News from November 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced the completion of initial reviews of three Endangered Species Act (ESA) petitions, including one setting the clock to potentially re-list the lesser prairie-chicken as endangered. Re-listing will designate habitat on millions...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVID KEITH, a/k/a “David Wright," a/k/a “David Lee Keith," a/k/a “David Lee," a/k/a “Lee David," pled guilty this afternoon before U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan in Manhattan federal court to five counts stemming from his sexual exploitation of minors, related child pornography offenses, and making false statements to a federal agent concerning his abuse of children.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today lauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that asbestos would be included in the first 10 chemicals to be evaluated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday evening, the Senate unanimously passed H.R. 5111, the Consumer Review Fairness Act, authored by Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Vice Chairman Leonard Lance (R-NJ). The bipartisan bill would prohibit gag clauses that prevent consumers from publishing truthful reviews and would authorize the FTC, and states, to enforce the Act with civil penalties. H.R. 5111 passed the House by voice vote in September.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Carjacking.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after President-elect Donald Trump announced the nomination of Rep. Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) for the position of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Two men and one woman, who robbed a bank in Palo, Iowa, in May 2016, have each been sentenced to terms of federal imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Join the National Park Service and AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 am to noon, for a beach cleanup on Bodie Island. The cleanup event will begin at the ranger station at the Oregon Inlet Campground.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: San Francisco Board of Supervisors Unanimously Endorses Financial Terms for 30-Year Use Agreement at Pier 31-1/2.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news that House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) has been tapped by President-Elect Donald Trump to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Walter M. Fambro has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds and possession of unauthorized access devices. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), sponsors of the 21st Century Cures Act, issued the following statement ahead of tomorrow’s House vote...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Carjacking.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Earlier today, the transition team for President-elect Donald Trump announced the selection of Elaine Chao to head the Department of Transportation in the Trump Administration. U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement on the selection...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two men appeared in federal court today to face distribution conspiracy and possession charges after law enforcement found over two kilograms of cocaine and heroin in their possession, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news that House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) has been tapped by President-Elect Donald Trump to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released a statement in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) announcement that a petition to list the lesser prairie chicken species had substantial information to warrant a Species Status Assessment (SSA) which could lead to an eventual Endangered Species Act listing...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday evening, the Senate unanimously passed H.R. 5111, the Consumer Review Fairness Act, authored by Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Vice Chairman Leonard Lance (R-NJ). The bipartisan bill would prohibit gag clauses that prevent consumers from publishing truthful reviews and would authorize the FTC, and states, to enforce the Act with civil penalties. H.R. 5111 passed the House by voice vote in September.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced that five individuals are facing federal charges for their involvement in a heroin trafficking ring operating in Mecklenburg County. A criminal indictment was returned on Nov. 15, 2016, and was unsealed today in federal court, following the defendants’ arrests. Eleven other members of the conspiracy are facing state drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former vice president of a Secaucus-based fabric company pleaded guilty today to stealing nearly a $1 million in goods from his employer and selling it for his own profit, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
