News from May 2018
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 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 Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Combating the Opioid Epidemic: Examining Concerns About Distribution and Diversion:"
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Grand Teton National Park is encouraging public comment on the development of a park-wide invasive vegetation management plan and environmental assessment. The plan intends to improve the park’s current invasive plant management efforts into a more integrated approach, including prevention, control and restoration. A scoping document on this plan is available at.
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today reiterating their concerns about the faulty broadband deployment data at FCC and asking him whether this data was used in the Commission’s decision to repeal net neutrality consumer protections.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Princeton man pled guilty in federal court in Bluefield to distribution of hydromorphone. Jerome Brown, 45, admitted that on Aug. 18, 2016, he distributed two hydromorphone pills to a confidential informant in Bluefield. Brown...
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today reiterating their concerns about the faulty broadband deployment data at FCC and asking him whether this data was used in the Commission’s decision to repeal net neutrality consumer protections.
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Sharing the Road: Policy Implications of Electric and Conventional Vehicles in the Years Ahead:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the guilty plea of MARIO LUIS JONES, 27, for the violent armed robbery of a Red & White taxicab in Minneapolis, Minnesota. JONES was indicted on March 6, 2018, and entered his guilty plea earlier today before Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today to keep ahead of the curve in examining policy implications for electric and conventional vehicles in the years ahead. This hearing was #SubEnvironment ’s third over the last two months dealing with fuels and vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Carey Ackies, 36, of Jamaica, Queens, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 230 months in prison and eight years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin and 28 grams or...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Former Military Sealift Command Contractor Sentenced to 87 Months for Bribery and Fraud.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), joined committee ranking member Tom Carper (D-DE), Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee ranking member Ben Cardin (D-MD) to introduce America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), introduced America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. The legislation supports our nation's economic competitiveness by increasing water storage, expanding local stakeholder ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today reiterating their concerns about the faulty broadband deployment data at FCC and asking him whether this data was used in the Commission’s decision to repeal net neutrality consumer protections.
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - With the support of U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved the nomination of Christopher C. Krebs to serve as the top cybersecurity official at the Department of Homeland Security. McCaskill serves as the top-ranking Democrat on the Committee.
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) opening remarks as prepared for today’s Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Improving the Coordination and Quality of Substance Use Disorder Treatment:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Former CIA Case Officer Charged With Conspiracy to Commit Espionage and Retention of National Defense Information.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Sharing the Road: Policy Implications of Electric and Conventional Vehicles in the Years Ahead:"
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), yesterday announced the details for a markup on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Tyler Arlan Weis, 41, of Wasilla, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 12 years in prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, for receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Aaron M. Booker, 26, Joseph F. Booker Jr., 28, and Kaishawndra Lyons, 25, all of Pensacola, and Uy Nguyen, 34, of Vallejo, California, have pled guilty to charges arising from a multi-state drug and money laundering conspiracy. The guilty pleas were announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
