News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: FBI and McCandless Police Seek the Public’s Assistance in Identifying Armed McCandless Bank Robber.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 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 Environment hearing on “Perfluorinated Chemicals in the Environment:"
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires: Mitigation and Management Strategies."
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today advanced legislation to modernize the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4606, the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act, by a vote of 260 to 146.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Van Buren, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host our first ever B.A.R.K. Ranger event for our furry, four-legged friends on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at Big Spring. Join a Park Ranger for a short hike around Big Spring and learn about the benefits of visiting the park with...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Today a jury convicted RUFUS LOU NELSON, JR., 34, of four felonies: being a felon in possession of ammunition, carjacking, kidnapping, and using and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders headed to the other side of the Capitol today for a press conference to mark one year of Senate inaction since the House passed the bipartisan SELF DRIVE Act. This landmark legislation would establish the first national framework for the safe and innovative development of self-driving cars in the U.S.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 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 Federal Efforts to Ensure Quality of Care and Resident Safety in Nursing Homes:"
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, at 1:15 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Barriers to Expanding Innovative, Value-Based Care in Medicare."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Turkish man who owns a New Jersey defense contracting business has been charged in a scheme to fraudulently acquire lucrative manufacturing contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and for conspiring to export military technical drawings to Turkey without a license from the State Department, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4606, the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act, by a vote of 260 to 146.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders will hold a press conference open to credentialed members of the media today, Thursday, September 6, to call on the Senate to pass self-driving car legislation. The press conference marks one year since the House approved the bipartisan SELF DRIVE Act by voice vote, the first-of-its-kind federal framework for the safe and innovative development and deployment of self-driving cars.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Anjaneyulu Katam, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to visa fraud before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Following is EM Assistant Secretary Anne White’s keynote address to the 2018 Radwaste Summit on Sept. 4, as prepared for delivery.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Finding of No Significant Impact and Final Environmental Assessment for the approval of the annual return of up to 20,000 acre-feet of previously transferred Central Valley Project water from Reclamation-acknowledged water banks over a nine-year period.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, at 1:15 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Barriers to Expanding Innovative, Value-Based Care in Medicare."
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 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 Environment hearing on “Perfluorinated Chemicals in the Environment:"
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass-Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom announces that one of the national seashore’s most iconic historic structures, Highland Light in Truro, will undergo extensive rehabilitation beginning in late fall 2018. After the lighthouse closes for the season on Oct. 21...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office will partner with the community on Saturday, Sept. 29, for a shared conservation stewardship project in celebration of National Public Lands Day.
