News published on Federal Newswire in January 2017

News from January 2017


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID QUATRELLA, 61, of Trumbull, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to a conspiracy charge stemming from a scheme to defraud insurance...


Energy Department launches REMADE Institute focused on recycling

The Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance will lead a $140 million institute in Rochester, New York to improve the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing.


News Release: “That means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period." (“Remarks by the President at the Annual Conference of the American Medical Association," The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, June 15, 2009)


News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID QUATRELLA, 61, of Trumbull, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to a conspiracy charge stemming from a scheme to defraud insurance...


News Release: Combine great scenery and history with great savings and visit a national park for free on one of ten fee free days in 2017. The ten entrance fee-free days for 2017 will be.


Inland Empire Man Pleads Guilty in Wire Fraud Scheme Stemming from Use of Fraudulent Checks Made with Info Stolen from U.S. Mail

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Hemet man pleaded guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge for participating in a scheme in which he and another man used information obtained from stolen mail to create fraudulent checks and identity documents which were used to purchase goods that were later returned to major retail outlets to obtain cash.


Walden Statement on President Obama’s Obamacare Pep Talk on Capitol Hill

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after President Obama’s meeting with Congressional Democrats about preserving his failed health care law.


Senator Murray Statement on Meeting with Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after meeting with President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos.


News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Phoenix District Office has announced dates, times and locations for three public information meetings at which it seeks public input on recreational target shooting management alternatives for the Sonoran Desert National Monument.


News Release: I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 21, the so-called “Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017."


Nampa Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of Children

News Release: BOISE - Fernando Morales, 50, of Nampa pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to sexual exploitation of children, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.


News Release: “That means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period." (“Remarks by the President at the Annual Conference of the American Medical Association," The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, June 15, 2009)


News Release: DALLAS - Less than one week before her trial was scheduled to begin in federal court in Dallas, a Grand Prairie, Texas, woman, Andria Victoria Booker, a/k/a Andria Victoria Crosby, 36, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to one count of making false statements or fraud to obtain federal employees’ compensation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


The Select Investigative Panel Releases Final Report

News Release: The House Select Investigative Panel has concluded its yearlong investigation and released its Final Report which can be read in full here.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after President Obama’s meeting with Congressional Democrats about preserving his failed health care law.


Walden Statement on President Obama’s Obamacare Pep Talk on Capitol Hill

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after President Obama’s meeting with Congressional Democrats about preserving his failed health care law.


News Release: Roger Coley, Randall Doss Conspired to Distribute ICE Methamphetamine.


News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Two men who were convicted in unrelated cases earlier this year on child pornography offenses have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison sentences by federal judges in Fort Worth, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: G.F. “Pete" Peterman, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Alberto F. Islas, age 59, from the Los Angeles, California area, today entered a guilty plea to assault with intent to commit aggravated sexual abuse before the Honorable Clay D. Land, Chief United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, in Columbus.


News Release: The Justice Department filed a statement of interest today addressing the harmful effects of subjecting juvenile offenders to solitary confinement. The statement of interest was filed in V.W. et al. v. Conway et al., a class action brought by six juveniles and their parents and natural guardians to challenge the placement of youth in solitary confinement in the Onondaga County Justice Center in Syracuse, New York.