News from April 2017
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor on the Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver (WILD) Act. The WILD Act is cosponsored by EPW Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-DE) and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK).
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after Elaine C. Duke was successfully confirmed to become the Trump Administration’s Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by a vote of 85-14.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) spoke about the importance of continued improvement to health care cybersecurity today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing titled, “Cybersecurity in the Heath Care Sector: Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships:"
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: FRITCH TX: - Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (LAMR) is temporarily closing the southeast corner of the parking area of the Sanford-Yake Boat Ramp for Visitor Safety. Due to erosion from rains, the hillside below this section of the lot has begun to slump and soil under the parking area is eroding.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - Paul Spencer Ruble, 64, a doctor from Thomson, Georgia, was sentenced yesterday to serve 5 years in federal prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood. Ruble pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to unlawfully dispense controlled substances and launder money on Aug. 22, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement after President Trump signed into law Chairman Brady’s resolution (H.J. Res. 42 ). This resolution blocks an Obama-era Department of Labor regulation that has prevented states from implementing a bipartisan 2012 law allowing states to drug test certain unemployment insurance (UI) applicants.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the need for greater coordination and leadership on cybersecurity issues across the health care industry, particularly challenges in public-private partnerships.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after meeting with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) highlighted the long-term benefits of reauthorizing and providing meaningful funding for the Brownfields program today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing titled, “Discussion Draft: Brownfields Reauthorization:"
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today raised concerns about the cost and effectiveness of a continuous concrete wall across the entire Southern border during a hearing with former administration officials. Former Customs and Border Protection and Border Patrol officials shared her concerns and emphasized the need for added technology in order to increase border security.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), joined with committee ranking member Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Boozman (R-AR), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to introduce S. 826 , the Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver (WILD) Act.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) highlighted the long-term benefits of reauthorizing and providing meaningful funding for the Brownfields program today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing titled, “Discussion Draft: Brownfields Reauthorization:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Two former U.S. Postal Service employees were sentenced to prison for fraudulently obtaining federal worker’s compensation benefits, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja and U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Monica Weyler.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park encourages families to visit the park between April 15 and April 23 as part of National Park Week (April 15, 16, 22 &23 are fee free at Point Park on Lookout Mountain). Kids of all ages are invited to come learn how to, "explore, learn, and protect" your national park on April 15 and become an official Junior Ranger!.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining a discussion draft of a Brownfields reauthorization bill that seeks to make several improvements to the Brownfields Program.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Elaine...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) spoke about the importance of continued improvement to health care cybersecurity today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing titled, “Cybersecurity in the Heath Care Sector: Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Ann Marie Williams, 52, of Falmouth, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby, to six months in prison and three years of supervised release for embezzling funds from the City of Westbrook while employed as the City’s Tax Collector. Williams was also ordered to pay $118,000 in restitution. She pleaded guilty on Sept. 19, 2016.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following a report from Bloomberg BNA that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt ignored analysis from EPA staff estimating that legislation being considered by Congress would cost taxpayers $250 million per year and instead reported to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that the costs would be minimal...
