News from April 2016
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to leaders on the Appropriations Committee urging them to oppose efforts to include a provision in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations bill that would overturn state laws that protect truck drivers from being docked for meal and bathroom breaks.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing entitled, “H.R. 4775, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016." Members examined the EPA’s revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone, the practical...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced the final well control rule for offshore energy exploration and development. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Ajo, Arizona -This year the National Park Service centennial National Park Week ends April 24 with a prescription from Desert Senita Community Health Center to get healthy hiking at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Walter Cayce recommends healthy outdoor activities and "Organ Pipe Cactus offers many levels of trails to get people started on a walking plan.".
By EPA 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 USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - following today’s Committee markup of Chairman Roberts’ CFTC Reauthorization bill.
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: 21 Individuals Indicted for Violating the Rico Act in Puerto Rico.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing entitled, “H.R. 4775, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016." Members examined the EPA’s revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone, the practical...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF 2016 STORM REFUGE PERMITS FOR HURRICANE HOLE.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has announced the witnesses for the Tuesday, April 19, 2016, hearing entitled, “Deciphering the Debate Over Encryption: Industry and Law Enforcement Perspectives."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI -Senior District Court Judge Raymond Finch sentenced today Michael Velez, 36, to three years of probation, six months of electronic monitoring, and a $500 fine on one count of manufacture of marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, released the following statement in response to the Department of the Interior’s final Well Control Rule:
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: On Saturday and Sunday, April 30 - May 1st, from 11am to 4pm, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites visitors to experience a living history event at the town’s oldest structure, the Harper House when it was a War of 1812 recruitment station. The structure was run as Williamson Tavern where military...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building, entitled “How Secure are U.S. Bioresearch Labs? Preventing the Next Safety Lapse." The hearing will focus on the need for stronger oversight of high-containment laboratories.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) hailed the release of the final Well Control Rule today, an offshore drilling safety regulation nearly five years in the making. The Rule is a direct result of the BP oil spill that contaminated marine and wildlife habitats in the Gulf of Mexico and many deem the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that DAVID ADAMS, 55, of Old Saybrook, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint that charges him with one count of filing a false tax return.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building, entitled “How Secure are U.S. Bioresearch Labs? Preventing the Next Safety Lapse." The hearing will focus on the need for stronger oversight of high-containment laboratories.
By EPA 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: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian J. Counihan, who handled the case, stated that the defendant was convicted in 2009 of harboring illegal aliens. Subsequent to that conviction, Feria was removed from the United States to Mexico for having illegally entered the United States and committing the felony. In 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement found the defendant working at a Mexican restaurant in Olean.
