News published on Federal Newswire in May 2018

News from May 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 “Examining the Olympic Community’s Ability to Protect Athletes from Sexual Abuse:"


News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Orchard Park Trailblazers was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for selling crack cocaine in and around Roxbury’s Orchard Gardens Housing Development.


#SubHealth Reviews Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing to review H.R. 5385, the Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018, authored by #SubHealth Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) and #SubHealth Chairman Burgess. H.R. 5385 will reauthorize the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program for five years. The authorization for the program expires on Sept. 30, 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), delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor on the need for the Senate to pass America's Water Infrastructure Act.


Kansas City Man Sentenced for Contraband Smuggling at Jackson County Detention Center

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle contraband cell phones and other items to inmates at the Jackson County Detention Center.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Reauthorization of the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program:"


Senators Submit Comments on Overreaching Groundwater Regulation

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and committee members Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), John Boozman (R-AR), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Joni Ernst ...


Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Sexual Abuse in Olympic Sports

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 “Examining the Olympic Community’s Ability to Protect Athletes from Sexual Abuse:"


Celebrate National Trails Day in Denali on June 2, 2018

News Release: Have you ever wondered how much work goes into maintaining trails in Denali National Park? Join us in celebrating National Trails Day and working on the trail system near the Riley Creek Day Use Area and the Triple Lakes Trail.


Pallone Remarks at Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program Reauthorization Hearing

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Reauthorization of the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program:"


Elevators Modernization at Carlsbad Caverns Nears Completion

News Release: The completion of the primary elevators modernization at Carlsbad Caverns National Park has been delayed until June 15. Since the end of April, Tutor Perini Corporation and ThyssenKrupp had been working 10-hour days, seven days per week in the attempt to complete the project by May 25. The park continues to provide visitors with elevator service into and out of the cavern using a secondary set of elevators during this modernization project.


Engel Floor Speech on Burma Sanctions Measure

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered remarks in the House of Representatives in support of his legislation that would hold accountable those responsible for violence against the Rohingya people and other ethnic minorities...


News Release: BOISE - Bruce Eugene Froman, 41, of Meridian, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to attempted coercion and enticement, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. As part of his plea, Froman also agreed to forfeit the cell phone used in the commission of the charged offense.


Three Waterloo Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Selling Crack Cocaine

News Release: Each Has a Previous Conviction for Drug Trafficking.


E&C Democrats Question FCC Chairman Pai on Lack of Candor

News Release: Washington, D.C. - All Democratic Members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai expressing concerns about his repeated evasive responses to their inquiries and his outright refusal to respond to Democratic members of the Committee.


Defendant Sentenced for Attempted Child Enticement and Possession of Child Pornography

News Release: ATLANTA - Jeffrey E. Roberts was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor and possession of child pornography.


Soldier Creek Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a Minor

News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Soldier Creek, South Dakota, man convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor was sentenced on May 22, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.


Employees Receive Prestigious Smokey Bear Award

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Two Pacific Northwest employees of the Bureau of Land Management and USDA Forest Service recently received Silver Smokey Bear awards for their outstanding regional wildland fire prevention efforts. Lauren Maloney of Portland and Karen Curtiss of Bend received the awards due in part to their leadership in fire prevention leading up to the Aug. 21, 2017, Total Solar Eclipse.


Grand Blanc Man and Flint Woman Indicted For  Involvement in Fraudulent Investment Scheme

News Release: An indictment was unsealed earlier today charging Larry A. Holley, 61, of Grand Blanc and Patricia Enright, a.k.a. Patricia Gray, 57, of Flint, with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On May 22, 2018, a federal jury has convicted Dawn Chapelle Cottman, age 45, of Owings Mills, Maryland of fourteen counts of filing false tax returns, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Cottman owned a tax preparation business called 40 AM Tax Service, which she operated from her residence in Owings Mills.