as the BLM New Mexico State Director overseeing more than 13.4 million acres...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved reconciliation recommendations that together save more than $1 billion. The recommendations would repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund created in the president’s health care law, stop states from receiving federal dollars for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, and invest in Community Health Centers to promote higher quality access health care options for women and men.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved reconciliation recommendations that together save more than $1 billion. The recommendations would repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund created in the president’s health care law, stop states from receiving federal dollars for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, and invest in Community Health Centers to promote higher quality access health care options for women and men.
By DOE 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: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that on Sept. 29, 2015, a federal jury in New Haven found DAVID C. JACKSON, also known as “C.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 30, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, October 7, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Improving Federal Spectrum Systems."
By DOE 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 EPA 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 Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, responded to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO ) report that analyzed the security of federal agencies’ networks. The report found that until agencies correct longstanding security deficiencies, federal systems will remain at increased and unnecessary risk of attack or compromise.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2015
News Release: GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, AK - The National Park Service has selected Aramark Sports and Entertainment Services, LLC, to provide lodging, tour boat, food and beverage, and other services under a new 10-year concession contract at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
