News from January 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Sea Turtles, crocodiles, snakes and other reptiles (welcome and not!) call Biscayne National Park home, and the January edition of Family Fun Fest will take an up-close look at a few of the park’s reptiles on Sunday, January 8, 2017 from 1:00 - 4:00 PM. The free event is part of the...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Employer name: Jersey City Medical Center RWJ Barnabas Health. Jersey City Medical Center RWJ Barnabas Health. Inspection site: 355 Grand St. 355 Grand St. Jersey City, New Jersey. Jersey City, New Jersey. Citations issued: On Dec. 21, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery during House Floor debate on H. Res. 5 are enclosed below. H. Res. 5 will establish the rules for the House of Representatives in the 115th Congress. The rules package creates a special exemption from points of order for legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which will allow Congressional Republicans to add $3 trillion to the national deficit without paying for it...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, interstate transportation of a minor for purpose of engaging in unlawful sexual activity, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, and sex trafficking of a child, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Kerry B. Harvey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, has announced his resignation, effective Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. U.S. Attorney Harvey has served in office since May 14, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that on December 7, 2016, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging REGAN TIPPETT, 41, of East Lyme, with filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
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.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed four incoming Republican members to the committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing UMB Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of New Waterford, Ohio, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of willfully injuring or committing depredation against any property of the United States, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed four incoming Republican members to the committee.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, last week sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) urging the agency to withdraw its Draft Regional Mitigation Strategy (DRMS) for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The DRMS is a product of a Presidential Memorandum released in November 2015 that seeks to drive up mitigation requirements, and marks yet another attempt by the Obama administration to impose a damaging policy in Alaska in its final days.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 33-year-old resident of the Bronx, New York, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of wire and mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Christopher Donrick Daley Sept. 21, 2016, following a two-day trial.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Today marks the beginning of the 115th Congress and a fresh start for those of us who have the honor of serving the American people in Washington, D.C. After an unpredictable and tumultuous 2016, it is time for us to come together and work towards finding solutions for our constituents in the New Year.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Today marks the beginning of the 115th Congress and a fresh start for those of us who have the honor of serving the American people in Washington, D.C. After an unpredictable and tumultuous 2016, it is time for us to come together and work towards finding solutions for our constituents in the New Year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of contraband in prison, and immediately was sentenced to two months in prison, consecutive to the current prison term he is serving, followed by three years’ supervised release, to run concurrent with his present sentence, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery during House Floor debate on H. Res. 5 are enclosed below. H. Res. 5 will establish the rules for the House of Representatives in the 115th Congress. The rules package creates a special exemption from points of order for legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which will allow Congressional Republicans to add $3 trillion to the national deficit without paying for it...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery during House Floor debate on H. Res. 5 are enclosed below. H. Res. 5 will establish the rules for the House of Representatives in the 115th Congress. The rules package creates a special exemption from points of order for legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which will allow Congressional Republicans to add $3 trillion to the national deficit without paying for it...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Timothy Gallagher, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Newark Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, a/k/a “Jay Taylor," a/k/a “Josie Reeser," was charged in a five-count...
By State Newswire | Jan 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23) and House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce (CA-39) released the following statement announcing that the House will vote this Thursday on a resolution opposing UN Security Council Resolution 2334...
