News from February 2017
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Minority Members of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led by Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), have sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urging him to postpone a vote on the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be administrator of the Environmental ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on “Self-Driving Cars: Road to Deployment:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Michelle Zimmerman, 28, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was convicted of racketeering, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man who posted photos of stolen property, illegal drugs, guns and cash on his Facebook page pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing two firearms.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing today to examine the extreme and partisan decisions made by the Democrat-controlled National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and to discuss how Congress and the Trump administration can remedy them.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ahead of today’s #SubDCCP hearing, Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) previews what audiences can expect the subcommittee to explore in the 115th Congress. First up, the exciting reality of once-futuristic technology: self-driving cars.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on “Self-Driving Cars: Road to Deployment:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 40-year-old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations related to the murder of a Port Acres woman in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to continue exploring the potential of self-driving cars. Today’s hearing allowed for members to learn more about the safety benefits of self-driving cars, the testing...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Alfred Pabon Used Online Messaging Service to Obtain and Distribute Child Pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus asking for answers relating to widespread reports that sensitive information may have been shared or discussed in a common area at Mar-a-Lago.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting applications from lamb producers, seedstock producers, feeders, or first handers interested in nominating members to the American Lamb Board. Applications are due by March 16, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: “The Social Security Administration was created in 1935 with a special emphasis on supporting those considered to be of ‘old-age.’ More than eighty years later, the programs administered by the agency remain vitally important to seniors and people with disabilities. I represent Florida’s 16th Congressional...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Donald Vigue, 42, of Dexter, Maine, pleaded guilty today U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute cocaine.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The largest collection of hot cells in the DOE complex is old enough to retire, but an ongoing renovation project will make sure its career lasts well into the 21st century.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Rainell Peter Freeman, 25, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced to 15 months incarceration for distributing heroin, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: FEB 14 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Donald Vigue, 42, of Dexter, Maine, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND- United States Attorney David A. Capp announced that Manuel Ramos, 42, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced on Feb. 14, 2017 by District Court Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - Four residents of Erie, Pennsylvania have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and food stamp fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to continue exploring the potential of self-driving cars. Today’s hearing allowed for members to learn more about the safety benefits of self-driving cars, the testing...
