News from December 2017
By DOE Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Concerns of Patient Brokering and Addiction Treatment Fraud."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Antonio L. Bender,19, of Nashville, Tenn., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to federal firearms charges and obstruction of justice, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. These charges resulted from an incident on March 27, 2017, where Bender shot at two Metropolitan Nashville Police Department officers who were responding to a report of shots being fired.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Clearfield, South Dakota, man charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance pled guilty and was sentenced on Nov. 27, 2017, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 5, 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 are pleased to announce that the nomination of Glen R. Smith to be a member of the Farm Credit Administration Board was approved by the U.S. Senate.
By State Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks on the House floor in support of the Taylor Force Act (H.R.1164 )...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service announces that the deadline for the fourth annual Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area photo contest has been set for Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. The park invites photographers to submit entries for exhibit at the park visitor center.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Concerns of Patient Brokering and Addiction Treatment Fraud."
By EPA Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman-Designate Gregg Harper (R-MS), and Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to bar Russia from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), and the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), has scheduled a joint hearing for Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Update on the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program (CAFE) and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Motor Vehicles."
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - A beach is a marvelous place to get away from it all and explore on those beautiful, crisp days during the winter. Dress for the weather and come out to see what you’ve been missing! All activities are free of charge unless noted otherwise below. For more information on these and other activities, call the National Park Service at 252-728-2250, extension ‘0’.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: A former Broadview Heights man was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Cuyahoga Heights School District out of millions of dollars, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMES CAVE, 46, of Winsted, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for federal firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Webster County man who was part of a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Quinton Funk, 38, of Webster Springs, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, which carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -------- United States Attorney, Beth Drake, announced today that Shirley Carson, age 49, of Anderson, South Carolina, pled guilty as charged to a twenty count Indictment charging her with filing false income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. The plea was accepted by United States District Court Judge Bruce H. Hendricks sitting in Greenville, South Carolina. Judge Hendricks will sentence Carson at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Restricted Military Equipment Sold to Customers in Foreign Nations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND -United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Robert E. Stochel, age 64, of Crown Point, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody for mail fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: MONTROSE, Colorado-The Bureau of Reclamation’s Curecanti Field Office announced today that the East Portal Road, located east of Montrose, Colorado, will close on Thursday, December 7, 2017, or earlier if weather conditions worsen and make travel unsafe.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), and the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), has scheduled a joint hearing for Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Update on the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program (CAFE) and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Motor Vehicles."
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: Every New Year’s Day, the Big South Fork Bike Club invites all mountain bikers to ride the Big South Fork at an annual event called “The Mail Run.“ Bikers meet at Bandy Creek Visitor Center at 10 a.m. (ET), Jan. 1, and then hit the trails.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The third meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Energy Business Council (the Council) took place today in Mexico City, and was co-chaired by Wells Griffith, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy, and Israel Hernandez, Deputy Chief of Staff ...
