News from June 2016
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today introduced the Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $52,000 civil penalty against Amazon, Inc., for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) today provided an update on the progress made by the bipartisan encryption working group...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Onondaga County Anaesthesiologist Resolves Civil Liability for $30,000.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) issued the following statement in response to Speaker Paul Ryan’s unveiling of House Republicans so-called “Better Way" health care proposal...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statement commending President Obama for signing into law H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which modernizes the Toxic Substances Control Act. Pallone, who was a lead House...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Hassan El Saddique, 36, of Amherst, NY, pleaded guilty to theft of money in control and possession of a bank before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The misdemeanor charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ORVAL FURLONG, 73, of Southport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to five months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for failing to pay taxes on money he stole from a benefactor. FURLONG also was ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Discovery Days, through August 10: Drop in Tuesdays from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, all 23 Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats issued the following statement in response to a provision in Speaker Paul Ryan’s latest health care proposal that would cap federal Medicaid spending...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama today signed into law the “Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2016." A House amendment to S. 2276 passed earlier this month, and the final legislation cleared the Senate last week. As the product of bipartisan work from the...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today issued the following statement regarding the 2016 Medicare Trustees Report. Read a summary of key findings from the report HERE.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) delivered a report to Congress today that details the development and current status of the most comprehensive inventory to date of known contaminated sites on lands conveyed to Alaska Native corporations through the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). In...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today welcomed a court’s ruling that the Department of the Interior does not have authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal lands.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining implementation issues with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. The hearing brought together representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Energy Information Administration (EIA), as well as stakeholders in manufacturing, agriculture, and fuel production to discuss the current status and implementation outlook of the program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Okello Odongo, 36, of Snellville, Georgia, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $34,822 in restitution to the IRS for filing 19 false tax returns and fraudulently obtaining tax refunds reports United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing examining implementation issues with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. The hearing brought together representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Energy Information Administration (EIA), as well as stakeholders in manufacturing, agriculture, and fuel production to discuss the current status and implementation outlook of the program.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: * Battlefield Orientation Talks: *. ** 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., & 2:30 p.m. * Infantry Firing Demonstrations: *. ** 10:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., & 3:00 p.m. * Artillery Firing Demonstrations: *. ** 10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., & 3:30 p.m. * Musical Performance - Ampersand: *. ** 11:30 a.m. & 1:45 p.m. Sunday...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that National Farm Wholesale Fruit & Vegetable Corp., satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2016
News Release: Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ). Subcommittee on Aviation. Hearing on “FAA Oversight of Commercial Space Transportation". June 22, 2016. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Today we will be examining the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of commercial space transportation. We are at an exciting...
