News published on Federal Newswire in June 2016

News from June 2016


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed recent action by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to both ease the procedural challenges doctors and patients must navigate when seeking access to investigational treatments.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on important bipartisan pipeline safety legislation this week. Ahead of Wednesday’s vote, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today released a fact sheet of a bipartisan House...


House to Consider Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bill Wednesday

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on important bipartisan pipeline safety legislation this week. Ahead of Wednesday’s vote, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today released a fact sheet of a bipartisan House...


News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -The National Park Service (NPS) and the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) announced at last night's Star Party that Grand Canyon National Park is now a Provisional IDA International Dark Sky Park.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed recent action by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to both ease the procedural challenges doctors and patients must navigate when seeking access to investigational treatments.


News Release: Michael Vincent Woodbury Bent, 37, Dennis Sharkey II, 50, Adam Fullbright, 37, Chris Nauman, 30, John Husemann, 51 all of Dubuque, Iowa, Heather Harris, 37, Zach Miller, 27, and Jacob Burton, 35, all of Waterloo, Iowa, and Edward Behrens, 50, of Benton, Wisconsin, have been charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Bent and Fullbright have been charged with an additional count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.­.


This Week in the House Judiciary Committee (June 6-10)

News Release: TUESDAY, JUNE 7. 4: 0 p.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law. Hearing on: “International Antitrust Enforcement: China and Beyond". Witnesses: * Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, Federal Trade Commission. * Mr. Mark Cohen, Senior Counsel, United States Patent and Trademark ...


#OnTheFloor: House to Consider Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bill WEDNESDAY

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on important bipartisan pipeline safety legislation this week. Ahead of Wednesday’s vote, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today released a fact sheet of a bipartisan House...


News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a series of bills that seek to modernize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ...


Man Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court for Threatening to Blow up the Statue of Liberty

News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JASON PAUL SMITH pled guilty in Manhattan federal court today to communicating a hoax threat to bomb the Statue of Liberty that resulted in the evacuation of more than 3,200 people from Liberty Island in New York Harbor. SMITH pled guilty to a one-count Indictment before U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick.


#OnTheFloor: House to Consider Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bill WEDNESDAY

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on important bipartisan pipeline safety legislation this week. Ahead of Wednesday’s vote, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today released a fact sheet of a bipartisan House...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on important bipartisan pipeline safety legislation this week. Ahead of Wednesday’s vote, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today released a fact sheet of a bipartisan House...


News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced Monday to life in federal prison for drug trafficking, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.


Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Exporting Firearms to Overseas Purchasers

News Release: WASHINGTON - A Kansas man pleaded guilty today to six counts of exporting and attempting to export firearms illegally from the United States to individuals located in other countries, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall of the District of Kansas.


Outer Banks Group Prepares for Tropical Storm Colin (Manteo)

News Release: Preparations: Tropical Storm Colin formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, and is predicted to take a northeasterly path over the next few days. Early regional forecasts show the storm producing heavy rains with the potential for localized flooding, sustained high winds, and strong rip currents. Due...


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Valencia, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of interference with commerce by extortion and mail fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.



News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on June 6, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


MARKUP: #SubCMT to Vote to Modernize FTC for the 21st Century and Put Innovation First

News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at 5 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a series of bills that seek to modernize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ...


#OnTheFloor: House to Consider Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bill WEDNESDAY

News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on important bipartisan pipeline safety legislation this week. Ahead of Wednesday’s vote, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee today released a fact sheet of a bipartisan House amendment...