News from May 2016
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved two bipartisan bills, H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 and H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016.

By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued another suite of regulations for oil and gas facilities.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Taking Into Account Taxpayer Funded Pension, Dean Skelos Also Ordered to Pay to Pay a $500,000 Fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Farmington, PA: Fort Necessity National Battlefield, a partner of the National Road State Heritage Corridor, will again be a participant in the National Road Festival over the weekend of May 21-22, 2016. The annual festival celebrates the historic National Road, America’s first federal highway.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native America Women.

By US DOT Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA). Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Hearing on “Controlling the Rising Cost of Federal Responses to Disaster". May 12, 2016. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). At our first hearing in the 114th Congress, I stated that my top...

By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: The Ludlam family of Michigan, who lost a loved one to Huntington’s disease, is now leading the charge to find a cure. And joining them on the #Path2Cures are some unexpected allies: their flock of sheep.

By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued another suite of regulations for oil and gas facilities.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that John Randall, 31, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 19 years in prison by United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for the production of child pornography. Randall was also ordered to pay restitution in the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing an extensive collection of child pornography on his computer.

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Two brothers were arrested today and charged in connection with attempting to extort the co-owner of a suboxone clinic in Quincy and embezzling money from the clinic.

By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today commented on the ruling from a federal judge on the House’s lawsuit on Obamacare.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A sales representative for multiple healthcare companies pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with obstruction of an investigation into kickbacks paid to medical professionals.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Fumigation Company and Two Individuals Sentenced in Connection with Illegal Pesticide Application Resulting in Injuries to a Minor.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today commented on the ruling from a federal judge on the House’s lawsuit on Obamacare.

By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Northern California Area Office, in partnership with the C.A.S.T. (Catch A Special Thrill) For Kids Foundation, will hold the. 17th Annual C.A.S.T. For Kids event on Saturday, May 21, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Packers Bay Boat Marina on Shasta Lake, ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Anthony Andrews, 35, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted today on the charge of felon in possession of a firearm. A sentencing date is scheduled for July 15, 2016. Andrews faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison.

By State Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement in commemoration of Israel’s Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut...
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: In 1891, after four decades of operation along the Santa Fe Trail the U.S. Flag was lowered one last time at Fort Union. The fort, once the largest west of the Mississippi River, acted as an agent of political and cultural change, whether desired or not, in New Mexico and throughout the southwest. The...

By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2016
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