News from January 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced that the Committee will hold its first hearing of the year on Tuesday, January 26th at 10:00 AM. The hearing will focus on reaching America’s potential through pro-growth policies that deliver opportunities for all Americans.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: ABU DHABI - The UAE Ministry of Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) co-sponsored a workshop today to examine technological and economic factors for carbon dioxide (CO2) utilization to recover oil and water in the Gulf Region. The workshop took place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center during the World Future Energy Summit and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today welcomed the announcement by Chairman Lamar Alexander that the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee had scheduled a series of mark ups on its medical innovation package.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Mississippi Polymers Inc. Inspection site: 2733 South Harper Road, Corinth, Mississippi. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on Jan. 14 for 11 serious safety violations. Inspection findings: OSHA...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Industry Perspectives on the Consumer Product Safety Commission."
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Industry Perspectives on the Consumer Product Safety Commission."
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Thursday, Jan. 28, to examine ways to empower job creators to offer and increase access to savings plans for their employees. The hearing, titled “Helping Americans Prepare for Retirement: Increasing Access, Participation and Coverage in Retirement Savings Plans," will take place at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: WEST BRANCH, IOWA-Herbert Hoover National Historic Site seeks artists for the national park's 2016 Artist-in-Residence Program. This year, the park is looking for a videographer, photographer, recording artist, or any other artist who can provide content for the park's digital media services (such as its website, mobile app, and social media outlets).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: Fritch, TX -- Fire managers plan to conduct prescribed burns at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area. A single prescribed burn is planned totaling approximately 1,200 acres. Prescribed burning will occur at the south end of the park in the Rosita off-road area.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Statement on DOI's Decision to Halt Coal Leasing on Federal Lands
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R- IL) expressed concern after reviewing the National Taxpayer Advocate’s annual report to Congress about the most serious problems taxpayers face when dealing with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today welcomed the announcement by Chairman Lamar Alexander that the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee had scheduled a series of mark ups on its medical innovation package.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of the Energy Department’s Grid Modernization Initiative announced by Secretary Ernest Moniz last week to improve the resiliency, reliability and security of the nation’s electrical power grid, DOE today announced $18 million in funding for six new projects across the United...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - As they recover from the impacts of severe storms and tornadoes, Florida's emergency workers, employers, and the public at-large should be aware of the hazards they may encounter and take necessary steps to stay safe, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ryan Poulin, 25, formerly of Glastonbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by six years of supervised release, for distributing heroin to a minor.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 3797, the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act and H.R.__, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns (BRICK) Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: Today U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will review the Texas-led ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Industry Perspectives on the Consumer Product Safety Commission."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - A federal jury convicted Steven Ray Morgan, 48, of Schenectady, New York, of five felony charges including conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and possession of a firearm by a felon.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today welcomed the announcement by Chairman Lamar Alexander that the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee had scheduled a series of mark ups on its medical innovation package.
