News from October 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all 18 Democratic Members of the Committee in sending a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy requesting hearings on the actions of the Trump Administration in restricting the hiring...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) today wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) requesting an investigation into the alleged waste, fraud, and abuse related to the installation of a “privacy booth" in EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Special Assistant Sworn in as Department of Justice Reinvigorates Project Safe Neighborhoods.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its seventh hearing as part of the committee’s ongoing ‘Powering America ’ series. Today, #SubEnergy examined the role consumer advocates play in electricity markets and explored end-user concerns, including whether...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: “We are well on our way to creating a legislative blueprint that will address America's most critical infrastructure needs."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: FBI Knoxville is Seeking Assistance to Identify Tri-City Community Bank Robber.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Today, the committee is considering the nominations of three nominees for critical trade positions: Mr. Jeffrey Gerrish to be deputy United States trade representative; Mr. Gregory Doud to be chief agricultural negotiator at USTR, and Mr. Jason Kearns to be a member of the United States International Trade Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Wallington, New Jersey, man today admitted purchasing live child sex shows from individuals overseas, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that on Oct. 2, 2017, the first-ever shipment of U.S. crude oil arrived in India. Following Prime Minister Modi’s visit with President Trump, Indian companies ramped up purchases of U.S. crude.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today that the hearing titled “21st Century Trade Barriers: Protectionist Cross Border Data Flow Policies’ Impact on U.S. Jobs" has been rescheduled for Oct. 12, 2017, at 10:15am, in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.as they are posted.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a new report on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), as required as part of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which is now law (Public Law No: 114-198 ).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman pleaded guilty Thursday to federal identity theft charges, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced several Department of Justice actions to reduce the rising tide of violent crime in America. Foremost of those actions is the reinvigoration of “Project Safe Neighborhoods," a program that has been historically successful in bringing together all levels of law enforcement to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: Mortgage Company President Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Ginnie Mae.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its seventh hearing as part of the committee’s ongoing ‘Powering America ’ series. Today, #SubEnergy examined the role consumer advocates play in electricity markets and explored end-user concerns, including whether...
By State Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at a Committee hearing on the Rohingya crisis and the U.S. response to the tragedy in Burma...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Westover, West Virginia woman and a Fairmont, West Virginia man have admitted to drug distribution charges, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Hearing on the Nomination of Paul Trombino III to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. " Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as submitted for the record...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at the nomination hearing to consider Gregory Ibach to serve as Under Secretary of Agriculture ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a firearm following a 11-hour standoff with law enforcement officers.
