News from July 2018
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced two bills to the House of Representatives for consideration.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We write with concern regarding the troubling approach recently taken by the Trump Administration during the course of negotiations at the World Health Assembly (WHA) regarding a resolution on breastfeeding. According to news reports, the U.S. delegation opposed a resolution to...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission:"
By USDA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to proceed to a Farm Bill conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Defendant charged with unlawfully possessing firearms and making false statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Vendor Falsely Claimed to be Aiding Students With Special Needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Cesar Moscoso-Sagastume, age 37, of Guatemala, was indicted on July 10, 2018, by a federal grand jury for conspiring with others to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than a kilogram...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Janell Purdy, 40, a resident of Wailuku, Hawaii, was sentenced today to 50 months’ imprisonment for her role in conspiring to embezzle from the First Hawaiian Homes Federal Credit Union on Molokai. As part of her sentence, Purdy must also pay $949,736.36 in restitution and serve 3 years of...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) introduced H.R. 6414, legislation to extend by 18 months the deadline for the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) and tribal leaders to develop and issue a rulemaking on tribal...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced two bills to the House of Representatives for consideration.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Powering America: The Role of Energy Storage in the Nation’s Electricity System:"
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump administration announced today that it will initiate a Section 232 investigation into whether uranium imports into the United States threaten to impair U.S. national security. U.S. Senator John Barrasso previously joined with American uranium producers calling for the Commerce Department to conduct the investigation.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 9:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Background on Renewable Identification Numbers under the Renewable Fuel Standard."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the July 2018 Federal Grand Jury.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today on the growth of large-scale energy storage in the United States, the unique reliability attributes energy storage provides for the electric grid, and the use and impacts of energy storage within wholesale electricity...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee Markup of H.R. 6351, Advancing U.S. Civil Nuclear Competitiveness and Jobs Act; and H.R. 6378, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A previously convicted drug trafficker has been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick. Ramiro Hernandez Jr., 40, of Laredo, pleaded guilty Feb. 5, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s rollback of the coal ash rule...
