News from July 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed a pair of bills upholding unfulfilled promises made by the federal government benefitting Utah comminutes: H.R. 2582 (Rep. Mia Love, R-UT), the “Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act," and H.R. 2423 (Rep. Chris Stewart, R-UT), the “Washington County, Utah, Public Lands Management Implementation Act.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Tuesday afternoon, a federal jury in East St. Louis found Bernard L. Cherry, 31, of East St. Louis, Illinois, guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: In mid-June, a combination of volunteers and National Park staff spent ten days moving over 200,000 pounds of rock from the gravel bars of the Charley River in the effort to successfully rehabilitate the airstrip near the Gelvin’s cabin. Located on the Charley River approximately 35 air miles from the confluence with the Yukon River, the airstrip had been unusable since 2013, when a flood washed out multiple sections of the runway.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record during today’s Subcommittee on Health hearing titled, “Examining the Extension of Special Needs Plans:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging SHAMAR MADDEN, also known as “Sheist," 37, of Atlanta, Georgia, with one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today called on President Trump to immediately staff up the Centers for Disease...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today called on President Trump to immediately staff up the Centers for Disease...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Powering America: A Review of the Operation and Effectiveness of the Nation’s Wholesale Electricity Markets:"
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 26, 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 S. 1514 , the Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation (HELP) for Wildlife Act. The HELP for Wildlife Act passed the EPW Committee by a vote of 14 to 7 with broad bipartisan support.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Joon Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Former New York City Police Officer MERLIN ALSTON, was sentenced this afternoon in Manhattan federal court to a prison term of 20 years for participating in a long-running conspiracy to distribute large...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Tuesday afternoon, a federal jury in East St. Louis found Bernard L. Cherry, 31, of East St. Louis, Illinois, guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting an investigation into Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry’s potential misuse of appropriated taxpayer funds when he wrote an opinion piece for an Ohio newspaper critical of the Affordable Care Act. Yesterday, press reports noted that DOE used its official Twitter account to promote the opinion piece.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Three brothers and a nephew of the reputed leader of the Melendez drug trafficking organization from South Laredo have been sentenced for their roles in the conspiracy, announced DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven Whipple, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting an investigation into Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry’s potential misuse of appropriated taxpayer funds when he wrote an opinion piece for an Ohio newspaper critical of the Affordable Care Act. Yesterday, press reports noted that DOE used its official Twitter account to promote the opinion piece.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Nevada, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced a path forward on legislation to sanction Iran, Russia and North Korea.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Ramon “Trey" Luina III, 42, Chesterfield, MO, pled guilty today to one charge of mail fraud in connection with his embezzlement of approximately $2.8 million from CMS Communications Inc. Luina appeared today before United States District Judge John A. Ross. Sentencing is set for Nov. 2, 2017.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider S.1514, the Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy (HELP) for Wildlife Act. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its second hearing as part of its recently announced “Powering America" series. Last week, #SubEnergy kicked off the series with a review of electricity markets. Today, subcommittee members heard from all seven Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent Service Operators (ISOs) to get their take on the status of wholesale electricity markets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (MI-13) today gave the following statement during the hearing of H.Res. 446, a resolution of inquiry regarding Jeff Sessions' recusal and James Comey firing
