News from January 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: “The Commission’s report on the potential economic impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) comes at a turning point in American trade policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Henry Lionel Garvin, age 36, of Hyattsville, Maryland today to 20 years in prison, followed by 13 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug offense.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- ParkQuest is the current show in Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery. It features twenty-eight paintings by Patricia Rottino Cummins created during eleven national park residencies from coast to coast. The free exhibit is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily through Feb. 28, 2016. The public is invited to meet the artist during a full-moon reception on Sunday, January 24 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: As part of its efforts to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, Natchez National Historical Park has broken ground on two projects at the historic Melrose estate that will help make the site as wheelchair accessible as possible. Melrose already has designated handicap parking spaces and paved walkways to the visitor center and mansion.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Use of Quarantine to Identify Brucellosis-free Yellowstone Bison for Relocation Elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Twelve individuals in multiple cities were arrested on charges alleging their participation in a marijuana conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit. U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Homeland Security (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden also made the announcement with DEA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: On Jan. 13, 2016, Ayiko L. Paulette, 40, of Cahokia, Illinois, was sentenced in federal court in East St. Louis after having previously pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises, being a Felon in Possession of Firearms, Distribution of Cocaine, ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: Late last year the president finally said #Yes2Energy and signed into law a provision lifting the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports. Lifting the ban was a priority for the Energy and Commerce Committee and the House passed legislation, H.R. 702, authored by Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX), and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that, on Monday, Phillip Dixon, Jr., a/k/a “Cheddar," 28, of Manteca, CA, was sentenced to 180 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Dixon pleaded guilty on April 16, 2015, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: Late last year the president finally said #Yes2Energy and signed into law a provision lifting the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports. Lifting the ban was a priority for the Energy and Commerce Committee and the House passed legislation, H.R. 702, authored by Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX), and...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ -Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, in partnership with the Arizona Humanities Council and Friends of Casa Grande Ruins, will kick off the 2016 Speaker Series for the general public at noon on Wednesday January 20th. The first speaker in the series will be Geta LeSeur who will present...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) sent a letter to the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Justice calling on these Federal ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested the nonpartisan watchdog Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) role in assisting states transitioning from a state-based information technology...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to sink a recent Obama Administration rule that gives the federal government sweeping new authority to regulate virtually all waters or wet areas in the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: Late last year the president finally said #Yes2Energy and signed into law a provision lifting the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports. Lifting the ban was a priority for the Energy and Commerce Committee and the House passed legislation, H.R. 702, authored by Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton (R-TX), and...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement applauding President Obama’s State of the Union address...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting on Jan. 20 to markup Committee Print: Improving Child Nutrition Integrity and Access Act of 2016.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican Members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), are still waiting for answers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Subcommittee members posed several dozen questions to CMS Deputy Administrator Vikki Wachino...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: This year's From Shore to Sea lecture series is extended to a monthly series in honor of the National Park Service (NPS) Centennial. The series opens with a talk by Gary Davis, former NPS Chief Ocean Scientist, on the past, present, and future of Channel Islands National Park, our nation's 40th national park.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican Members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), are still waiting for answers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Subcommittee members posed several dozen questions to CMS Deputy Administrator Vikki Wachino...
