News from October 2017
By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing titled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission:"
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “S. ____, the Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 25, 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), released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) report detailing steps the administration plans to take to reduce regulatory burdens on the energy sector. President Trump directed EPA to prepare the report through his March 28, 2017 executive order to promote energy independence and economic growth.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont, a senior Democrat on the Oversight and Energy and Commerce Committees, sent a letter to President Trump expressing their “profound disappointment" ...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider the nominations of Michael Dourson, Matthew Leopold, David Ross, and William Wehrum to be Assistant Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency, Paul Trombino to be Administrator of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: New Haven - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut hosted a Community Policing Awards Ceremony this afternoon that recognized 29 law enforcement officers and community members from cities and towns across the state.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 25, 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 committee business meeting to consider nominations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a charge of armed bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Carmen Jose, 40, of Lawrence Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - Water is flowing once again at the Bureau of Land Management’s Divide Campground thanks to a recent upgrade to the site’s water system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions recognized 202 department employees for their distinguished public service today at the 65nd Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony. Nineteen other individuals outside of the department were also honored for their work. This annual ceremony recognizes individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Charges include drug distribution and firearm possession.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) will hold a Democratic Forum at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 in the Library of Congress with public health and gun violence prevention experts to explore public health solutions to gun violence in America.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Nicolaus Harman, age 21, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Oct. 24, 2017, by a federal grand jury on robbery, drug trafficking, and firearm charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Dallas, Texas, grand jury returned two indictments today against five Chinese citizens and four companies alleging fraud and other charges, the Justice Department announced. The charges relate to alleged sales of stimulants intended for inclusion in dietary supplements.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 20-year-old Raymondville man has been convicted of conspiracy to import and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. The federal jury sitting in Brownsville returned its verdicts against Zack Anthony Sayas late yesterday following two days of trial and less than two hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS - Terry Lee Feller, a 58 year-old resident of Billings was sentenced today to 33 months in prison followed by 3 years supervised release after pleading guilty to possessing a stolen firearm. U.S. District Judge Susan Watters handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Grandview, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing firearms, including a stolen firearm connected to a triple homicide and a series of business burglaries in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Victor Santiago-Rivera, age 42, of Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, was convicted on Oct. 19, 2017, of being a felon in possession of a firearm after a three-day jury trial held before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy Mannion.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing on federal efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
