News from November 2017
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area now has a bike repair station located at the Bandy Creek Visitor Center. A second one will soon be available at Blue Heron Campground.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 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), delivered the following remarks at a full committee oversight hearing on “Promoting American Leadership in Reducing Air Emissions through Innovation."
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously passed H.R. 4374, legislation accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report by voice vote. The NDAA Conference Report passed the House yesterday by a vote of 356-70.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing with Surgeon General Jerome Adams on how community prevention programs can help improve health outcomes and reduce costs for patients and families.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Macomb Township Trustee and former Macomb County official Dino Bucci, 58, of Macomb Township, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on eighteen counts of conspiracy, bribery, embezzlement, extortion, mail fraud, and money laundering, in connection with public contracts in Macomb Township and the Macomb County Department of Public Works, Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Paving the way for testing experimental drugs in more realistic environments, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered how to make tiny colonies of cells grow in useful new ways inside petri dishes.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regarding imported and domestic illicit fentanyl, that when manufactured using pill presses, can make thousands of pills an hour. Signing the letter was: Energy and Commerce...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Brian Brooks Named Assistant Director of the Operational Technology Division.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho- In partnership with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and Lake Coeur d’Alene Cruises, the Bureau of Land Management is pleased to once again offer an eagle watch cruise for military veterans, active duty personnel and their families.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Alleged to have trafficked heroin and methamphetamine in Indianapolis area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man who collected hundreds of thousands of images of child pornography over the past decade was sentenced in federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of federal firearms violations, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
Release: ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at a St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) checkpoint this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SALVADOR TENOCO-RODRIGUEZ, age 40, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien after deportation, in violation of Title 8 U.S.C., Sections 1326(a) and (b)(2).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment markup of “H.R.1119, the “Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment Act (SENSE) Act of 2017;" H.R. 1917, the “Blocking Regulatory...
By State Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed nine measures, including H. Con. Res. 90, which condemns ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and calls for an end to the attacks and immediate restoration of humanitarian access to Burma.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: Defendant Took Agency Money Meant for Legitimate Claimants.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regarding imported and domestic illicit fentanyl, that when manufactured using pill presses, can make thousands of pills an hour. Signing the letter was: Energy and Commerce...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
Release: IDAHO FALLS, ID – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) achieved an important step towards restoring U.S. nuclear energy transient testing capability with the resumption of operations at the Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) Facility. The TREAT facility has been shut down and maintained in standby status since 1994.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of kidnapping was sentenced on Nov. 14, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
