News from June 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Chairwoman Granger, congratulations on bringing your first Defense Appropriations Bill before the Committee. You have taken the helm of the subcommittee in an exceptionally difficult year and I deeply appreciate your steadfast commitment to maintaining its tradition of cooperative bipartisanship, transparency, and taking a thoughtful approach to solving problems.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) announced updated assignments and subcommittee leadership appointments for the House Committee on Natural Resources during the 115th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Court records unsealed today reveal that Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud, 25, of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty to all counts alleged against him regarding a terrorist plot.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to a report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Lifeline Program, a program that has provided discounted and no-charge phone service for low-income Americans for over three decades...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: June 29, 2017 - This report provides national summary data on the revenues, expenditures and composition of assets of the largest defined benefit public employee pension systems for state and local governments. This report produces three tables: Tables 1 and 3 include data on cash and security holdings and Table 2 provides data on earnings on investments, contributions and payments.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Yoder, Ranking Member Ryan, and Chairman Frelinghuysen for your work on this bill.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a markup examining four bipartisan public health bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Virginia man was indicted by a federal grand jury on theft charges, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing , titled, “Conservation and Forestry: Perspectives on the Past and Future Direction for the 2018 Farm Bill."
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
Release: Ukraine sits at a crossroads, one road leading toward democracy and prosperity, with Ukraine taking its place among thriving European economies, and another with its great potential constrained by corruption and government mismanagement. Positive change is underway, hard fought macro-economic stability ...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-PA), and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, this week introduced S. 1460, the Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 (ENRA), as the successor to her broad, bipartisan bill from the last Congress. This new measure will help Alaskans produce more energy, pay less for energy, facilitate needed infrastructure, boost the innovation of new technologies, and protect sportsmen’s access to federal lands-all without raising taxes or adding to the deficit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - On June 27, Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered an order that revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a child sex abuser, restrained and enjoined him from claiming any rights, privileges or advantages of U.S. citizenship, and ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support to Terrorists.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on today’s announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Today, all Democrats on the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary sent a letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz requesting an investigation into whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions violated his recusal when he participated in President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and David E. Beach, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Secret Service (“USSS"), announced today the unsealing of charges against JAMES BECKISH, RICHARD WITCHER, JAMES TONER, PETER O’BRIEN...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee markup on four public health bills...
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
Release: The Government of Belarus (GOB) officially welcomes foreign investment, which is seen as a source of new technology, job creation, and foreign currency growth. The Investment Code of the Republic of Belarus (passed on June 22, 2001) is the regulatory framework governing all forms of investment activities in Belarus. Several presidential edicts and decrees have been issued that also regulate investment activities.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
Release: The Irish government actively promotes foreign direct investment (FDI) and has had considerable success in attracting U.S. investment, in particular. Currently, there are approximately 700 U.S. subsidiaries in Ireland operating primarily in the following sectors: chemicals, bio-pharmaceuticals and medical devices, computer hardware and software, electronics, and financial services.
