News from May 2017
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “Examining Initiatives to Advance Public Health:"
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) released the following statements after the Committee’s bipartisan meeting with United States Trade Ambassador Robert Lighthizer and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Thank you Mr. Chairman. I want to welcome Dr. Collins, as well as Dr. Lowy, Dr. Fauci, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Gibbons, and Dr. Volkow-thank you all for being here this morning to discuss the future of the National Institutes of Health.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Dennis K. Rawlins, 68, of Jackson, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 300 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for sexually exploiting a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury indicted three Mexican nationals on charges they reentered the country illegally, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former inmate at Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, Mass., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to threatening to kill the President of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: State charges dropped for federal case to proceed.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee today introduced a broad 21st Century infrastructure package that includes key areas within the Committee’s jurisdiction, including broadband, drinking water, healthcare, the electric grid, brownfields and renewable energy infrastructure. The Leading Infrastructure...
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Four Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats today urged their Republican counterparts to hold a hearing to examine the recent failure of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website to handle the high volume of comments on the FCC’s net neutrality proceeding.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Gustavo Mulato, age 25, of Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien.
By US DOT Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Improving America's Transportation Infrastructure: The Road Forward." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TYNEKIA BUCKLEY, age 44, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging her with conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud.
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining four bipartisan bills to advance public health.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714 and Patrick Hovakimian (619) 546-9718.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Four Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats today urged their Republican counterparts to hold a hearing to examine the recent failure of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website to handle the high volume of comments on the FCC’s net neutrality proceeding.
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a hearing examining the country’s emergency alerting systems.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on May 15, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of mail by a postal employee, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 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 announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Examining the Farm Economy: Perspectives on Rural America."
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With medical innovations on the rise, there’s plenty of reason for patients and their loved ones to have hope for new treatments and cures. The FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017 will boost these innovations, delivering for patients and manufacturers.
