News published on Federal Newswire in June 2017

News from June 2017


Manhattan Tax Attorney And Florida CPA Plead Guilty To Multimillion-Dollar Tax Evasion Scheme

News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HAROLD LEVINE, a Manhattan tax attorney, and RONALD KATZ, a Florida certified public accountant, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to tax crimes based upon their roles in a corrupt multi-year...


DOE Announces $28 Million for Advanced Energy Systems

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the availability of approximately $28 million for cost-shared research and development. Three new funding opportunities will advance technologies related to advanced combustion systems, advanced turbines, and gasification as part ...


Walden and Burgess Comment on 2017 Obamacare Enrollment

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today commented on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announcement regarding the effectuated 2017 Obamacare enrollment.


Pallone on Bears Ears National Monument

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s report to President Trump recommending major changes to the protected status and conserved acreage of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument...


Pallone on Bears Ears National Monument

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s report to President Trump recommending major changes to the protected status and conserved acreage of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting that the Committee hold a hearing on the United States’ ability to be prepared for and respond effectively to biological threats.


News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement to mark the one-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting in Orlando Florida...


News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that on June 12, 2017, GLEN RUBEN, JR., of San Roque, Saipan, was sentenced by Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona, of the U.S. District Court in the Northern Mariana Islands, to 60 months incarceration and three years of supervised release.


Pallone on Bears Ears National Monument

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s report to President Trump recommending major changes to the protected status and conserved acreage of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument...


Brockton Man Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl

News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl.


News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House of Representatives today advanced ten Energy and Commerce Committee bills aimed at boosting our nation’s energy infrastructure and improving energy efficiency. House passage of these ten bills comes on the heels of last week’s press conference in which Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) highlighted Congressional productivity this Congress.


Former Delhi City Clerk Pleads Guilty to Theft of City Funds

News Release: A woman who used her position as the city clerk for the City of Delhi to steal city funds pled guilty on June 9, 2017, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


Walden and Burgess Comment on 2017 Obamacare Enrollment

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today commented on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announcement regarding the effectuated 2017 Obamacare enrollment.


Octave Chanute Talk at National Lakeshore's Douglas Center

News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Enjoy a fascinating talk and hike about the pioneering aviator Octave Chanute at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore's Paul H. Douglas Center on Sunday, June 25, from 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm.


News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join fellow astronomy lovers and enjoy our night sky from one of the darkest spots in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Members from the Chicago Astronomical Society, Michiana Astronomical Society, and Calumet Astronomical Society with share their telescopes as they...


News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on June 12, 2017, Alexander Robert McManus, 55, Jamestown, ND, pled guilty before US District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to a three-Count Indictment. McManus pled guilty to one Count of Receipt and Distribution of Materials Containing Child Pornography and two Counts of Possession of Materials Containing Child Pornography.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - A leader of the Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips (BGC) - who pleaded guilty to five federal charges, including being the leader a scheme that led to the murder of a former-gangster-turned-cooperator, was sentenced today to 262 months in federal prison.


Cabell County Man Enters Guilty Plea to Tax Fraud in Connection to West Virginia Division of Highways Pay-to-Play Scheme

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Lesage, West Virginia man pled guilty today to a federal tax charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.


House Clears Ten Energy and Commerce Committee Bills

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House of Representatives today advanced ten Energy and Commerce Committee bills aimed at boosting our nation’s energy infrastructure and improving energy efficiency. House passage of these ten bills comes on the heels of last week’s press conference in which Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) highlighted Congressional productivity this Congress.