News from September 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing titled, “EPA Oversight: Unimplemented Inspector General and GAO Recommendations:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Richard L. Voorhees handed down yesterday lengthy prison terms to five methamphetamine traffickers, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON -A Georgia man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his involvement in a scheme to defraud Framingham-based Staples, Inc. of more than $1.4 million.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Big Relief for Small Business: Legislation Reducing Regulatory Burdens on Small Manufacturers and Other Job Creators."
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its third hearing in the committee’s recently announced ‘Powering America ’ series. The ‘Powering America’ series provides members the opportunity to explore the challenges of electricity markets and potentially consider reforms related to the generation, distribution, consumption, and resiliency of electricity.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Modernizing FDA’s Regulation of Over-the-Counter Drugs."
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: The attached provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Big Relief for Small Business: Legislation Reducing Regulatory Burdens on Small Manufacturers and Other Job Creators."
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: The results are in! During increased enforcement patrols over Labor Day weekend U.S. Park Police (USPP) contacted 124 drivers, made 12 arrests and wrote 56 speeding tickets on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: PHILADEPHIA - A Philadelphia man was charged in a one-count indictment unsealed Wednesday with possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations with support from the Philadelphia...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Georgia man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for trafficking oxycodone.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: There is good news for beef producers in western states: They might not have to wait two to three years after a spring wildfire to graze cattle on federal rangelands.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for knowingly selling a firearm and ammunition to a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a grand jury sitting in Hartford returned an indictment today charging MOHAMED ABDI, also known as “Vic," 25, of Worcester, Massachusetts, with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - William “Chuckie" Clarett was sentenced to 120 months in prison after having been found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder for hire.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of the SELF DRIVE Act (H.R. 3388):
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: September is a great time to enjoy Rocky Mountain National Park and experience the fall season. Join a ranger on Saturday nights in September for a special series of evening programs held in the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center Auditorium. These 45 minute programs start at 7 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former New Hampshire stockbroker pleaded guilty today for his role in a market manipulation scheme which was actually part of an undercover operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Juan Oliverias-Arbelo, 28, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of heroin, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing on, “Powering America: Reevaluating PURPA’s Objectives and its Effects on Today’s Consumers:"
