News published on Federal Newswire in February 2017

News from February 2017


Simpson County, Kentucky, Woman Guilty Of Bank Robbery

News Release: Stole $43,100 and threatened to kill bank employees, customers and an alleged child held hostage.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) spoke about the importance of continued improvements to our nation’s efforts to defend against cybersecurity threats to the electricity grid at an Energy Subcommittee hearing today titled, “The Electricity Sector’s Efforts to Respond to Cybersecurity Threats:"


Richfield man indicted for using business accounts to buy high-end vehicles, underpay taxes by $350,000

News Release: A Richfield man was indicted on charges that he illegally failed to pay nearly $350,000 in income taxes by using a business account to pay personal expenses over nearly a decade, said Carole S. Rendon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Hatch Statement at Executive Session to Consider Treasury, HHS Nominations

News Release: WASHINGTON - Following Senate Finance Committee Democrats’ unprecedented move to boycott two cabinet level committee confirmation votes, the Committee today passed a unanimous consent (UC) motion to suspend a rule regarding quorum requirements for nomination votes in an executive session to consider Steven Mnuchin to serve as U.S. Treasury Secretary and Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to serve as Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary.


Pallone on Walden’s Pre-Existing Conditions Proposal

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing tomorrow on several Republican health care bills, including one proposed by Full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) that he says will make sure people with pre-existing conditions continue to get covered.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) defended the importance of Medicaid today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Strengthening Medicaid and Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable":


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today kicked-off its first hearing of the 115th Congress examining the electricity sector’s efforts to respond to cybersecurity threats.


Littleton Woman Pleads Guilty for Oil Investment Scheme

News Release: DENVER - Jill M. Evans, age 51, of Littleton, Colorado, recently pled guilty before U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to wire fraud and money laundering charges announced the United States Attorney’s Office, IRS - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Evans was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 21, 2015.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that Ryan Freeman, 27, of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court today to one count of bank robbery.


Another Albuquerque Resident Pleads Guilty to Violating Federal Firearms Laws

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Julian Brown, 22, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.


WLCI Local Project Development Teams Hold February Meetings

News Release: The Local Project Development Teams (LPDTs) for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) will meet at various locations in southwest Wyoming during February.


#SubHealth Examines Three Commonsense Bills to Modernize Medicaid

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining three legislative proposals that would strengthen Medicaid and prioritize the most vulnerable.


National Park Service Fee Free Days in 2017 (Hyde Park)

News Release: National Park Service Fee Free Days in 2017.


Convicted felon faces charges for having fentanyl and firearms

News Release: A man with residences in Akron and Barberton was indicted on firearms and fentanyl charges, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.


Pallone on Walden’s Pre-Existing Conditions Proposal

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing tomorrow on several Republican health care bills, including one proposed by Full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) that he says will make sure people with pre-existing conditions continue to get covered.



Pallone Calls for Ongoing Improvements to Grid Cybersecurity

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) spoke about the importance of continued improvements to our nation’s efforts to defend against cybersecurity threats to the electricity grid at an Energy Subcommittee hearing today titled, “The Electricity Sector’s Efforts to Respond to Cybersecurity Threats:"


#SubHealth Examines Three Commonsense Bills to Modernize Medicaid

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining three legislative proposals that would strengthen Medicaid and prioritize the most vulnerable.


Florida Department of Health Supervisor Sentenced to Prison for Accepting a Bribe

News Release: Florida Department of Health supervisor sentenced to prison for accepting a bribe.


Engel Statement on Tillerson Confirmation

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of former Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be Secretary of State...