News from April 2017
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order requiring the Department of Education to review K-12 regulatory policies...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump's executive order that would allow his administration to review and possibly compromise tens of millions of acres of lands protected under the Antiquities Act and designated as national monuments by past presidents.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: In anticipation of a significant flood event, Buffalo National River is taking precautionary steps towards insuring visitor safety and minimizing damage to park infrastructure. Saturated ground conditions combined with ongoing rains indicate that flooding will impact most of the park’s campgrounds and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kenned, Jr. announced today that Michael Robertson, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), and Robert G. Feldt, Special-Agent-in-Charge, Social Security Administration, Dallas Field Division, announced today the unsealing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Hilton Murdock Aitch, age 56, of Houston, Texas was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve a total of 150 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2016 to his role in the conspiracy to rob Tilak Jewelers in Irving, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation Addressing Pipeline and Hydropower Infrastructure Modernization."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Luis Medina, 49, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to submitting a false document to a government agency, social security fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Roche Sequencing Solutions engineer Juraj Topolancik was looking for a way to decode DNA from cancer patients in a matter of minutes.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources Committee Democratic leaders sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Ryan Zinke today to request a briefing on DOI’s impending review of national monument designations. The letter comes after President Trump signed an unprecedented executive order today authorizing DOI to review the status of previously designated national monuments.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY HOUSTON, 30, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a violent kidnapping and jewelry store robbery in April 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: MEDORA, ND: The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for a proposed communications tower replacement in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The current tower provides communication functions essential to public...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation Addressing Pipeline and Hydropower Infrastructure Modernization."
By DOE Newswire | Apr 26, 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 legislation related to the nation’s nuclear waste management.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA). Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Hearing on “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: The State of Railroad, Pipeline, and Hazardous Materials Safety Regulation and Opportunities for Reform". April 26, 2017. Opening Statement. (Remarks...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation Addressing Pipeline and Hydropower Infrastructure Modernization."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Two people from Texas were indicted for their use of a card-skimming device at an Automated Teller Machine, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-SD), House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Senate Communications, Technology, and the Internet...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Michael Tamblin, 52, of Manteca, to 11 years and three months in prison today for transporting child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 26, 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), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt released the following statements after the committee's oversight hearing titled “A Review of the Technical, Scientific, and Legal Basis of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule."
