News from July 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Oversight and Investigations Subcomittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during consideration of the so-called "Conscience Protection Act":
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Eric V. Bartoli, who was indicted in 2003 and was a fugitive for more than a decade, pleaded guilty to defrauding hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars in the 1990s, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis on Tuesday sentenced Misael Melendez, a/k/a Salao, 50, to 50 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Chief Judge Lewis also ordered Melendez to pay a $100 special assessment and a $2,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Oversight and Investigations Subcomittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during consideration of the so-called "Conscience Protection Act":
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA was enacted by Congress in 1980 and governs the cleanup of hazardous waste sites, as well as accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants into the environment.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Salt Lake City-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office has filed a Petition/Application with the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw 747.10 acres of federally- administered public land at the Simpson Springs Recreation Management Area and Historic Site in Tooele County, Utah. The...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The news keeps getting worse for taxpayers on the hook for the Obamacare CO-OP mess. The Illinois Department of Insurance announced yesterday evening that Land of Lincoln Health would shutter, forcing its nearly 50,000 participants to find new coverage. Illinois brings the total to 16...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Hearing on “Disrupter Series: Health Care Apps:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon its bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House Energy and Commerce Committee today advanced three public health bills.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on Oversight of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Implementation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - In the first federal prosecution of its kind, a high-frequency trader was sentenced today to three years in prison for disrupting commodity futures prices in a $1.4 million fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed S. 304, the Conscience Protection Act. S. 304 has a clear and simple goal of preventing government discrimination against health care entities that refuse to participate in abortion. The legislation passed by a vote of 245-182.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Salt Lake City-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will hold a field tour and meeting July 27-28, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Jefferson City, Mo., man has been convicted at trial of possessing and receiving child pornography over the Internet.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House floor today to emphasize the important role career and technical education, or CTE, plays in preparing students to compete in the workforce. As she explained, the bipartisan Strengthening Career and ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: DUTCH JOHN, Utah - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Chenega Security and Support Solutions, LLC an $8.3 million contract on Tuesday, June 12, 2016, to provide around the clock security services for Flaming Gorge Dam, Powerplant and Visitor’s Center. These services will protect the dam and associated facilities-including critical assets, employees and visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MEINARDO ALONSO-CASTILLO, age 30, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for the unlawful transfer of identification documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I support H.R. 68, which would reauthorize and update the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program. This program is an important part of the comprehensive effort to help states improve and operate their juvenile justice systems.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on Oversight of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Implementation...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT ) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) introduced a resolution expressing strong support for closer economic and commercial ties between the United States and the United Kingdom following the decision of the people of the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union.
