News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 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 who posted photos of stolen property, illegal drugs, guns and cash on his Facebook page was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing two firearms.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today issued the following statement after the administration announced new sanctions on multiple Chinese entities and individuals that act as conduits for illicit North Korean financial activity...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: MOBILE, AL- The Acting United States Attorney, Steve Butler, announces that Jenna Kathleen Fitzhugh-Thomas was sentenced in United States District Court, by Judge Callie V. Granade, on June 27, 2017 to 12 ½ years confinement for being involved and having a leadership role in a multi-state methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: “For over a decade, hiding in plain sight, this 36-story Manhattan office tower secretly served as a front for the Iranian government and as a gateway for millions of dollars to be funneled to Iran in clear violation of U.S. sanctions laws. In this trial, 650 Fifth Avenue’s secret was laid bare for all...
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
Release: Finland is a Nordic country north of the Baltics and bordering Russia, possessing a stable and modern economy including a world-class investment climate. It is a member of the European Union and part of the euro area. The country has a highly-skilled, educated and multilingual labor force, with strong ...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today issued the following statement after Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report detailing waste, fraud, and abuse within the FCC’s Lifeline program.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today following the release of new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the Senate Trumpcare bill’s long term impact on Medicaid...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The long, hot days of summer are drying out the grasses, shrubs and trees in south central Montana, increasing fire danger and prompting authorities to implement fire restrictions.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - A Sierra Leone man previously convicted of felony assault in Maryland was convicted Tuesday on two additional felony counts for resisting his removal from the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Salem, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cascades Field Office has just completed a revision to the Sandy Ridge trailhead plan and is now available for review. The revised plan addresses a number of comments from the public related to land-use allocations, engineering design for the project, and invasive non-native plant species management.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today following the release of new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the Senate Trumpcare bill’s long term impact on Medicaid...
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Houston area federal, state and local law enforcement agencies came together today to announce a collaborative initiative to proactively fight violent crime across the Greater Houston area. The Houston Law Enforcement Violent Crime Initiative brings together personnel from 10 area law enforcement agencies to not only augment investigative and prosecutorial efforts, but also to enhance collaborative training and community outreach efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: MOBILE, AL- The Acting United States Attorney, Steve Butler, announces that Jenna Kathleen Fitzhugh-Thomas was sentenced in United States District Court, by Judge Callie V. Granade, on June 27, 2017 to 12 ½ years confinement for being involved and having a leadership role in a multi-state methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Contact Bailey Drumm. www.justice.gov/usao/md at (410) 209-4885. DRUG COUNSELOR UNDER CONTRACT WITH U.S. PROBATION AND PRETRIAL SERVICES PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE. Licensed Drug Counselor Did Drugs with Federal Defendant, Helped him Obtain Drugs while in Jail, and...
By Commerce 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 USDA Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today held a business meeting where H.R. 1029 , the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2017, was favorably reported out of the Committee by unanimous voice vote.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy announced today the approval of two long-term applications to export additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Lake Charles LNG Liquefaction Project in Lake Charles, LA. Additional exports in the amount of 0.33 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas are approved from Lake Charles’s proposed liquefaction facility.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: Jensen, Utah - On July 1, 2017, Dr. Dan Chure, monument paleontologist will retire after 38 years of federal service. Dan arrived at Dinosaur National Monument in 1979 and spent his entire National Park Service career at Dinosaur.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today voted on the nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo to serve as Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee favorably voted the nominee out of the Committee at a business meeting earlier today.
