News from February 2018
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 722, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act, by a vote of 266-157-1. H.R. 722, authored by House Republican Conference Chair and committee member Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), will modify existing federal law to make the statute workable while maintaining the nutrition disclosure requirement.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, during a business meeting of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Republican Committee Members blocked all consideration of requests to debate and vote on 13 motions for subpoenas for critical documents that are currently being withheld by the White House, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “DOE Modernization: Advancing the Economic and National Security Benefits of America’s Nuclear Infrastructure:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Kyle man convicted of Felony Child Abuse and Neglect was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two illegal aliens residing in Pharr have entered guilty pleas to conspiring to interfere with commerce by threats or violence and to carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its second hearing as part of the committee’s ‘DOE Modernization’ series. #SubEnergy examined issues associated with the current domestic nuclear supply chain, international market opportunities, and options for future development and deployment of advanced nuclear technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a citizen of Mexico pleaded guilty last week to reentering the country illegally after having previously been removed from the United States on five separate occasions.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 722, the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act, by a vote of 266-157-1. H.R. 722, authored by House Republican Conference Chair and committee member Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), will modify existing federal law to make the statute workable while maintaining the nutrition disclosure requirement.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders will hold a press conference open to credentialed members of the media this afternoon to provide an update on their ongoing investigation into alleged pill dumping in the state of West Virginia.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its second hearing as part of the committee’s ‘DOE Modernization’ series. #SubEnergy examined issues associated with the current domestic nuclear supply chain, international market opportunities, and options for future development and deployment of advanced nuclear technologies.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following reports that the Trump Administration is considering approving Medicaid waivers that would implement lifetime limits on health care coverage...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the opening of the American Inventions Made Onshore (AIM Onshore) prize competition and the availability of DOE’s Build4Scale manufacturing training—both part of a DOE initiative to close the gap between American innovators who develop new energy technologies and domestic manufacturers who produce them.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following reports that the Trump Administration is considering approving Medicaid waivers that would implement lifetime limits on health care coverage...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following news reports that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will ask the National Marine Fisheries Service to reconsider a decision it made earlier this year that the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos jeopardizes endangered salmon...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting information on EPA's grant approval process and grant awards for 2017. A staff review ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM's Idaho Site workers recently completed improvements to the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU), including the challenging task of welding a stainless steel alloy designed to withstand high temperatures.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Savannah, GA - Bobby L. Christine, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, announced today that Savannah resident, Joseph Nathaniel Blake, 34, was sentenced yesterday by Senior Judge William T. Moore, Jr. to 151 months imprisonment for federal drug and weapons charges. He was also sentenced to serve 3 years supervised release upon his release from prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Members Push Bold Solutions for IRS Reform.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two more defendants were sentenced today for their roles in a $4.3 million conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin throughout Jackson, Clay, Ray, Clinton and Buchanan counties.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “DOE Modernization: Advancing the Economic and National Security Benefits of America’s Nuclear Infrastructure:"
