News from May 2017
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of this week's G-7 meeting, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, went to the Senate floor today to urge President Trump to keep the United States party to the Paris Agreement, a historic pledge among nearly 200 countries to reduce emissions and limit global temperature rise.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Amit Pandey, 41, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography and online enticement of a minor. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum penalty of life in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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 regarding the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) score of the American Health Care Act.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to George A. Sorial, the Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Counsel for The Trump Organization, raising grave concerns about the President’s refusal to...
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Today, 196 House Democrats sent a letter to President Trump reminding him that millions of working families around the nation are relying on him to continue paying the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments. Since taking office, President Trump has raised doubts about the future...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Samuel Nappo, 38, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances through fraud, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Plea Agreement Recommends Prison Sentence of 20 to 25 Years Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: MAY 24, 2017 - This report summarizes 2015 e-commerce statistics on shipments, sales and revenues from four sectors of the economy: manufacturing, wholesale, services and retail. These statistics are available from 1998.
By DOL Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today issued the following statement in response to the resignation of James Runcie, chief operating officer of the Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA)...
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Fresh off #SubHealth’s unanimous passage of the FDA Reauthorization Act (FDARA) of 2017 last week, Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) recorded a brief video about what the important bill will do and next steps.
By State Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) was joined by Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) in introducing H. Res. 354, a resolution condemning the violence against peaceful protesters...
By DOL Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx, chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, issued the following joint statement on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The report confirms that the AHCA further lowers premiums, reduces the deficit, and delivers tax relief for the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Kyle Henry Marcum, 27, of Star, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to aiding and abetting the sale of a stolen firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Marcum and co-defendant Bruce Threet were indicted in February by a federal grand in Boise.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: DALLAS) - Midlothian, Texas high school student won the 3rd Place in the Operation Prevention Video Challenge with a Public Service (PSA) about where you will end up with a prescription medication addiction.
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Today, 196 House Democrats sent a letter to President Trump reminding him that millions of working families around the nation are relying on him to continue paying the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments. Since taking office, President Trump has raised doubts about the future...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Elton Malone, Special Agent in Charge, Special Investigations Branch, U.S. Department...
By DOL Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), today held a hearing to examine transparency in higher education. Members discussed the need for complete and accurate information to ensure students and their families are making informed decisions ...
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Nevada Agency would like the community to be aware of the risk of wildfire when target shooting. Just this last week within Nevada, two wildfires ignited due to target shooting. Both fires could have been avoided if the appropriate safety precautions had been taken.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Defendant is One of 34 Individuals Charged as Part of Investigation into Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation, in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey, is seeking the development of an application framework to support electronic data collection and capture using mobile devices across a diverse range of data collection situations. The app framework should be flexible, ...
