News from December 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you for holding this morning’s hearing on the taxpayer experience with the Internal Revenue Service. I would also like to thank our witnesses for being here today.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) led a letter signed by over 100 House Republicans to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the upcoming vote restoring Internet freedom.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, - A Hart County, Kentucky, resident was charged today by grand jury indictment with intentionally possessing methamphetamine for the purpose of distribution, being a convicted felon in possession of multiple firearms and ammunition, and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today marks the one-year anniversary of the 21st Century Cures Act becoming law. This game-changing law brings our health care innovation infrastructure into the 21st Century, delivering hope for patients and loved ones, and providing necessary resources to researchers to continue their efforts to uncover the next generation of cures and treatments.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 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 at a committee oversight hearing of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The hearing featured testimony from Kristine Svinicki, chairman of the NRC; Jeffery Baran, commissioner at the NRC; and Stephen Burns, commissioner at the NRC.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled “Examining the Drug Supply Chain:"
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Igor Krugly was sentenced by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan to 46 months’ imprisonment following his conviction for racketeering, including illegal gambling and extortion conspiracy as predicate acts. Krugly was a prominent member...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the coming days, the House of Representatives will consider a Continuing Resolution (CR) that includes H.R. 3922, the CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act. H.R. 3922, which first passed the House last month on a bipartisan vote. H.R. 3922 will extend funding for CHIP, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and other important public health programs.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding news that the nomination of Dr. Michael Dourson to lead the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention has been withdrawn.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Louisiana Return Preparer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled “Examining the Drug Supply Chain:"
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTRUM COSTON, 35, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 40 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for gun and drug offenses.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the coming days, the House of Representatives will consider a Continuing Resolution (CR) that includes H.R. 3922, the CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act. H.R. 3922, which first passed the House last month on a bipartisan vote. H.R. 3922 will extend funding for CHIP, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and other important public health programs.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement this morning calling on the Trump Administration to extend the Open Enrollment period through January 2018...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Sven Franssen, a German national residing in the Netherlands, has been sentenced to two years and six months in federal prison for his role in conspiring to launder the proceeds of fraudulent affiliate marketing websites. The fraudulent sites received increased internet traffic due to a massive computer hacking and illegal spam campaign brought on by a pair of Vietnamese nationals.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at the hearing entitled “Safeguarding American Agriculture in a Globalized World."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Defendant previously deported three times in less than six months.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury found two Los Angeles-area managers of foreclosure rescue companies guilty today for their roles in a foreclosure rescue scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing entitled, “The Impacts and Future of North American Energy Trade."
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement this morning calling on the Trump Administration to extend the Open Enrollment period through January 2018...
