News from February 2017
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led by Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), objected to moving forward with a business meeting to consider the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency until Mr. Pruitt ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
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:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY G. SCIARRA, 53, of Wethersfield, formerly of Marlborough, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of wire fraud stemming from an investment scheme that defrauded individuals and couples of more than $874,000.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces that FX10 International
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will convene a hearing on Tuesday, February 7 to assess North Korea’s nuclear program. The hearing, entitled “Countering the North Korean Threat: New Steps in U.S. Policy, " comes amid several recent high-ranking North Korean defections.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), announced Wednesday members that will serve on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and subcommittees in the 115th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Seven defendants including owners, doctors, a manager, and a laboratory representative of sober homes and alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers were charged for their participation in a health care fraud and money laundering scheme that involved the filing of fraudulent insurance claim forms and defrauded health care benefit programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A former Dallas resident and member of the Jose Paz Garcia drug trafficking organization (DTO), who, after pleading guilty in 1995 to his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy, absconded, and remained a fugitive for 17 years, was sentenced today, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin Theil, 53, of Corning, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Mexican citizen who was stopped for a traffic violation and subsequently found with heroin concealed in his vehicle was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
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.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 1, 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 business meeting to consider the nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
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.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
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.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced the Committee will reconvene the mark up of the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to serve as Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and Steven Mnuchin to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Treasury in an executive session on Wednesday, Feb. 1, in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building at 9:30 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Chamizal National Memorial anuncia oportunidades para negocios de servir comida y bebidas en los eventos programados y especiales que toman lugar en el parque durante el año 2017. Los eventos ya programados para este año son.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
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":
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Defendant is One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as a Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Jason M. Smith, 36, of Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography, was sentenced to 40 years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
