News from June 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released a joint staff report today on the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans’ intentional sabotage of the individual insurance markets to justify passage of Trumpcare.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee is set to pass H.R. 3017, Brownfields Enhancement Economic Redevelopment and Reauthorization Act of 2017, authored by #SubEnvironment Vice Chairman David McKinley (R-WV). H.R. 3017 would reauthorize and make improvements to the EPA Brownfields Program, encourage EPA, states, and local governments to work together to redevelop properties, create jobs, and provide for economic development.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford Site workers are removing waste from the 324 Building ’s airlock so they can eventually clear out contaminated soil from beneath the building. The airlock helps provide contamination control when accessing adjacent hot cells where workers once handled radioactive materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Today, a Broward County School District employee was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks to three years in prison for obstructing a drug investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: JUNE 28, 2017 - About 61 percent of people with Nigerian ancestry age 25 and older had a bachelor’s degree or higher - more than twice the U.S. rate of 28.5 percent, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report on Characteristics of Selected Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Ancestry Groups in the United States: 2008-2012 released today.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This evening, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will join members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S.-Korea Business Council, and Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry to welcome South Korean President Moon to the United States. Text of Chairman Royce’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Thank you Chairman Simpson and all the Members of this great subcommittee. Of the twelve appropriation bills being prepared just now, I am proud that our subcommittee bill is among the first out of the starting gate for 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Contact Bailey Drumm. www.justice.gov/usao/md at (410) 209-4885. WOMAN SENTENCED TO 34 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT SCHEME. Used the Personal Information of Victims to Perpetrate a Fraud Scheme. Greenbelt, Maryland - On June 26, 2017, U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released a joint staff report today on the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans’ intentional sabotage of the individual insurance markets to justify passage of Trumpcare.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: DEA, Denver P.D. net 74 Defendants charged in the trafficking of illegal marijuana to out of state markets
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Pawletzki, 35, of Lakewood, Colo., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 36 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Pawletzki will be required to register as a sex offender after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Mathew Scott Grover, 28, of Nampa, Idaho was sentenced to a total of 102 months in Federal prison yesterday for violating conditions of supervised release and committing two new crimes: unlawful possession of ammunition and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Two companies working for EM’s Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO) received the Kentucky Governor’s Safety and Health Award.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Rod Rimando, director of the EM Technology Development Office, addresses the U.S. Federal Executive Departments and Independent Agencies Meeting on Robotic Operating System, held June 26-27 in the Washington D.C. office of Argonne National Laboratory. The meeting, hosted by EM, brought together government experts to discuss collaboration among departments and agencies on the application of frameworks for robot software development.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Sissonville man was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for a gun charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jeffrey Phelix, 32, previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup of several energy and environmental bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that his office has charged a Pennsylvania man by Bill of Information with a wire fraud scheme for allegedly defrauding a Baton Rouge company and causing more than $500,000 in loss. If convicted, the defendant could face imprisonment for up to 20 years, a significant fine, restitution, forfeiture, and supervised release following imprisonment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today urged the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to investigate whether federal law was violated by the submission of fake comments - using stolen identities - to the Federal Communications...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2017
News Release: The final phase of storm damage repairs on Mora Road involving repaving and sealing operations is finishing up this week. Park officials anticipate the road to reopen to the public for the upcoming holiday weekend.
