News published on Federal Newswire in September 2016

News from September 2016


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy & Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved four measures advanced by the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee to protect jobs and consumers. H.R. 5104, Better Online Ticket Sales Act, and H.R. 5111, the...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee Markup of five bipartisan public health bills...


Committee Leaders Request NHTSA Convene Industry-Wide Effort to Develop a Plan of Action for OBD-II Ports within Vehicles

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D.


Federal Grand Jury Indicts Ethel Businessman For Investor Fraud Scheme Worth Over $3.5 Million

News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today the unsealing of an Indictment against BRYAN LEE ADDINGTON, age 55, of Ethel, Louisiana. The Indictment charges the defendant with five counts of mail fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341, and one count of...


Engel Remarks in Support of Democracy in Cambodia

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in the House of Representatives supporting a resolution calling for the advancement of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Cambodia (H.Res. 728 )...


BLM Names New Manager for Applegate Field Office

News Release: ALTURAS, Calif. - Craig Drake, a natural resource management professional with 24 years of experience, has been named field manager for the Bureau of Land Management's Applegate Field Office based in Alturas.


News Release: Luray, Virginia: To encourage children and their families to get outdoors, Shenandoah National Park has again partnered with the Kids in Parks program to establish a third TRACK Trails location. This trail is located at the Fox Hollow trail. Supported with a grant from the Shenandoah National Park Trust...


News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 9:00 a.m. at the BLM Twin Falls District Office, 2878 Addison Ave. E., Twin Falls. The period from 9:15-9:45 a.m. is set aside for public comment and questions.


News Release: Robbery of Bank of the West in Albuquerque.


News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A former fugitive who was illegally residing in Houston has been sentenced to 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 to the other two life terms imposed.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that CHARLES BLAIR SMALLWOOD, age 24, of Durant, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 6 months of home detention and 4 years of probation for THEFT BY OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ON INDIAN LANDS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3).


News Release: School Locked Down When he Brought Loaded Pistol in Backpack.


Former Carlisle CEO and Consultant Pleads Guilty in Fraud Scheme Involving Low-Income Housing Developments

News Release: Seventh and Final Defendant Pled Guilty to Participating in a $36 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Fourteen Low-Income Housing Developments.


News Release: On Sept. 10, approximately 70 volunteers from the local rock climbing community, along with 23 University of Tennessee Hiking Club students assisted in the completion of several important projects, including the installation of multiple water bars, trail posts, cleared four miles of trail, and cleaned...


News Release: Explosive Device Had Been Planted in Car at Franklin, Tennessee Assisted Living Facility.


Bronx Man Arrested For Possessing And Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: In Online Chats with FBI Undercover Agents, Rudy Mena Described Sexually Molesting A Young Child.


Overdue Hiker Found

News Release: Search and rescue efforts have been called off at Denali National Park and Preserve after an overdue hiker was found unharmed and in good condition.


Former Manager At QVC Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud And Money Laundering

News Release: PHILADELPHIA- Douglas Rae, 59, plead guilty today to wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering for defrauding his employer, QVC, a television based retail company, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.


Accountant Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison and Ordered to Pay $2.5 Million in Restitution for Filing False Tax Return

News Release: TULSA, OKLA.- Nelson Wade Cagle, 32, of Owasso, was sentenced today to serve 36 months in federal prison for filing a false income tax return in 2013, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. of the Northern District of Oklahoma. In addition to the prison incarceration, United States District...


Kenyan Credits McGovern-Dole Program with Changing His Life

Release: Peter Mumo of Kenya meets with Amy Harding, deputy director of the FAS Food Assistance Division, in Washington. (Photo Credit: Steve Taravella, United Nations World Food Program).