News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Twenty-five individuals were indicted on federal drug trafficking charges in connection with a southeastern Massachusetts heroin trafficking ring. Arrests were made this morning in Fall River, Lawrence, Taunton, Marshfield, New Bedford, Berkley and Providence.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today examined the design, logistics, and shipping of nuclear material. The transport of nuclear materials via rail, highway, or water happens on a daily basis and three million packages of radioactive materials are shipped annually throughout the country.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, October 8, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Legislative Proposals to Combat our Nation’s Drug Abuse Crisis." Subcommittee members...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: MOOSE, WY -To accommodate a dust abatement application and road grading, a brief travel closure will be in place for about 48 hours, beginning 4 a.m. Tuesday, October 6, on the unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park. The road will reopen by 8 a.m. Thursday, October 8.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new ozone standard, which will be set at 70 parts per billion. According to research, 4 in 10 Americans-nearly 140 million people-continue to live in areas with harmful levels of ozone pollution...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Donald Gardner, Jr., 40, of Lafayette, NY, with production of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of its ongoing investigation into Volkswagen’s emissions issues, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, October 8, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Volkswagen’s Emissions Cheating Allegations: Initial Questions."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Onix Abreu, of the Dominican Republic, pled guilty late this morning to a one-count Information alleging that he illegally reentered the United States after having been previously deported.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders this week sent a letter to National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins regarding a recent drug manufacturing facility closure and the impact that has had on patients in NIH clinical trials. The letter, signed by Chairman Fred...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: Employer name: VCNA Prairie Inc. operating as Prairie Material, Bridgeview, Illinois
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today examined the design, logistics, and shipping of nuclear material. The transport of nuclear materials via rail, highway, or water happens on a daily basis and three million packages of radioactive materials are shipped annually throughout the country.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: The First Annual Heritage Trail Days 10k Trail Race will take place on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015, beginning at 2:30 p.m. (ET). It will start and end at the Blue Heron Mining Community. Due to the anticipated foot traffic on the Blue Heron Loop trail, it will be closed to all non-event users until 5:00 p.m. on October 3.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, October 8, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Legislative Proposals to Combat our Nation’s Drug Abuse Crisis." Subcommittee members...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Warrensburg, Mo., man has been charged in federal court with crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual activity with a minor in Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced today that Keith Bilodeau, 48, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to a total of eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to making a false statement to a United States Probation Officer.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new ozone standard, which will be set at 70 parts per billion. According to research, 4 in 10 Americans-nearly 140 million people-continue to live in areas with harmful levels of ozone pollution...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD. CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Stephen Cote, 51, of Derry, New Hampshire, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire on one count of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography, announced Acting United States...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last night, during an appearance on CNN’s Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, admitted that he has no evidence that Planned Parenthood has violated any laws...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Changes are being implemented in the Grand Teton National Park's commercial use authorization program, and all current and prospective holders of these permits are encouraged to acquaint themselves with the updated program.
By State Newswire | Oct 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement of opposition to the so-called Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act (HR 3457) on the House floor...
