News from July 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), held a hearing today to examine recently adopted state laws and policies that improve transparency of health care costs for consumers, making information more readily available. WHY: “According to the Centers...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ruben James Torrez, 31, of Hurley, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 60 months in prison for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Torrez will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident on March 11, 2011 resulted in public misconception that radioactive fallout would impact the west coast of the United States. State and local emergency managers did not have an effective way to communicate or project the effects, which led to disparate reporting and conflicting messages conveyed by the media.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing for Tuesday, July 24, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Advertising and Marketing Practices within the Substance Use Treatment Industry."
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today to discuss the latest efforts to support broadband deployment and bridge the digital divide. #SubCommTech members received an update from the panel of expert witnesses about progress...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a markup on legislation to amend the Clean Air Act to provide much needed clarity to the New Source Review (NSR) permitting process.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing for Tuesday, July 24, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Advertising and Marketing Practices within the Substance Use Treatment Industry."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Paul Leix, age 36, of Bloomingdale, Illinois and Thomas Keightly, age 35, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, were sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane for conspiracy to commit money laundering and delivery of altered or misbranded drugs by fraud. Leix was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and Keightly was sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Arce Nunez, age 26, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to the charge of making false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - Members of an ambitious early career group at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) are making strides in their professions and the community.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Crimes Cost Government More Than $400,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Today, six House and Senate Democrats released a disturbing new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found only 43 percent of school districts nationwide tested for lead in their schools’ drinking water in 2016 and 2017, and of those that tested, 37 percent found elevated lead levels. GAO found that 41 percent of school districts did not test for lead, while 16 percent did not know.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on “Realizing the Benefits of Rural Broadband: Challenges and Solutions:"
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Van Buren, Missouri: Would you like to learn how to restore and maintain antique tools? Join us on Saturday, July 21, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Heritage Workshop located at park headquarters in Van Buren, Missouri, to learn about a variety of old tools and how to restore your own vintage tools to their...
By State Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today introduced legislation (H.Res.999) reaffirming Speaker Ryan’s statement that repudiated President Trump’s disastrous summit with President Putin. House Republicans twice blocked passage of this measure, then voted unanimously against considering it.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: Group with Mexican Cartel Ties Allegedly Distributing as much as 2 Kilos of Heroin a Week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOEL FLORES-GONZALES, age 42, a native of Mexico, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced the arrest of 10 men today on federal narcotics trafficking offenses. The arrests are the result of a seven-month, joint investigation by the FBI, ATF and the Waterbury Police Department into a Waterbury drug ring that is alleged to have been distributing heroin and crack cocaine.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a markup on legislation to amend the Clean Air Act to provide much needed clarity to the New Source Review (NSR) permitting process.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) is the latest speaker confirmed to participate in the 2018 National Cleanup Workshop, to be held Sept. 11-13 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia.
