News from September 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of Rep. Dan Kildee’s (D-MI) amendment to the Water Resources Development Act providing aid to the city of Flint, Michigan.Listen, we all know what happened in Flint was a tragic failure at every level.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: The reduction of hazardous fuels is a significant preventative management tool used in preparation for managing wildfire near structures and communities. As seen with the Fern Lake Fire, previous reduction of hazardous fuels aided firefighters in stopping the fire within the park when it made its more...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An associate of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leading House advocates for H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, today issued a statement on progress to advance the landmark legislation that would accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of new cures and treatments.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: A twenty-one year-old Detroit man was taken into custody after a criminal complaint was filed in federal court charging him with using the Internet to transmit a threat, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - An Illinois man pled guilty yesterday to felony computer hacking related to a phishing scheme that gave him illegal access to over 300 Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN VESCERA, 60, of Dana Point, Calif., was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for false advertising and misusing a government seal in connection with the provision of mortgage modification services.
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor before voting to override President Barack Obama’s veto of S. 2040, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA):
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ranking member of the Senate EPW Committee, today released a statement following the House passage of H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A bill to provide terminally ill patients a chance to try to save their lives - a bill that has 42 cosponsors in the Senate - was blocked Wednesday by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that David Paul Fuller, age 55, of Greenwood, pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Anderson, to possession of child pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain of Anderson accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ranking member of the Senate EPW Committee, today released a statement following the House passage of H.R. 5303, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Owners and Operators of Houston Bar.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a new report that highlights the accelerated deployment of five clean energy technologies: wind turbines, solar technologies for both utility-scale and distributed photovoltaic (PV), electric vehicles (EVs) and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The report, Revolution…Now, was announced by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz during a discussion at The Atlantic’s Washington Ideas Forum.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to improve the value of federal research dollars, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today issued a report making 12 recommendations for agencies involved in the indirect cost rate-setting process. When the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio today, 57-year-old Gabriel Robert Caggiano of Los Angeles, CA, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for stalking a former employer and his wife who reside in San Antonio announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come enjoy the Read with a Ranger program at 10:00 am on Saturday, October 8, 2016, at the Parkway Visitor Center.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today delivered remarks on the House floor in support of Rep. Dan Kildee’s (D-MI) amendment to the Water Resources Development Act providing aid to the city of Flint, Michigan.Listen, we all know what happened in Flint was a tragic failure at every level.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Robert J. Sellers Jr., age 62, of Columbia, Marlyn Hammett, age 68 of West Columbia, and Amy Wilson, age 51 of Swansea, were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Columbia, for conspiracy to commit loan application...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 28, 2016 - The leaders of the Senate health committee, Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), today released the following statement on their work on a Senate version of the 21st Century Cures legislation...
