News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


Chairman Roberts: Interior Appropriations Bill Addresses EPA Funded Billboards Attacking Agriculture

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded the Senate Appropriations Committee for advancing the Fiscal Year 2017 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill which contains language he sought to ...



News Release: Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking and Interstate Prostitution.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today highlighted two reports released this week by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO). Both reports highlight improvements the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to make, one calling for more strategic planning for its scientific initiatives, and one calling for more comprehensive planning to enhance the coordination between medical product centers.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today highlighted two reports released this week by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO). Both reports highlight improvements the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to make, one calling for more strategic planning for its scientific initiatives, and one calling for more comprehensive planning to enhance the coordination between medical product centers.


Yahoo Falls Road Improvement Project to Start June 20

News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is pleased to announce that the Yahoo Falls road improvement project will begin on or about June 20, 2016. The National Park Service worked closely with McCreary County to apply for funding from the Federal Lands Access Program to pave Yahoo Falls Road.


News Release: On Saturday July 2nd and 3rd, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites visitors to experience Celebrating the Glorious Fourth: America’s Picnic 1860. This special event showcases a Harpers Ferry of the past--an 1860 town on the verge of Civil War.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 20.


Energy and Commerce: Getting the Job Done

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess continues to grow. This week, we added Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy’s (R-PA) landmark mental health bill to the list of legislation that has passed the full committee with a strong bipartisan vote.


News Release: Washington - The National Park Service will once again host the annual celebration of Independence Day on the National Mall, the nation’s most important civic space and home to more than a dozen memorials that commemorate great Americans and significant events in our nation’s history. Events on the National...


Former Financial Advisor and Securities Broker Admits Stealing More Than $1.2 Million from Client

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ROBERT N. TRICARICO, 60, of Milford and formerly of Darien, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of wire fraud related to his misappropriation of more than $1.2 million from an elderly client.


Reclamation to Open the Delta Cross Channel Gates

News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will open the Delta Cross Channel Gates on Saturday, June 18, 2016, at approximately 9 a.m. The gates will remain open until further notice. Please be advised that the decision to open or close the gates can be made on short notice based on requirements.


Hearing to Focus on Oversight of Commercial Space Transportation

News Release: The Subcommittee on Aviation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), will hold a hearing next week on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversight of the commercial space transportation industry.


Energy and Commerce: Getting the Job Done

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess continues to grow. This week, we added Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy’s (R-PA) landmark mental health bill to the list of legislation that has passed the full committee with a strong bipartisan vote.


Winner Man Charged with Sexual Abuse of a Child

News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Winner, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child.


BLM Initiates Stage III Fire Restrictions in the California Desert District

News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has initiated Stage III fire restrictions for BLM lands administered by the California Desert District.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Darrin Lawrence Broadnax, 49, of Detroit, Michigan pled guilty to heroin distribution and trafficking today, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.


News Release: Advocate, promoter, collaborator, cheerleader, mentor, all words that describe National Capital Region Fire Management Officer, Jeffrey "Zeke" Seabright, who was presented with the 2016 Rick Gale Leadership Award on June 16.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 20.


News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with distributing cocaine and heroin.