News from June 2018
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the Compassionate Calling and Immigrant Family Reunification Act of 2018 today to put an end to the abusive practice of charging detained immigrant parents extortionary rates to use the phone to either contact their children that...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The bill reflects the collegial and bipartisan tradition of the Defense Subcommittee, providing ample funding for the needs of our armed services and intelligence community.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today expressing his enduring grave concerns about the well-being of children currently in the custody of HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), who were traumatically separated from their parents under the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance" immigration policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office today announced a settlement agreement with two west suburban hospitals to ensure effective communication with deaf and hard-of-hearing patients, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the bipartisan 2018 Farm Bill.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 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 “Discussion Draft: National Telecommunications and Information Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today on the benefits of American oil and gas development, and the associated jobs, economic development, energy security advantages, and geopolitical impacts. WHY: “Today, we are holding this hearing to take a closer...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrests of SEBASTIAN PINTO-THOMAZ, ABELL OUJADDOU, and JEREMY...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), held a hearing today to discuss draft legislation to reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). WHY: #SubCommTech Chairman Blackburn said, “Make no mistake, the...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Ashford, WA - On Sunday, June 24th, 2018, the pilot, National Park Service (NPS) helitack crew and climbing rangers, attached to the Mount Rainier National Park-based rescue helicopter successfully completed a rescue in each of the three large national parks in Washington State in a single day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jaylon Thomas, 28, of Choctaw, Mississippi, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to sexual abuse of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: On June 21, 2018, a grand jury in Miami indicted three individuals for their alleged participation in an investment fraud scheme that targeted investors throughout the Nation, defrauding them out of approximately $2 million. The main office operated out of Broward County, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Elvin Castron-Murcia, 19, a Honduran native residing between Louisiana and Tennessee, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with traveling for illicit sexual conduct, transportation of a minor for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office and the Swanton Sector of the United States Border Patrol announce that, in the early morning hours of June 23, 2018, Border Patrol agents arrested two adult individuals for being found in the United States, having been previously removed from the country. Lucio Hernandez-Martinez...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 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 Energy hearing titled “The Shifting Geopolitics of Oil and Gas:"
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: REDDING, Calif. -- The Bureau of Land Management is asking people to stay out of the Clear Creek Greenway and Cloverdale Recreation Area south of Redding, while firefighting continues on the 1,300-acre Creek Fire.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the Compassionate Calling and Immigrant Family Reunification Act of 2018 today to put an end to the abusive practice of charging detained immigrant parents extortionary rates to use the phone to either contact their children that...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 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 “Discussion Draft: National Telecommunications and Information Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018:"
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that Reclamation has awarded $8.3 million to 15 projects in California, New Mexico and Utah for the preparation and response to drought. The types of projects selected increase water management flexibility and water supply reliability. These projects also reduce the need for drought emergency response actions. The funding provided is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior's WaterSMART initiative.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 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 “Discussion Draft: National Telecommunications and Information Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018:"
