News from October 2017
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 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 following the administration’s action to deliver much-needed relief...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing examining Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s vision for managing and executing the department’s missions in the 21st century. Members heard from the secretary on opportunities to update and align DOE’s missions and operations with the emerging energy, national security, environmental, and technological challenges confronting the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Gerard Terry, a Licensed Attorney, Failed to Pay Nearly $1 Million in Taxes.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Betty McCollum (D-MN), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: BELLA VISTA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Bella Vista Water District a WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grant to install two solar photovoltaic power generation facilities near the cities of Bella Vista and Redding. Reclamation prepared an Environmental Assessment to disclose potential environmental effects and solicit public comment on the proposed project, which must be completed before construction can begin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Mexican national pleaded guilty Wednesday to reentering the United States illegally after having been previously removed four times.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Logansport man was sentenced Wednesday to 420 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine in Many, La., and kidnapping a victim in east Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent a letter to Governor Rick Snyder (R-MI) requesting that he clarify, amend or supplement his previous testimony before the Committee regarding when he first learned about the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Flint, Michigan.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today examining cross-border data flow policies and the impact of digital trade barriers on U.S. businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Abner Joe, 55, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 33 months in prison for assaulting a federal officer. Joe will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - The head of Amtrak transportation at Union Station in Chicago admitted in federal court today that he steered work to his wife’s company to photograph Amtrak’s “Polar Express" train event last holiday season.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today examining cross-border data flow policies and the impact of digital trade barriers on U.S. businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) appointed Natural Resources Committee members to serve on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (H.R. 2810) conference Committee, including Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Bruce Westerman (R-AR). Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Douglas A. Leff, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the following.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) today called for a hearing with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and the other FCC Commissioners so that they can publicly disavow President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to revoke NBC’s broadcaster license due to its reporting...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, along with Raymond R. Parmer, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans Field Division, announced today that Cameron Dee Neal, 34, of Jacksonville, was sentenced to 240 months or 20 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Plea Calls for Prison Sentence of 39 to 45 Years.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing examining Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s vision for managing and executing the department’s missions in the 21st century. Members heard from the secretary on opportunities to update and align DOE’s missions and operations with the emerging energy, national security, environmental, and technological challenges confronting the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Holliston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for unlawful possession of ammunition after a substantial weapons trove was uncovered during a search of his home.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: An Akron man was sentenced to life in prison for shooting a woman in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park last year, law enforcement officials said.
