News from January 2017
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) described the pending chaos for health care at today’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing titled, “Medicaid Oversight: Existing Problems and Ways to Strengthen the Program":
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that TODD VERNON, 42, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine. VERNON also was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A former president of the Communications Workers of America, Local 3901, in Oxford, Ala., pleaded guilty today in federal court to a scheme to embezzle more than $69,000 from the local chapter, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Investigator Hollis Lindley Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Jan. 27, 2017, Cornelius Q. Hill, 29, of Chicago, was sentenced to 90 months in prison by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, U.S. District Judge, for possession with intent to distribute heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Hill pleaded guilty to these charges, contained in a federal indictment, in October 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s contractor operations and maintenance teams at the Hanford Site are set to train on a new simulated, standalone water system to improve performance and safety and develop critical work skills.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon reports that USA Football, the national governing body for amateur football, will make several changes to the rules and format for youth football in an effort to improve player safety and reduce the risks of long-term brain damage...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Residents of south-central Virginia will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport terminal during the week of Feb. 13 to 17, where officials will host a temporary enrollment center.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact on the proposed execution of interim renewal contracts with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Cities of Avenal, Coalinga, and Huron.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders today requested information from Volkswagen (VW) President and CEO Hinrich Woebcken on recent reports of delays in the company’s efforts to buy back nearly 400,000 vehicles as part of its October settlements for violating the Clean Air...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: FBI Announces Arrest Made in Connection with a Bank Robbery in Plantation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the expansion of the Medicaid program under Obamacare.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service designated 38 communities from across the United States as Certified Local Governments (CLG) in 2016. There are now 1,966 communities that participate in the program, which provides local governments access to historic preservation guidance and grants. The current number of CLGs is a significant milestone as it also recognizes the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 that created the CLG program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Collalto, 50, of Fairport, NY, pleaded guilty to four violations of the Lacey Act (interstate transport or receipt of illegally taken wildlife) and was sentenced to four years probation, 300 hours of community service and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Jan. 27, 2017, Michael H. McDaniel, 37, Belleville, IL, was sentenced for Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Prepubescent Child Pornography. McDaniel was sentenced to 97 months’ imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - Amalia Ralar, 50, a resident of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced on Jan. 19, 2017 to 18 months in federal prison for filing a false tax return underreporting her income, announced. In addition to the prison term, Senior District Judge Helen Gillmor ordered Ralar to pay a $40,000 fine and pay the sum of $354,511 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) sent a letter to the Acting Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to request...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting Muslims...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly met with King Abdullah II of Jordan to discuss the Department’s cooperation with Jordan on regional security issues and efforts to strengthen the U.S.-Jordanian relationship.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, the president announced his intent to nominate Ms. Elaine C. Duke as deputy secretary of Homeland Security.
