News from September 2016
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a business meeting where emergency wildfire legislation was favorably reported out of the Committee with of vote of 11-9.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Elephant Butte, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation stopped releasing water from Elephant Butte Reservoir on September 8 as the irrigation season for the Rio Grande Project winds down for the year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Jerold “Rocco" Walker, 39, of Elmira, NY, pleaded guilty conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa. was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of delay or destruction of mail, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX) and House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy requesting information related to the legality, cost, and feasibility...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today released a new report chronicling the overwhelming failures of Obamacare’s CO-OP program. The report entitled, “Implementing Obamacare: A Review of CMS’ Management of the Failed CO-OP Program," was released ahead of Wednesday’s hearing examining the committee’s oversight and the future outlook of the health care law.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. B A federal criminal complaint was filed today charging Seth Willis Pickering, 36, of Leicester, N.C. with murder for the death of his daughter, Lila Pickering, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today released a new report chronicling the failures of state exchanges established under Obamacare. The report entitled, “Implementing Obamacare: A Review of CMS’ Management of the State-Based Exchanges," was released ahead of Wednesday’s hearing examining the committee’s oversight and the future outlook of the health care law.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: This Thursday, Sept. 15, the Subcommittee on Energy and Power will be joined by Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz for a hearing on DOE’s role in America’s national, economic, and energy security. Leading up to the hearing, Moniz on Tuesday joined committee member Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) in the...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Recent precipitation has moderated fire danger throughout Yellowstone National Park. Effective at noon onTuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, park officials will lift fire restrictions inside the park's boundaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jason Kopp, age 40, of Liverpool, New York, was sentenced today to serve 235 years in prison in connection with his convictions for 22 felony offenses, including the sexual exploitation of an infant and a toddler, distributing images of child exploitation, and the possession of hundreds of images and videos of child pornography obtained from the Internet.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at today’s business meeting to consider H.R. 2647.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas has indicted three Texas residents on various charges stemming from their involvement in a diamond investment scheme they ran from approximately March 2011 to November 2013, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: STRASBURG, Ohio - A Millersburg roofing contractor faces $94,064 in federal penalties after investigators observed nine employees atop a single-family Strasburg home without adequate fall protection systems in place.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 264 months in prison for posing as a teenage boy, and at times a teenage girl, to solicit underage females online to produce images of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct, possessing, and distributing those images to others, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 12, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing in 168 projects to improve water and waste infrastructure across the country and in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The investment, totaling $283 million, is ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Changes Include New Code of Professional Responsibility for Practice of Forensic Science The Department of Justice announced new steps today as part of its ongoing commitment to strengthening and advancing forensic science. The department will implement a number of steps that will promote professional ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: A former fugitive who was illegally residing in Houston has been sentenced to three terms of life in prison after pleading guilty to engaging in an alien smuggling conspiracy that resulted in two deaths and kidnapping two women, one of whom was killed. One of the life sentences was ordered to run consecutively ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker delivered the keynote address at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago. The IMTS is the premier manufacturing technology show in North America, featuring more than 2,000 exhibiting companies on the cutting edge of manufacturing technology and innovation.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that “Manufacturing USA” is the new brand name for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. The network consists of public-private institutes dedicated to securing the nation’s future through manufacturing innovation, education, and collaboration. Secretary Pritzker made the announcement at the annual International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago.
