News from January 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “A Legislative Hearing on Four Communications Bills."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today regarding a concerning new report that shows 7 in 10 U.S. middle and high school youth were exposed to e-cigarette ads in 2014, which may contribute increases in e-cigarette use among youth. Pallone once...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Latite Roofing and Sheet Metal LLC
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2016 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: Members of the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) have signed a winter operations plan that aims to reduce the current population of 4,900 animals. Because the Yellowstone bison population has high reproductive and survival rates, it will be necessary to cull 600-900 animals to offset the population increase expected this year. IBMP managers will decrease the population using two methods.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed President Obama to the discussion about reforming our nation’s mental health policies, an issue the committee has long been working to address.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Avaun Johnson, age 29, of Glen Burnie, today to 151 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin and being a felon in possession of a gun.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today regarding a concerning new report that shows 7 in 10 U.S. middle and high school youth were exposed to e-cigarette ads in 2014, which may contribute increases in e-cigarette use among youth. Pallone once...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today regarding a concerning new report that shows 7 in 10 U.S. middle and high school youth were exposed to e-cigarette ads in 2014, which may contribute increases in e-cigarette use among youth. Pallone once...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R.__, the EPS Improvement Act of 2016," authored by Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC).
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Litchfield contractor Michael Cahoon, who does business as High & Dry Roofing, knows he must protect his employees against falls and other hazards at his jobsites. Yet, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited him repeatedly for putting workers in danger of deadly and disabling falls, most recently in Manchester.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R.__, the EPS Improvement Act of 2016," authored by Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R.__, the EPS Improvement Act of 2016," authored by Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC).
By EPA Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “A Legislative Hearing on Four Communications Bills."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: MONROE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent Eric Watson and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that four Ruston residents were sentenced Monday for their roles in a cocaine distribution ring operating in the Lincoln Parish, Louisiana area.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy has selected a Battelle Memorial Institute-led team to drill a test borehole of over 16,000 feet into a crystalline basement rock formation near Rugby, North Dakota. This is an important step in exploring the science needed for utilization of deep boreholes in crystalline...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), unveiled a draft bill, the Viewer Protection Act, which empowers the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to fully protect both broadcast viewers and mobile broadband users who may be affected by the upcoming Broadcast Incentive Auction.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a legislative hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “A Legislative Hearing on Four Communications Bills."
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed President Obama to the discussion about reforming our nation’s mental health policies, an issue the committee has long been working to address.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 4, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Susquehanna Supply Company Inc., is headquartered at 2 Rose Street in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The inspected location was a work site just outside Little Fishing Creek on State Route 4021 Eyers Grove Road in Millville, Pennsylvania. The bridge repair and construction company was contracted by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to rehabilitate a small steel-frame bridge over the creek.
