News from June 2017
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Bobby L. Rush (IL-01), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01), Subcommittee on Environment Ranking Member Rep. Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Democracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that, a Federal Grand Jury in Charleston, South Carolina, returned Indictments against the following.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Paul Mignani, 51, of Bethel, Conn., was sentenced on June 20, 2017 by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Ramón Orta, former Secretary of the Department of Sports and Recreation (PR DRD), his Special Assistant Edgardo Vazquez-Morales, and four other individuals have been indicted and arrested for their participation in a conspiracy to steal federal funds involving fraudulently obtained...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will initiate fire restrictions for BLM-managed public lands in Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Trinity and Siskiyou counties beginning Monday, June 26. The restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has notified dozens of scientists at EPA that their terms serving as advisors to the agency will not be renewed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Former Senior Level Corporate Employee Previously Pleaded Guilty to Securities Fraud Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: COLUMBIA- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office is reviewing selected restaurants in Greenville to ensure that the restaurants provide the access required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the “ADA"). The review stems from the Department of Justice’s Congressionally-mandated responsibility to ensure compliance with the ADA.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today raising serious concerns about the conflicts of interest of Dr. Nancy Beck, a former American Chemistry Council lobbyist who now serves as EPA’s Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Bobby L. Rush (IL-01), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-01), Subcommittee on Environment Ranking Member Rep. Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Democracy...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has notified dozens of scientists at EPA that their terms serving as advisors to the agency will not be renewed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for enticing a minor to engage in illicit sex.
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will convene a hearing at which the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, will testify. The hearing is entitled “Advancing U.S. Interests at the United Nations " and will begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for enticing a minor to engage in illicit sex.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Middleman Pleads Guilty in Foreign Bribery and Fraud Scheme Involving Potential $800 Million International Real Estate Deal.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Defining and Mapping Broadband Coverage in America:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) reiterated Republicans’ commitment to rescuing the American people from the failures of Obamacare and highlighted the need to address the skyrocketing premiums that are crushing middle-class families and small businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Defining and Mapping Broadband Coverage in America:"
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt today raising serious concerns about the conflicts of interest of Dr. Nancy Beck, a former American Chemistry Council lobbyist who now serves as EPA’s Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has notified dozens of scientists at EPA that their terms serving as advisors to the agency will not be renewed...
