News from May 2017
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement on an amendment to the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, funding the government and other key priorities through September. Also included in the bill were a number of committee legislative priorities.
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, funding the government and other key priorities through September. Also included in the bill were a number of committee legislative priorities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and the bill’s chief sponsor, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), issued the following statements upon the House Judiciary Committee’s approval of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 (H.R. 2266) by voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: The set fire resulted in the death of a firefighter.
By US DOT Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Infrastructure Project Streamlining and Efficiency: Achieving Faster, Better, and Cheaper Results." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Defendant Admits to Distributing, Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Two brothers were each sentenced to six years in prison for conspiring to bring large amounts of heroin and fentanyl to Northeast Ohio from Connecticut, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Statewide-ID - Idaho’s Governor C.L. “Butch" Otter has proclaimed May Wildfire Awareness Month. Throughout the month, interagency fire officials are encouraging residents to better protect their homes and communities from wildfire, and help firefighters reduce the number of human-caused fires. In Idaho, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is asking the public to Plan, Prepare and Prevent.
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai briefed a group of bipartisan members of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: Lance Crick (864) 282-2105.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Gunnison Field Office today approved a Special Recreation Permit (SRP) for Silverton Mountain Guides, modifying their guided helicopter skiing (heli-skiing) operations on BLM lands in Silverton, Colorado.
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017, funding the government and other key priorities through September. Also included in the bill were a number of committee legislative priorities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday charging a Topeka man in eight robberies committed over a period of five months, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors last week charged an Irondale man with identity theft in connection to nearly $400,000 embezzled from the company where he worked, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a report originally issued in 2010 by former Rep. Henry A. Waxman, who served at the time as Chairman...
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a legislative hearing examining 10 bills to promote and modernize the nation’s hydropower and pipeline infrastructure.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Join the National Park Service (NPS) and John Muir Land Trust (JMLT) for Take It Outside California! this Sunday, May 7, 2017 from 1 pm to 4pm at the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, CA. Take It Outside California! (takeitoutsideca.com ) is a statewide initiative to connect all Californians to great outdoor places and experiences. Participating organizations across the state are holding fun, free events for everyone to enjoy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: FBI and the Shaler Township Police Seek the Public’s Assistance in Identifying Shaler Bank Robber.
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Legislation Addressing Pipeline and Hydropower Infrastructure Modernization:"
