News from December 2017
By EPA Newswire | Dec 7, 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) released the following statement as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prepares to announce their December 14 open meeting agenda and in response to recent calls to delay the vote on restoring internet freedom.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the agency’s mission, his “Back to Basics’ concept, and his efforts to refocus the agency on pursuing its important public health and environmental missions as Congress originally intended.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 7, 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), praised the Senate's confirmation of Susan Parker Bodine to serve as assistant administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Senate confirmed Bodine by voice vote.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt regarding the agency’s mission, his “Back to Basics’ concept, and his efforts to refocus the agency on pursuing its important public health and environmental missions as Congress originally intended.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Lawrence Gerard Nassar, 54, of Holt, Michigan, was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for child-pornography and obstruction-of-justice offenses, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff ordered the federal sentence to be served consecutive...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Puerto Rico. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Jueves, 7 de diciembre de 2017. La Fiscal Federal Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez de la Oficina de Fiscalía Federal Distrito de Puerto Rico anuncia que el Servicio de Rentas Internas (IRS) advirtió hoy sobre...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of President Trump’s goal to reduce the burden of federal regulations that may hinder economic growth and energy development, the Bureau of Land Management today announced in the Federal Register that the agency will temporarily suspend or delay certain requirements contained in its 2016 final Waste Prevention Rule (also known as the Venting and Flaring Rule) until Jan. 17, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: The historic tax overhaul that passed the Senate last week will boost wages, grow the economy, and provide middle-class taxpayers with real tax relief. Across the Senate Republican Conference, members are cheering multiple aspects of the plan, from benefits to agriculture, to growing the economy, to helping families, to support for healthcare reform. Take a look...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Rogelio Xochitl Amparan, 29, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 189 months in federal prison terms for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today praised the International Trade Commission’s 4-0 vote confirming that dumped and subsidized Canadian softwood lumber is harming American workers.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 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) released the following statement as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prepares to announce their December 14 open meeting agenda and in response to recent calls to delay the vote on restoring internet freedom.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on the Environment hearing on “The Mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" with Administrator Scott Pruitt...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, spoke on the Senate floor before the Senate approved, by voice vote, Susan Bodine's nomination to serve as the assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA). Senator Carper's remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites visitors to enjoy the talents and sounds of local musicians at the Parkway Information Cabin on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. The Natchez Trace String Band, a small group of local acoustic musicians, will fill the cabin with the sounds of traditional folk, country, and bluegrass music. Visitors are welcome to stop by for a few minutes, or bring a chair and stay awhile.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 7, 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, in support of the nomination of Susan Parker Bodine to serve as assistant administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Senate confirmed Bodine by voice vote.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced witnesses for the Committee’s upcoming hearing on agriculture security.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Finance Committee today advanced the nomination of Kevin K. McAleenan to serve as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) by a voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Two Other Former Police Officers Indicted on Federal Charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on the Environment hearing on “The Mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" with Administrator Scott Pruitt...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Lucas Trading Company LLC, operating out of St. Charles, Mo., for failure to pay for produce.
