News from March 2016
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Springdale, UT- The name of the climber who died Wednesday, March 9, 2016, after falling in Zion National Park has been released. Eric Michael Klimt, 36, of Portland, Oregon, was climbing a technical route in the park when he fell. The cause of the incident is still under investigation by the Washington County Sheriff's Office in cooperation with the National Park Service.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: “Director Clancy, welcome to this morning’s hearing.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a joint hearing for Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Fiscal Year 2017 EPA Budget." EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will be the sole witness and provide testimony on the budget.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - One day after the National Football League (NFL) admitted at a House Energy and Commerce Committee roundtable that there is a link between football and degenerative brain disorders, Democratic leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asking what the League plans to do now to prevent repetitive brain trauma.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) issued the following statement on the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) release of new opioid prescribing guidelines...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following statement upon the release of an updated GMO food labeling bill released by Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS). The Senate is set to vote on this proposal with limited debate and amendments as soon as this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Jackson, TN - A Jackson man who fatally shot his wife has been sentenced federally for unlawful possession of multiple firearms. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today passed H.R. 2666, the No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act, sponsored by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), by a vote of 29 to 19. H.R. 2666 would prevent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from regulating rates charged for broadband Internet, just as the administration promised when they reclassified access to the Internet as a utility under Title II of the Communications Act.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a joint hearing for Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Fiscal Year 2017 EPA Budget." EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy will be the sole witness and provide testimony on the budget.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Select Investigative Panel Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing held this morning on Late-Term Abortion: Protecting Babies Born Alive and Capable of Feeling Pain...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Better thermometers might be possible as a result of a discovery at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where physicists have found a way to calibrate temperature measurements by monitoring the tiny motions of a nanomechanical system that are governed by the often counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Christopher G. Lee, age 66, a resident of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, was convicted Friday of production, receipt and possession of child pornography as well as obstruction of justice. The four-day trial was held before U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann in Williamsport.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: The Prevent Cancer Foundation recently honored House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) for their work on H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. Momentum continues to build in the effort to deliver safe and effective #CuresNow.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Tuesday to discuss the security of the U.S. visa programs and implications for national security. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Select Investigative Panel Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing held this morning on Late-Term Abortion: Protecting Babies Born Alive and Capable of Feeling Pain...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A lawyer who previously practiced in Jersey City, New Jersey, today admitted structuring approximately $200,000 in cash to avoid reporting requirements, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers Basin Study, which found climate change will cause earlier runoff and refill reservoirs earlier in the year, potentially affecting reservoir operations and water storage.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the committee’s efforts to protect jobs and ensure grid reliability, the House of Representatives voted today to pass H.R. 3797, the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act, by a vote of 231 to 183. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-PA), would ensure that environmentally beneficial coal refuse-to-energy facilities, currently threatened by EPA rules, continue to operate.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Tercel Baker, age 33, of Glen Burnie, Maryland today to 12 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) issued the following statement on the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) release of new opioid prescribing guidelines...
