News from September 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today is poised to advance seven committee bills today. To date, over 100 bipartisan Energy and Commerce bills and provisions have cleared the House in the 114th Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously passed committee members Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Rep. Jerry McNerney’s (D-CA) H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016, furthering the committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE - United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Terrence P. Donnelly will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for Rhode Island’s Primary on Tuesday, September 13. AUSA...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kenneth Brown, 50, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 77 months in prison for distributing crack cocaine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released two undercover reports of the Obamacare marketplace with testing results for the 2015 and 2016 coverage years.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Defendant Was Quickly Arrested After Thanksgiving Day Incident.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed legislation by voice vote to ensure sports medicine professionals are covered by their malpractice insurance when providing care to their athletes or teams in other states. H.R. 921, the Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2016, is authored by Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Federal and local law enforcement authorities arrested five people this morning and charged three others for their alleged roles in a crack cocaine and heroin trafficking organization operating in Camden, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released two undercover reports of the Obamacare marketplace with testing results for the 2015 and 2016 coverage years.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today is poised to advance seven committee bills today. To date, over 100 bipartisan Energy and Commerce bills and provisions have cleared the House in the 114th Congress.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Defendant Had Computer Media Containing Personal Identifying Information for Thousands.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to open the set-top box market to third-party device-makers...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released two undercover reports of the Obamacare marketplace with testing results for the 2015 and 2016 coverage years.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dayshawn Brazier, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 140 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: The now 20,801-acre Berry Fire exhibited extreme fire behavior Sunday due to red flag conditions with very low relative humidity and strong winds gusting to 40 mph for more than six hours. Winds pushed the fire across Hwy. 89/191/287 both to the south and the north of Headwaters Lodge at Flagg Ranch, prompting the closure of the highway, which remains closed today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The news keeps getting worse by the day for Obamacare. The latest blow comes from Health Republic Insurance of New Jersey that announced today they too will shutter their doors, forcing their approximately 35,000 members to find new coverage for next year. New Jersey brings the total to 17 of the original 23 Obamacare CO-OPs that have failed, at a total cost to taxpayers of over $1.8 billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: The former Opa Locka City Manager pled guilty this morning to accepting bribes in furtherance of an illegal municipal corruption scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee Markup of five bipartisan public health bills...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: On Wednesday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will consider the Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act of 2016 (H.R. 5963). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
