News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Diosme Fernandez Hano (43) and Reinaldo Arrastia-Cardoso, a/k/a “Reinaldo Arrastia" (47), both from Hialeah, guilty of armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. The sentencing hearings are scheduled for Jan. 29, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A Montana man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, wrote Sam Clovis, Trump Administration nominee for Agriculture Under Secretary of Research, Education, and Economics, to ask additional questions regarding his actions as co-Chairman of the Trump Campaign.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “MACRA and Alternative Payment Models: Developing Options for Value-based Care."
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park plans to hand ignite burn piles as cool and wet weather begin to dominate the forecast. The park will take advantage of the changing weather conditions to complete the final phase of fuels reduction projects throughout the park when enough precipitation has...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairman Cedric Richmond (D-LA), CBC Second Vice Chair and Co-Chair of the CBC Task Force on Foreign Affairs...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Energy (MOE) and the Israel Innovation Authority announced $4.8 million for five newly selected energy projects as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. The ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: BOISE, ID - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Alta Construction, Inc. for one willful and two serious violations after failing to follow safe trenching practices. OSHA proposed $106,000 in fines.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) failed to respond to Murray’s inquiry demanding answers about the Trump Administration’s effort to block unaccompanied minors from accessing abortions.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “MACRA and Alternative Payment Models: Developing Options for Value-based Care."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Trenton, New Jersey, men admitted robbing Metro PCS stores in Willingboro, New Jersey, Lumberton, New Jersey, and Levittown, Pennsylvania, in September and October 2016, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Yuma, AZ - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Yuma Area Office plans to reopen Phil Swing Park near Imperial Dam on the Colorado River to the public on or before Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. However, construction work to upgrade portions of Imperial Dam will continue until the end of the calendar year 2018. During this time, the dam will remain closed to the public for safety considerations.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing titled, “Oversight of FirstNet: State Perspectives:"
