News from July 2016
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - TOMORROW, Thursday, July 14, 2016, at 9:30am Eastern Time, Chairman Marsha Blackburn and Majority Members of the Select Investigative Panel will hold a Press Conference with House Majority Whip Steve Scalise to provide an update on the Panel’s investigation. The press conference will be held in the Capitol Visitor Center, HVC Studio A (access through HVC-117).
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement in opposition to the No 2H20 from Iran Act (H.R. 5119 ) on the House floor...
By EPA 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 Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Glacier National ParkMedia Release. July 13, 2016. Margie Steigerwald 406-888-5838. Tim Rains 406-888-7895. MEDIA16- 42. Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day in Waterton Lakes National Park. Learn From Scientists and Historians Working in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. WEST GLACIER, MONT...
By Commerce 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 DOE 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 Commerce 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 EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing as part of the ongoing Disrupter Series to examine how mobile health care apps are disrupting the ways that doctors and patients engage in the health system and...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Houghton, MI - Throughout the summer, join a park ranger for stories and programs focused on the wonders and wildlife of Isle Royale. Programs range from 30 to 60 minutes for families and kids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: (GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Andracos Marshall, a/k/a “Draco," 42, of Bowie, Maryland, to 23 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and money laundering...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s overwhelming passage of the conference report to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. The House passed the package on July 8, by a vote of 407 to 5.
By EPA 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 DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 25 Senators introduced a resolution calling for the termination of the Select Investigative Panel of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, established...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Andracos Marshall, a/k/a “Draco," age 42, of Bowie, Maryland, to 23 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute cocaine; possession with intent to distribute cocaine; and money laundering...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 12, 2016, Cory M. Yant (age: 35) of Appleton, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Washington -Ten employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) were sworn in as Foreign Service Officers today during a ceremony at USDA headquarters in Washington. The new officers will begin their Foreign Service careers working as agricultural attachés at U.S. embassies in nine countries.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation to help communities across the country better prepare for and respond to active shooter and mass casualty events. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) has also introduced a companion bill in the House.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s overwhelming passage of the conference report to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. The House passed the package on July 8, by a vote of 407 to 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Natchez, Miss - Dr. Lawrence Edsel Stewart, 59, of McComb, Mississippi, pled guilty today, before Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III, to distributing and dispensing a schedule IV controlled substance outside the scope of professional practice, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel Comeaux with the Drug Enforcement Administration - New Orleans Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing multiple images and videos of child pornography. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
