News from October 2017
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to discuss current and emerging energy storage technologies. The committee heard from representatives of the Energy Storage Association, Voith Hydro, the Pacific Northwest National Lab, and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously passed S. 652, the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017, by voice vote. Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) authored the House companion bill (H.R. 1539) earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - William Gonzalez, 50, of Providence, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to criminal charges related to his participation in a conspiracy to ship more than 200 packages containing significant quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAWAN FORTIA, a/k/a “Tittie" and “Wine," age 24, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after having previously been found guilty of violating the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act “RICO" as well as drug conspiracy, firearms conspiracy, and murder charges. U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt sentenced FORTIA to serve life in prison.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on the Senate floor about the devastating impact that Hurricanes Irma and Maria have had on the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the current relief efforts underway on those islands, and how we might help in their long-term rebuild, particularly as it relates to their electric grid and power sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: United States Files Enforcement Action Against California Company and Company’s Owner to Prevent Distribution of Adulterated Seafood Products.
By State Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after today’s closed briefing with administration officials...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously passed S. 652, the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017, by voice vote. Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) authored the House companion bill (H.R. 1539) earlier this year.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled, “Examining Patient Access to Investigational Drugs:"
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a “Member Day" on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to get answers for consumers on the Equifax data breach.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Upper Snake Field Office will be closing the Egin Lakes Campground for the season beginning Oct. 9. The campground is located at the popular St. Anthony Sand Dunes west of the town of St. Anthony, Idaho. Gates to the campground portion of the site will be locked the afternoon of Oct. 9, however the day use area at the site will remain open for public use.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) proposal to dramatically change how Medicare pays for Part B drugs...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - An upcoming art exhibition and presentation sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management will highlight the unique landscape of southwest Idaho Wilderness from the perspective of the 2016 BLM Artist-in-Residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Oct. 2, 2017, Gene B. Schneider (age: 52) of Albany, Wisconsin, was sentenced by Chief District Judge William C. Griesbach to 15 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor in violation...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining patient access to investigational drugs and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) expanded access program, which is designed to help patients who do not qualify for clinical trial access to unapproved therapies. #SubHealth also discussed legislation related to access to unapproved therapies.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a “Member Day" on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: The Trump team says their international tax framework is about creating jobs and firing up the country’s economic engine, but the details show that’s just part of the con job being pulled on the middle class. Behind the scenes, the administration recently scrubbed from the Treasury website a 2012 paper...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) proposal to dramatically change how Medicare pays for Part B drugs...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment Grace Napolitano (D-CA) sent a letter to the Inspector General of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
