News from May 2017
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb today urging continued implementation of the so-called deeming rule, which extended the authority of FDA to regulate all tobacco products including e-cigarettes, vape pens, cigars, and hookah.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that JOHN FARCHIONE, a former customer operations manager of a public...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Scheme Stretched from Texas into Colorado, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. (May 16, 2017)-Today, all 33 Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a detailed letter to their respective Republican Chairmen outlining their demand for an immediate investigation into the actions of President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and top White House aides...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Fort Sumter National Monument officials announced that the new commercial services contract has been awarded to Fort Sumter Tours, Inc. The new contract 10- year contract will begin on May 15, 2017. Fort Sumter Tours, a family-run company, is the current park concessioner with years of operating experience at the park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A 53-year-old Alvarado, Texas, man, Jerry Wayne Smith, who pleaded guilty in January 2017 to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 150 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumers."
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: A free webinar called “Spending Energy Dollars Wisely" will take place Wednesday, May 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain Time. This webinar is part of the 2017 Expanding Tribal Energy Development Through Partnerships webinar series sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy and the Western Area Power Administration.
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy, M.D. (R-PA), announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus: Continuing Challenges."
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - This Police Week, the National Park Service (NPS) and the United States Park Police (USPP) reflect on the service and sacrifice of 41 law enforcement rangers and 13 police officers who have fallen in the line of duty.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, all 34 Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a detailed letter to their respective Republican Chairmen outlining their demand for an immediate investigation into the actions of President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and top White House aides...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS: Historic Site Coordinator Joseph Smith from the Chickasaw Nation and Brian Mast from the Black Belt Museum at the University of West Alabama will present programs at the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, May 27, 2017. Starting at 10:00 am, Smith will present a 30-minute Junior...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Approximately 25 members of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ or ATF’s National Response Team arrived on scene today at the 3800 block of San Pablo and 40th Street in Emeryville, California, to help investigate a five-alarm fire that occurred the morning of May 13.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A member of the Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of Nevada and Oregon was sentenced on Monday to 120 months in prison for his conviction for voluntary manslaughter in his wife’s death at their home on the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada. His wife was a member of the Te-Moak Tribe of the Western Shoshone.
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after voting against the nomination of Jeffrey Rosen to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT).
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb today urging continued implementation of the so-called deeming rule, which extended the authority of FDA to regulate all tobacco products including e-cigarettes, vape pens, cigars, and hookah.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, 33-year-old Kevin Clay Montgomery was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 30 years in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for production of child pornography announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr. and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: FBI Offers Reward of up to $10,000 in Kamau Curnal Fugitive Hunt.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumers."
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has announced it will markup the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 on Thursday, May 18, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
