News from July 2016
By DOL Newswire | Jul 6, 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 a conferee to the bicameral negotiations on the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), delivered the following remarks at the conference committee’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: The rehab of Cemetery Ridge will begin July 11 - NPS announces detours, temporary parking and cemetery access.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Loose Creek, Mo., sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for possessing child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two reports today highlighting shortcomings in the federal leasing process that have led to taxpayers overpaying for federal office space.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Thank you, Chairwoman Granger and our full committee chairman, Mr. Rogers. I appreciate your efforts to include many of my and my colleagues’ priorities in the bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Byron McCollum, age 67, of Lake Worth, Florida, was sentenced today to serve 32 years in Federal prison for the June 2, 2015 armed robbery of Regions Bank on Veterans Parkway in Columbus, announced U.S. Attorney G.F. “Pete" Peterman, III. The Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Court Judge...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after a business meeting in which the committee unanimously approved the nomination of Andrew Mayock to serve as Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The nomination will now go to the full Senate for consideration.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: July 6, 2016 BOS-2016-106. Date of action: May 20, 2016. Type of action: Decision and Order. Names of defendants: Flintlock Construction Services LLC. Background: Flintlock Construction Services LLC of Mamaroneck, New York, was the general contractor for the construction of a 23-story hotel at 325 W.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After this morning’s meeting of House and Senate opioid conferees, bicameral leaders announced that a conference report has been filed. The conference report will be considered by the House Rules Committee tonight, and is expected to be on the House floor on Friday.
By State Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Global Food Security Act (S. 1252). Without increasing spending, this bipartisan legislation ensures that current disaster relief funding will be spent more efficiently and transparently. The Global Food Security Act, which is critical to U.S. efforts to respond to desperate humanitarian situations in the Middle East and Africa, now heads to President Obama’s desk.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Disrupter Series: Health Care Apps."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, in a bipartisan vote, the House voted to pass H.R. 1270, the Restoring Access to Medication and Improving Health Savings Act of 2016. This legislation - which was authored by Ways and Means Committee Member Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) and includes provisions authored by Ways and...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Support continues to build for a comprehensive opioid package following this morning’s meeting of House and Senate opioid conferees who gathered to consider legislative text for the conference report to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. The draft legislative...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following statement for the record at the opening of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) Conference Committee...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced that it will host a forum discussion on conscience rights on Friday, July 8, 2016, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The discussion will be led by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA). Participants...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Defying the Constitution: The Administration’s Unlawful Funding of the Cost Sharing Reduction Program" on Thursday, July 7, at 10:00 AM in room...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of CERCLA Implementation."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: After an 18-month-long investigation, the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee and the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold hearings this week on the Obama Administration’s unlawful funding of the cost sharing reduction (CSR) program, which was established under the Affordable Care Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following statement for the record at the opening of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) Conference Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A man who created child pornography and engaged in sexually explicit conduct with two prepubescent female minors has entered a plea to his criminal conduct. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the plea today.
