News from February 2016
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Madam Secretary, welcome back to the Labor-HHS subcommittee. It has been exactly one year to the day since your last appearance here. I want to express my gratitude for the work you and your Department do.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, led 18 of her colleagues on a letter to President Obama raising concerns about the impacts of a Presidential Memorandum he issued late last year on resource mitigation. While the new memorandum is ostensibly meant to increase private investment and streamline federal permitting, Murkowski and her colleagues questioned whether it would impede rather than advance those goals.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney John Walsh and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Stephen Boyd announce the prosecution of several recent criminal tax offenders in the District of Colorado. With tax filing season in full swing, federal officials remind citizens that it is important to file complete...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy and Power Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced legislation that would deny Corporate Average Fuel...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $25,000 civil settlement with Dr. Richard Bravman, Dr. John Langston, and their Cape Cod dental practice, Bravman, Langston, and Associates, LLC in connection with the practice’s flawed recordkeeping of controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID M. JOHNSON, 28, of Enfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 97 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing three armed bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: EDI Owner Enters Pretrial Diversion for His Role in Fraud Scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its ongoing efforts to protect jobs and small businesses, the House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved H.R. 4596, the Small Business Broadband Deployment Act. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) issued the following statement today commending the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for proposing to revise its regulations for Risk Management Program (RMP) facilities in order to better protect workers and communities around chemical facilities.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: In advance of their first idea forum today, the chairs of the Task Force on Health Care Reform released their mission statement. This mission statement, laying out the goals of the task force, marks the next step in the development of a bold, pro-growth agenda that Republicans will present to the country in the coming months.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) invites photographers to submit entries for an exhibit at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The NPS is looking for striking digital images highlighting the spectacular views, historic sites, recreational opportunities, and diversity of life in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 1: 0 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled “The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy." The House Judiciary Committee previously held member briefings on encryption, which included a briefing from technology companies and a classified briefing from the government.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its ongoing efforts to protect jobs and small businesses, the House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved H.R. 4596, the Small Business Broadband Deployment Act. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden...
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) met with dozens of families who have been waiting years for the Congolese government to allow their legally adopted children to be united with their parents. During the town-hall-style meeting, families had an opportunity to hear from members of Congress about their efforts to resolve this problem and bring their children home.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that seven individuals have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two individuals were sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Three defendants were sentenced today in federal court in Beckley, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: In advance of their first idea forum today, the chairs of the Task Force on Health Care Reform released their mission statement. This mission statement, laying out the goals of the task force, marks the next step in the development of a bold, pro-growth agenda that Republicans will present to the country in the coming months.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) issued the following statement today commending the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for proposing to revise its regulations for Risk Management Program (RMP) facilities in order to better protect workers and communities around chemical facilities.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, March 3, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Disrupter Series: Wearable Devices."
