News from December 2018
By EPA Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement after the Senate failed to pass the bipartisan SELF DRIVE Act during the 115th Congress. This landmark legislation would have established the first national framework for the safe and innovative development of self driving cars in the U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: With roughly a million yearly visitors, there are numerous business opportunities within the boundaries of Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area and Obed Wild & Scenic River, and the National Park Service must determine what types of commercial activities are necessary and appropriate. That is to say, all commercial activities should provide high quality visitor experiences while protecting important natural, cultural, and scenic resources.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed four public health bills. The bills now head to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Incoming House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) released the following statement on the continuing resolution that extends government funding through February 8, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed S. 2465, the Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018, as well as S. 3029, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018, into law yesterday evening.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - An ex-employee at a local credit union has been charged with embezzlement and making false entries into the credit union’s books and records, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Another ex-employee was also charged with embezzlement related to the scam.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today released a report summarizing its findings after concluding its bipartisan investigation into allegations of opioid-dumping in West Virginia. The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), spent more than 18 months investigating large quantities of opioids sent to rural towns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Charge to Be Deferred For Two Years Under an Agreement Requiring Central States Capital Market to Admit Its Conduct and Pay Penalty of $400,000.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation today released a Finding of No Significant Impact and Final Environmental Assessment for a WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grant to the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - Seven Chicago-area residents are among nine individuals arrested in the United States and Nigeria as part of an international investigation into online “romance scams" and “mystery shopper" schemes.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed S. 2465, the Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018, as well as S. 3029, the PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018, into law yesterday evening.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court alleging Luke De Roy Krieger, 39, of Camas, Washington, engaged in the coercion and enticement of a minor and distributed child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Mexican citizen who is the subject of an INTERPOL “Red Notice" pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the country after having been previously removed.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on drug maker Pfizer to justify to the public the continuous price increases it has taken on its drug Lyrica, which is taken by millions of Americans and costs Medicare $2.1 billion every year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that a Federal Grand Jury in Florence, South Carolina, returned Indictments against the following.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Contact: Aly Baltrus. SPRINGDALE, UT - Zion National Park will be testing mandatory shuttle service within the park, December 22-31, 2018. Shuttle service will also be provided in the Town of Springdale to help visitors make connections within the park and Town, reducing vehicular traffic. Shuttle operation...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Park officials announced today new policies and procedures with regards to campgrounds in Joshua Tree National Park. Reservations are required at Black Rock, Indian Cove, and Jumbo Rocks campgrounds during the busy season, October to May. Same day and advance reservations (up to six months in advance) can be made online at www.recreation.gov. During June through September all sites in these campgrounds are first-come, first-served.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Raymond P. Donovan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman, and New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill announced today that Kareem Davis, an alleged member of the “Killbrook" gang based in the Mill Brook...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant also allegedly attempted to arrange sale of thousands of fentanyl pills.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Molecular Testing Labs Allegedly Violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by Paying for Referrals of Medicare and TRICARE Program Business.
