News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A former InSouth bank employee was sentenced by United States District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman to serve 33 months in federal prison in connection with her embezzlement of $890,000. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Today, President Trump signed two bills into law, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report and HR. 4374, legislation to address a provision within the NDAA.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a joint hearing of the Subcommittees on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection and Environment titled, “Update on the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program (CAFE) and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Motor Vehicles:"
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Birch Tree, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for stealing timber from a national forest.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed three Energy and Commerce Committee bills that further the committee’s efforts to advance energy infrastructure, promote clean and renewable hydropower, and improve the recycling and reuse of materials.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: Park Superintendent Jennifer Flynn is pleased to announce the release of The Spirit of the Mountain a new web-based interactive curriculum designed to tell the complex story of the Park’s establishment and its effect on the local region.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - An Elko, Nevada cardiologist was arrested today on 39-charges of unlawful distribution of prescription opioids and Medicare and Medicaid fraud, announced Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a joint hearing of the Subcommittees on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection and Environment titled, “Update on the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program (CAFE) and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Motor Vehicles:"
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that James Edward Langford, IV (30, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to manufacturing and possessing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. He faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison, forfeiture of the computer media used to manufacture the counterfeit notes, and payment of restitution to any victims he defrauded.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- Jarvis Charlie Cuch, age 28, of Ft. Duchesne, pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer and possession of a firearm after a felony conviction in U.S. District Court Monday afternoon. The plea agreement includes a stipulated 12-year sentence, subject to the Court’s approval.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - Historical remnants left by long-ago Montanans are a rarity that informs local history; reminding each of us that we are not the first people to call this place home. When these relics of the past are destroyed, we all lose out.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of H.R. 1865, the “Allow States And Victims To Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act Of 2017."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Two Portsmouth men were sentenced today to a combined 35 years in prison for their role in a massive heroin and fentanyl drug trafficking conspiracy.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign is designed to educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) today held a hearing examining concerns of patient brokering and addiction treatment fraud in the wake of the opioid crisis.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is recruiting land and water-based volunteers for the Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Wednesday, January 3. While there is no limit to the number of land-based volunteers, this year there will be limited availability (compared to previous years) for counting...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), and the Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), teamed up for a joint hearing on the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program (CAFE) and greenhouse gas (GHG) standards set for motor vehicles and their impact on innovation, jobs, and consumer choices.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: John F. Bash is the United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas. Chief United States District Judge Orlando Garcia administered the oath of office to Mr. Bash yesterday at the federal courthouse in San Antonio. A public swearing-in ceremony will be scheduled in the future.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: MOAB, Utah - EM has named Russell McCallister as the federal cleanup director for its Moab project in Utah, effective Dec. 10.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the minority members of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee called on Kathleen Hartnett White, President Trump's nominee to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality and serve as his most senior environmental advisor, to submit new and original responses ...
