News from November 2017
By USDA Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will vote on S. 2099, the Federal Land Management Act of 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing to get a check-up on Alternative Payment Models (APMs), including those that are qualified under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Hearing on the Nominations of Kathleen Hartnett White to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality and Andrew Wheeler to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor, on the need to confirm Bill Wehrum to serve as assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: HOUGHTON, MI - The Ranger III, the National Park Service’s ferry to and from Isle Royale, has been sailing under the same fare structure since 2013. Isle Royale National Park is now proposing to update the Ranger III passenger and freight fares for 2018, and encourages the public to comment on these proposed changes before a final decision is made. The comment period is open until December 8, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: As we head into the second week of Critical Infrastructure Month, I’d like to highlight some of the ways the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) supports efforts to improve security and resilience of our nation’s transportation systems.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Senate Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) released the following statement regarding a provision within...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Two illegal aliens who sold real identification documents belonging to United States citizens were each sentenced November 8, 2017, to over three and one-half years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed another Energy and Commerce Committee bill, H.R. 3043, the Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017 by a vote of 257-166. H.R. 3043, sponsored by committee member and Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), seeks to modernize the licensing process for hydropower facilities.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: The Wealth of Veterans Report. NOV. 8, 2017 - The U.S. Census Bureau has released a new report “The Wealth of Veterans " that uses data from the 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation to look at how military service may influence the lifelong financial well-being of veterans. The report describes...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An internal medicine doctor practicing in Staten Island, New York, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for taking bribes in connection with a long-running and elaborate test referral scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - More than a dozen alleged members and associates of the Southwest Cholos street gang are set to appear in federal court on a variety of charges to include sex trafficking, drug trafficking, selling firearms, human smuggling and identity theft, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a committee hearing on the nominations of...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management will begin an emergency gather of approximately 200 wild horses on November 15 from a portion of the Fox and Lake Range Herd Management Area, which was burned by wildfire recently. The gather operation is expected to last 4 to 5 days and is being conducted by the BLM’s Winnemucca District’s Black Rock Field Office.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing to get a check-up on Alternative Payment Models (APMs), including those that are qualified under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on, “MACRA and Alternative Payment Models: Developing Options for Value-based Care:"
By EPA Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed another Energy and Commerce Committee bill, H.R. 3043, the Hydropower Policy Modernization Act of 2017 by a vote of 257-166. H.R. 3043, sponsored by committee member and Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), seeks to modernize the licensing process for hydropower facilities.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said ahead of today’s 10:00 a.m. markup of H.R. 4239, the latest in a never-ending string of Republican oil and gas deregulation efforts, that the entire premise of the bill has already been debunked and Republicans are only proceeding because they have no other ideas.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing to get a check-up on Alternative Payment Models (APMs), including those that are qualified under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Subcommittee on Energy Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of the Hydropower Modernization Act of 2017 (H.R. 3043):
