News from December 2017
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Drug Supply Chain."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Warwick man faces statutory penalties of 5 years to life in federal prison when he is sentenced in March after a jury in Providence convicted him of trafficking methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm which he used in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 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 hearing on the nomination of R.D. James to serve as assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Joshua Mullis, age 39, of Macon, was sentenced to serve twenty (20) years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The sentence was handed down on Monday, December 4, 2017, by the Honorable Leslie J. Abrams, United States District Judge in Macon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Nov. 28, 2017, Dean D. Young (age: 60) formerly of Green Bay, Wisconsin and currently living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced in Federal Court in Green Bay to 21 months in prison to be followed...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: U.S. Now Seeking Forfeiture of a Total of Seven Items Dating to Ancient Times, Worth Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Impacts and Future of North American Energy Trade."
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Impacts and Future of North American Energy Trade."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A former resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to 9 years in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, on his conviction of robbery and bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., delivered a statement on the Senate floor ahead of the vote to go to conference with the House on the Republican tax plan...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing on “Workplace Leave Policies: Opportunities and Challenges for Employers and Working Families."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing Arvest Bank, after which he changed his appearance by getting his hair and beard shaved off at a nearby barber shop.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a markup and advanced seven bills to the full House of Representatives for consideration. These bills, originated out of the Energy and Environment subcommittees, empower consumers, promote clean, renewable hydropower, and promote small businesses and manufacturers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that on November...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to reports that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will only attend tomorrow’s Environment Subcommittee hearing for one hour and will then take a three hour break before returning later that afternoon...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Hearing on the Nomination of R.D. James to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as submitted for the record...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A chiropractor who owned several clinics in the north suburbs of Chicago has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for billing an insurance carrier for medically unnecessary or nonexistent services.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a markup and advanced seven bills to the full House of Representatives for consideration. These bills, originated out of the Energy and Environment subcommittees, empower consumers, promote clean, renewable hydropower, and promote small businesses and manufacturers.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup of H.R. 453, the “Relief from New Source Performance Standards Act of 2017;" H.R. 350, the “Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports (RPM) Act of 2017;" H.R. 1119, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to six months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release on a conviction of embezzling from a federally insured bank, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
