News from March 2017
By EPA Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today advanced S.J. Res 34, a Congressional Review Act resolution rolling back the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) flawed privacy rules. The Senate last week passed the resolution and #SubCommTech Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced an identical resolution in the House earlier this month.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of S.J. Res. 34., providing Congressional disapproval of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule relating to Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Enrique Toribio has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for engaging in income tax fraud by providing names and Social Security numbers to a tax preparer, and instructing the tax preparer to file fraudulent income tax returns on his behalf using those stolen identities, all while serving his sentence as an inmate in the Georgia Department of Corrections.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Russian Citizen Pleads Guilty for Involvement in Global Botnet Conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Discussion Draft: Brownfields Reauthorization."
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to discuss the benefits of automated technology available in self-driving cars. During the hearing, members learned about the advantages of crash avoidance technologies and how this innovation is improving safety on the roadways.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on President Trump's executive order on promoting energy independence and economic growth.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) introduced the Brownfields Authorization Increase Act to boost funding to clean up and redevelop brownfield sites across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: A display of marine artwork created by students will be on display at Cape Cod National Seashore’s Salt Pond Visitor Center from April 3 through the end of the month. The exhibition features winning art from the 2016 Marine Art Contest sponsored by Massachusetts Marine Educators. The artwork, created...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today advanced S.J. Res 34, a Congressional Review Act resolution rolling back the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) flawed privacy rules. The Senate last week passed the resolution and #SubCommTech Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced an identical resolution in the House earlier this month.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Discussion Draft: Brownfields Reauthorization."
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Opioid manufacturers will be the subject of a new, wide-ranging investigation being launched by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. McCaskill is requesting information from the manufacturers of the nation’s...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the medical device user fee program. As reauthorized by the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) of 2012, the Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA) support the review and regulation of medical devices.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said ahead of tomorrow’s American Enterprise Institute briefing on the Antiquities Act that Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah), who will offer opening remarks at the event alongside Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), needs to bring a bill on the Antiquities Act up for debate in the House Natural Resources Committee and make his case to fellow lawmakers that protections for federal lands should be weakened or eliminated.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Romanian Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in International Fraud Scheme Involving Online Marketplace Websites.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management will hold its annual meeting of the three Resource Advisory Councils (RAC) in Nevada at the Elko Convention Center, 700 Moren Way, Elko, Nevada, April 4-6. The three 15-member Nevada RACs advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM Nevada State Director, on a variety of planning and management issues associated with public land management in Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Kenneth Knockum, 48, of Vallejo, today to three years and 10 months in prison for three counts of filing false claims against the United States, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: New FBI Richmond Outreach Initiative. Thomas M. Chadwick, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Richmond Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation announces a new outreach initiative geared towards youth engagement. The FBI Richmond Youth Academy will kick off during the summer of 2017, in a two-day...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation is hosting a public meeting about Navajo Dam Water Operations on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 6 p.m. at the Farmington Civic Center, 200 W Arrington Street in Farmington, New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Vaughn Matthews (25, St. Petersburg) to six years and six months in federal prison for possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 22, 2016.
