News from April 2016
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today welcomed the proposed rule issued by CMS that stems from the committee’s bipartisan repeal of the flawed SGR formula.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: Throughout 2016, the National Park Service (NPS) is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Tumacácori National Historical Park has enthusiastically joined the year-long party, featuring many special events and programs, including the popular Centennial Concert Series. The final concert in the series, featuring a rare visit to Arizona by members of the State of Sonora Philharmonic Orchestra, will take place inside the historic mission church on Saturday, May 7, at 4:00 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: The Bruneau Off-Range Corrals are located at 28536 Jacks Creek Road, and are privately owned and operated. About a 75-minute drive southeast of Boise, the facility provides care for up to 3,500 wild horses or burros. The facility encompasses 80 acres containing 39 large holding pens, each pen measuring...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, National Geographic has launched a yearlong exploration of the power of parks, including a special single-topic issue on Yellowstone. The magazine's May 2016 issue, YELLOWSTONE: America's Wild Idea, takes an in-depth look at the Greater...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leading off a marathon markup of 22 bills, the Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today unanimously passed H.R. 5050, the Pipeline Safety Act of 2016. The committee has a long, bipartisan tradition of working to enact pipeline safety reform into law. In...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and CTIA, together with wireless providers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon announced today the “Wireless Network Resiliency Cooperative Framework " [PDF] to share information and advance wireless network resiliency before, during and after disasters and emergencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jimmy Odong, 26, of Portland, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to committing four bank robberies in Portland. The charges arise from the robberies of University Credit Union on May 14, 2015; TruChoice Federal Credit Union on May 26, 2015; and CPort Credit Union and Bank of America, both on June 19, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leading off a marathon markup of 22 bills, the Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today unanimously passed H.R. 5050, the Pipeline Safety Act of 2016. The committee has a long, bipartisan tradition of working to enact pipeline safety reform into law. In...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that EDGAR POUNDS, age 66, of Bogalusa, was sentenced today for two counts of selling oxycodone tablets to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent. Oxycodone is a prescription-only Schedule II controlled substance and a highly addictive and abused opioid drug.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: Boston, MA - During the last and 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day the New England Field Division over the course of four hours collected 67,107 pounds of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs at 596 collection sites throughout New England. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: SEATTLE - After collecting and destroying 5.5 million pounds-2,762 tons-of unused prescription drugs in the past five years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) is continuing its efforts to take back unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications. The DEA invites the public to bring their potentially...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved 10 bills as part of a multi-day markup of 22 bills. Most of today’s bills will help address the opioid and drug abuse crisis facing our nation. The committee also passed a bill to streamline EMT requirements for veterans with relevant training, and a bill to improve pipeline safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: In El Paso, a federal Grand Jury has indicted five individuals including 50-year-old former El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) Associate Superintendent Damon Murphy, in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) by artificially inflating state and federal student accountability...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today welcomed the proposed rule issued by CMS that stems from the committee’s bipartisan repeal of the flawed SGR formula.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today welcomed the proposed rule issued by CMS that stems from the committee’s bipartisan repeal of the flawed SGR formula.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved 10 bills as part of a multi-day markup of 22 bills. Most of today’s bills will help address the opioid and drug abuse crisis facing our nation. The committee also passed a bill to streamline EMT requirements for veterans with relevant training, and a bill to improve pipeline safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal jury in Hartford today found DOMINIQUE MACK, also known as “Lil Sweets," 26, of Hartford, guilty of conspiring to commit witness tampering by murdering one individual and planning to murder a second individual. The trial before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea began on April 11.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved 10 bills as part of a multi-day markup of 22 bills. Most of today’s bills will help address the opioid and drug abuse crisis facing our nation. The committee also passed a bill to streamline EMT requirements for veterans with relevant training, and a bill to improve pipeline safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: Intensive Reentry Court Reunion, April 28, 2016 - 11 AM-Syracuse Federal Courthouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2016
News Release: Owner of Café and Ski Shop in Red River, N.M., Charged with Filing False Tax Returns.
