News from February 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following the World Health Organization’s declaration that the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitos and may cause birth defects, is a public health emergency, bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today reached out to U.S. government health experts. The leaders...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following the World Health Organization’s declaration that the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitos and may cause birth defects, is a public health emergency, bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today reached out to U.S. government health experts. The leaders...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today advanced debate on her broad, bipartisan energy bill by providing a synopsis of how it will benefit her home state of Alaska. She focused on how the bill will help the state produce more energy and help consumers use less energy, creating new opportunities and lowering costs, especially in rural areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Nathaniel Wright, Jr., age 58, of Gaithersburg, Maryland today to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following the World Health Organization’s declaration that the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitos and may cause birth defects, is a public health emergency, bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today reached out to U.S. government health experts. The leaders...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: The Wyoming Resource Advisory Council scheduled for Feb. 3-5, in Rock Springs, Wyoming, was postponed due to weather conditions and road closures.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) published the following today on Medium.com (see the post HERE )...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced the witnesses for the Committee’s first hearing of the year that will focus on Reaching America’s Potential: Delivering Growth and Opportunity for All Americans. The Committee is pleased to welcome Doug Holtz-Eakin, Kevin Hassett, Stephen Moore, and Jared Bernstein.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Let's say you're a biotechnologist working to develop new medicines or a better test for forensic analysis. You might find yourself frequently using absorbance spectroscopy, a technique that allows researchers to identify even small amounts of a substance such as DNA or an antibody based on how it absorbs light.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: CANTON, Ohio - A 39-year-old worker suffered multiple broken bones after he fell more than 40 feet while conducting maintenance on a crane at TimkenSteel's Faircrest Plant. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found the company failed to provide the worker adequate fall protection. The Aug. 7, 2015, injury was the second life-threatening injury at a TimkenSteel plant since May 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced significant enforcement activity including arrests targeting Lebanese Hizballah’s External Security Organization Business Affairs (BAC), which is involved in international criminal activities such as drug trafficking and drug proceed...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding the fourth-quarter GDP report.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that the agency is accepting nominations for six positions on the 12-member National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces the following flight plans for February 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kevin Ha, 24, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to three years of probation for conspiring with others to distribute marijuana in the Madison area. Ha pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 20, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in reaction to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report on federal spending and the 2026 exhaustion date of Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District Office and Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) is seeking input regarding issues related to wildlife management activities in wilderness and wilderness study areas.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released an issue analysis paper [PDF here] prepared by the Committee’s Democratic staff focused on worker rights in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. The analysis paper is part of the Committee Democrats’...
