News from April 2016
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Fiscal Year 2017 budget request. All four NRC commissioners testified on behalf of the budget request.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the safety and security of U.S. bioresearch labs, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released its own supplemental memo ahead of today’s hearing. The memo details the committee’s investigation on the 2014 discovery of smallpox vials at the NIH’s Bethesda, Maryland, facility.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: On April 23rd, Yellowstone National Park, the Yellowstone Environmental Coordinating Committee (YECC), and community partners from Gardiner, Montana will celebrate the 46th anniversary of Earth Day with a community clean-up, waste collection and recycling opportunities, youth activities, information on local environmental initiatives, and more. All Earth Day activities are free of charge and located at the Gardiner Public School.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A superseding indictment was unsealed today charging six people in a robbery conspiracy that took place in Allentown, PA, and included seven robberies over a month-long period. Jacob Pabon, 19, and Lytic Fauntleroy, 19, were charged in December 2015 with robbery which interferes with interstate...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JORGE MALDONADO-RIOS, age 29, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to illegal reentry of a removed alien and conspiracy to transfer identification documents.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing focusing on the need for stronger oversight of high-containment laboratories.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that late Wednesday morning, a federal jury in East St. Louis found Rodney A. Mathes, 49, of Cahokia, Illinois, guilty of stealing firearms from a federal firearms licensee and possession of firearms by a felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the safety and security of U.S. bioresearch labs, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released its own supplemental memo ahead of today’s hearing. The memo details the committee’s investigation on the 2014 discovery of smallpox vials at the NIH’s Bethesda, Maryland, facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Federal officials have seized what is believed to be the longest cross-border tunnel ever discovered with an estimated length of more than eight football fields, plus more than a ton of cocaine was confiscated, making it the single-largest cocaine seizure ever associated with a tunnel along the California-Mexico border.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at a Health Subcommittee Markup of 12 bills to address our nation’s opioid abuse epidemic.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed five bipartisan measures, including H.R. 3694, Strategy to Oppose Predatory Organ Trafficking Act. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Dave Trott (R-MI), combats trafficking in human organs.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following opening statement at a Health Subcommittee Markup of 12 bills to address our nation’s opioid abuse epidemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: “My view and the view of most of my colleagues today is, as the saying goes: ‘Better late than never.’.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the heels of a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the safety and security of U.S. bioresearch labs, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released its own supplemental memo ahead of today’s hearing. The memo details the committee’s investigation on the 2014 discovery of smallpox vials at the NIH’s Bethesda, Maryland, facility.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing work to address the opioid and drug abuse crisis facing our nation, the Health Subcommittee will vote this afternoon on a number of bipartisan solutions.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s announcement of criminal charges against Michigan Department of Environmental Quality employees Steven Busch and Michael Prysby in connection with his ongoing investigation into the Flint water crisis...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - During a hearing held today by the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives to examine The Pricing of Fetal Tissue, Fay Clayton, a lead Democrat witness, told the panel that StemExpress should be asked to turn over their banking records and documents to determine if they have or haven’t profited from the sale of baby body parts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: Defendant Processed and Kept Pay Checks for Himself Even Though His Salary Was Directly Deposited Into His Personal Bank Account.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today HARRY J. MOREL, JR., age 73, pled guilty to obstruction of justice in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1512(d)(1).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA), Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and 15 additional members of Congress introduced the American Manufacturing Competitiveness...
