News from March 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), along with Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Gene Green (D-Texas), and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), today wrote to Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ask how several actions taken by the Trump administration could harm the CDC's preparedness for a pandemic flu outbreak.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following joint statement today after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report detailing cost and coverage estimates for House Republicans’ health care repeal bill...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - This week, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is marking “Sunshine Week" - a national initiative to promote open government and freedom of information - by introducing multiple bills that strengthen transparency and accountability in government.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), along with Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Gene Green (D-Texas), and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), today wrote to Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to ask how several actions taken by the Trump administration could harm the CDC's preparedness for a pandemic flu outbreak.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - March 13, 2017 - Paul Gratton, 50, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., was found guilty today by a federal jury of delivering of a firearm to a common carrier without written notice; illegal shipment of a firearm with intent to commit a felony; illegal importation of a firearm; illegal receipt ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Seema Verma as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following joint statement today after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report detailing cost and coverage estimates for House Republicans’ health care repeal bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: By operation of the Vacancies Reform Act, Joseph H. Harrington is serving as the Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington following the recent resignation of Michael C. Ormsby. The Eastern District of Washington comprises the twenty counties east of the crest of the Cascade Mountains.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Court Approves Desegregation Plan for Cleveland, Mississippi, Schools.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement regarding the Congressional Budget Office’s score of the American Health Care Act.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement regarding the Congressional Budget Office’s score of the American Health Care Act.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following joint statement today after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report detailing cost and coverage estimates for House Republicans’ health care repeal bill...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt urging him to listen to the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change and uphold EPA's legal obligations to protect public health from greenhouse gas pollutants, as established by the Endangerment Finding in 2009.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Everglades National Park is installing new access corridor markers and signs in Florida Bay, as a key component of the park’s integrated 2015 General Management Plan (GMP) implementation strategy to enhance protection and enjoyment of the park’s marine areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: A Toledo man with a history of armed robberies was indicted in federal court for using a firearm to rob a store last month, Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja, FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony and Toledo Police Chief George Kral said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Justin Griffin, 38, of Cheektowaga, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine, before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Martinsburg man was arrested today for a firearm violation, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats sent a letter to Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins, Jr. of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today requesting an investigation into the policies and procedures designed to safeguard the agency from conflicts of interest. The request comes after Administrator...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Mark A. Tincher, age 59 of Plattsmouth, pleaded guilty today to an Information charging him with one count of bank fraud, before the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 30 years’ imprisonment, a $1,000,000 fine and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Mar.13, 2017, Christopher Wayne Alexander, 55, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 78 months in federal prison for maliciously damaging the office and contents of Victory Orthotics, Inc., (Victory Orthotics) ...
