News from February 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) today released the results of a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) expressing concerns with lax oversight and weak eligibility controls of Obamacare’s data hub and federal exchange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Fourteen alleged members of two violent street gangs in South Carolina and alleged associates of both gangs have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise and using firearms in the commission of attempted murder in aid of racketeering activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that William L. Dodson, of North Charleston, South Carolina was charged in a 1-count indictment. William L. Dodson was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, a violation of Title 18, U. S. C. §922(g).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a free one hour, ranger-guided program on Saturday, March 5 at 2 pm. This program will discuss President Andrew Jackson and how he can be viewed not only as an American hero, but perhaps also...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing entitled, “DOE for the 21st Century: Science, Environment, and National Security Missions." Members examined two Congressional advisory panels’ findings and recommendations concerning...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) today released the results of a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) expressing concerns with lax oversight and weak eligibility controls of Obamacare’s data hub and federal exchange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Nathan Baum, age 30, of East Greenbush, New York, pled guilty today to tampering with a consumer product and obtaining controlled substances by deception and subterfuge.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced the first hearing of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives will be held on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. The hearing will begin at 10:00am Eastern Time in room HVC-210 at the U.S. Capitol. Members of the Select Investigative Panel will hear testimony from expert witnesses on the issue of Bioethics and Fetal Tissue.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh on a charge of mail fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced the first hearing of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives will be held on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. The hearing will begin at 10:00am Eastern Time in room HVC-210 at the U.S. Capitol. Members of the Select Investigative Panel will hear testimony from expert witnesses on the issue of Bioethics and Fetal Tissue.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, NY-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Haifang Wen, aka Harry, 41, of Pullman, WA, his brother Bin Wen, aka Ben, 44, and Ben’s wife Pang Wen, 43, aka Jessica, both formerly of Horseheads, NY and most recently of Great Falls, VA, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: The year 2016 marks two great anniversaries that will be celebrated both in Tuskegee, Alabama and across the nation.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today welcomed the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s announcement that a deal has been reached with the Association of Public Television Stations and PBS to ensure carriage of public television stations on the nation’s cable systems.
By State Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing at which Secretary of State John Kerry will testify. The hearing is entitled “Strengthening U.S. Leadership in a Turbulent World: The FY 2017 Foreign Affairs Budget.".
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn today announced the first hearing of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives will be held on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. The hearing will begin at 10:00am Eastern Time in room HVC-210 at the U.S. Capitol. Members of the Select Investigative Panel will hear testimony from expert witnesses on the issue of Bioethics and Fetal Tissue.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WHO: A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell providing testimony on the department’s proposed budget.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House voted to pass H.R.3442, the Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act, introduced by Ways and Means member Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX). Before its passage, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady spoke in support of this commonsense bill.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced new appointments to the BLM Idaho Falls District’s 15 member citizen-based Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the agency on public land management issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2016
News Release: Juneau, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a Juneau man was indicted for the distribution of child pornography.
