News from April 2016
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup for Monday, April 18, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider several bills that improve Americans’ access to pubic safety, improve spectrum...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today continued its oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Members pressed NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind on the implementation of the committee’s...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup for Monday, April 18, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider several bills that improve Americans’ access to pubic safety, improve spectrum...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), is currently holding a hearing on H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016. The hearing continues the subcommittee’s efforts to protect jobs, economic growth, and the public health. The bipartisan bill seeks to...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Sandra Candanosa of Concord, California, has been named the regional recipient of the National Park Service George and Helen Hartzog Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service (link to photo of Sandra ).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome to all of our witnesses - I’m looking forward to hearing your testimony.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 21, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “EPA’s Brownfields Program: Empowering Cleanup and Encouraging Economic Redevelopment."
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at a Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Hearing on automobile safety and oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Ellwood Quillen, Jr., 66, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged today by Indictment with three counts of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The charges arise from the Oct. 26, 2015 robbery of the TD Bank, located at 401 W Lancaster Avenue, in Haverford...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 21, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “EPA’s Brownfields Program: Empowering Cleanup and Encouraging Economic Redevelopment."
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: “King Cove Has Suffered Enough from Interior’s Heartless Rejection of a
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today held a business meeting where the Chairman’s Mark to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was favorably reported out of the Committee on a 11-9 vote. Due to scheduling, the final vote occurred off the Senate floor. The manager’s package was considered as part of the underlying bill text without objection.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at an Energy and Power Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 4775, the deceptively named “Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Employee Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Transportation and Possession of Child Pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 1:00pm on Tuesday, April 19 at park headquarters located on the corner of Red Jacket Road and Hwy. US-41 in Calumet.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 21, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “EPA’s Brownfields Program: Empowering Cleanup and Encouraging Economic Redevelopment."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 48-month prison sentence yesterday for a former state prison inmate who mailed a letter threatening to kill a Monroe County Common Pleas judge.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at a Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Hearing on automobile safety and oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced that China has terminated an extensive export subsidies program challenged by the Administration at the World Trade Organization (WTO) last year.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders today introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) pipeline safety program and maintain the safety of our nation’s pipeline network.
