News from September 2019
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement in anticipation of the Administration’s fuel economy announcement...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment & Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Pathways to Net Zero Industrial Emissions." This is the second hearing in a series of climate change hearings aimed at achieving the Committee’s goal of a 100 percent clean economy by 2050...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - As the heat of summer begins to subside in the Southern Arizona forecast, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument will resume extended operating hours of 9 am until 5 pm on October 1 through the months that the monument receives higher visitation. Casa Grande Ruins National Monument will resume reduced seasonal hours of 9 am until 4 pm on May 1, 2020 as the temperatures begin to climb and visitation slows.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) calls out the wide gap between rhetoric and reality when it comes to Democrats’ climate proposals at a Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Pathways to Net Zero Industrial Emissions." Walden again asks Democrats to come to the table to pass realistic bipartisan bills that can both help the environment and be voted on right now.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) blasted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that it is revoking California’s authority to set its own vehicle emissions standards, affecting the 13 other states and the District of Columbia that have adopted the stricter standards...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building entitled, “Sounding the Alarm: The Public Health Threats of E-Cigarettes."
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable: Legislation to Negotiate a Better Deal for Americans."
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Alan S. Lowenthal (D-Calif.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding that oil and gas bonds held by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are insufficient to clean up orphaned wells, putting U.S. taxpayers potentially on the hook for reclamation costs ranging from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable: Legislation to Negotiate a Better Deal for Americans."
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Ponce Municipality in Puerto Rico as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of BRYAN BOARDMAN, a/k/a “Boon," 25, to 78 months in prison for his role in a heroin distribution conspiracy that resulted in the shooting deaths of two individuals.BOARDMAN, who pleaded guilty on April 23, 2019, was sentenced before...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), along with NOAA, announced a $3 million prize competition to generate innovation in marine energy-powered ocean observing platforms. The Powering the Blue Economy™ Ocean Observing Prize (ttps://americanmadechallenges.org/oceanobserving/) will draw upon American innovators to accelerate technology development through a series of contests to demonstrate marine renewable energy-powered ocean observing platforms.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement in anticipation of the Administration’s fuel economy announcement...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Carson City District Office, Fish & Wildlife Service, Nevada Division of Forestry, and Bureau of Indian Affairs announce the lifting of fire restrictions that have been in place since July 13, 2019. Restrictions will expire at 12:01 a.m., Friday morning, Sept. 20, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment & Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Pathways to Net Zero Industrial Emissions." This is the second hearing in a series of climate change hearings aimed at achieving the Committee’s goal of a 100 percent clean economy by 2050...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A registered sex offender living in western Kansas was convicted today on federal child pornography charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news that President Trump has named Robert O'Brien as National Security Advisor...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today a coordinated health care fraud enforcement operation across the state of Texas, involving charges against a total of 58 individuals across all four federal districts in Texas for their alleged involvement in Medicare fraud schemes and networks of “pill mill" clinics resulting in $66 million in loss and 6.2 million pills. Of those charged, 16 were doctors or medical professionals, and 20 were charged for their role in diverting opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Former Alabama Correctional Lieutenant Indicted for Allowing Inmate Abuse.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Trump Administration moved to revoke the State of California's authority under the Clean Air Act to set and enforce its own fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards.
