News from February 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) led a group of Committee and House Democrats in introducing the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017 (H.R. 1068). The bill would make comprehensive changes to ensure safer drinking water for communities nationwide. The proposal would be the first major update to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in over twenty years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, age 29, of Conway, South Carolina, appeared before a federal magistrate judge this morning in Florence, South Carolina, for an initial appearance following his arrest last night in Myrtle...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Defendant Used Internet at Portland Area Hotels to Conceal Involvement in Over $1.2 Million in Fraudulent Refund Claims.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) spoke about the importance of making real investments in environmental infrastructure at an Environment Subcommittee hearing today titled, “Modernizing Environmental Laws: Challenges and Opportunities for Expanding Infrastructure and Promoting Development and Manufacturing":
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to the Oklahoma District Court's ruling that the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office has until Tuesday, February 21st to begin to release thousands ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after House passage of H.Res. 43, a resolution disapproving of the Obama administration’s rule limiting state choices on Title X funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury returned guilty verdicts today in the case of a Chinese scientist, who was charged with conspiring to steal samples of a variety of rice seeds from a Kansas biopharmaceutical research facility.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news that Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) introduced legislation intended to protect people with pre-existing conditions upon full repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.J. Res. 69 sponsored by Rep. Don Young (R-AK). This joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act will overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) rule on “Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jacorian Rashawn Brown (24) and Jessica Duenas Nicholas (45), both of Brandon, today pleaded guilty to conspiracy and armed robbery. Brown also pleaded guilty to brandishing a firearm during an armed robbery. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison, and Nicholas faces a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Brandon Bies has been named superintendent of Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia, where he will manage the lands and resources associated with two major Civil War battles. The historic meadows and woodlands of the 5,000-acre park draw more than 500,000 visitors annually.
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: I want to welcome Mr. David Friedman to the committee today to discuss his nomination to be our ambassador to Israel. Over the last 70 years, the United States and Israel have enjoyed a close and meaningful relationship. This alliance has been a pillar of American and Israeli foreign policy and greatly beneficial to both nations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday charging an Olathe man who worked at a store catering to runners with stealing more than $250,000 in merchandise, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN GALANIS and his son DEREK GALANIS were each sentenced today to six years in prison for manipulating the market for Gerova Financial Group, Ltd. (“Gerova"), a publicly traded company listed on the New...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
Release: ERIE, Pa. - The Transportation Security Administration has installed the latest checkpoint screening technology equipment at Erie International Airport (ERI).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) spoke about the importance of making real investments in environmental infrastructure at an Environment Subcommittee hearing today titled, “Modernizing Environmental Laws: Challenges and Opportunities for Expanding Infrastructure and Promoting Development and Manufacturing":
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after House passage of H.Res. 43, a resolution disapproving of the Obama administration’s rule limiting state choices on Title X funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A federal grand jury has indicted William Edward Robinson (44) and Sandra Wright Taylor (53), for violations of federal law including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of firearms in connection with drug distribution, ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) led a group of Committee and House Democrats in introducing the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017 (H.R. 1068). The bill would make comprehensive changes to ensure safer drinking water for communities nationwide. The proposal would be the first major update to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in over twenty years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - David Michael Hobby Rossner, 36, of Panama City, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for production, receipt, and distribution of child pornography. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
