News from September 2018
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: As a result of late summer rains and slightly cooler temperatures, on September 5, 2018, the Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service, National Park Service, and State of Utah will lift fire restriction orders in the following areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Mohammad Abdul Malek (67, St. Marys, GA) has been arrested and charged by federal criminal complaint with attempted enticement and coercion of a minor. If convicted, he faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By State Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House today passed the Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2018 (H.R. 5576) to addresses state-sponsored cyber activities against the United States. Specifically, the bipartisan legislation protects our economy, elections, and critical infrastructure from state-sponsored malicious cyber activity by establishing a framework to deter and respond to future cyber attacks against the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two individuals associated with a mental health company pleaded guilty to health care fraud related to the submission of false claims to Medicaid and tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the release of grants to help individuals battling substance use and mental health disorders who have also been in the criminal justice system.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 42 projects totaling $80 million to support advanced vehicle technologies that can enable more affordable mobility, strengthen domestic energy security, reduce our dependence on foreign sources of critical materials...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 42 projects totaling $80 million to support advanced vehicle technologies that can enable more affordable mobility, strengthen domestic energy security, reduce our dependence on foreign sources of critical materials, ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee hearing on “Twitter: Transparency and Accountability:"
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 5385, the Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018, authored by #SubHealth Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) and #SubHealth Chairman Burgess, by unanimous consent yesterday.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, slammed President Trump’s reckless trade policies at a HELP Committee hearing on the impacts of the Trump Administration’s proposed tariffs on the auto industry.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) delivered the following remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Opportunities to Improve Health Care:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Virginia Man Indicted for Producing Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury in Wilmington has returned indictments charging KENNETH RAY BARNES, a/k/a “Kenny," age 49 of Wilson, NC, and JEFFREY BERNARD MOORE, a/k/a “Cookieman," age 48 of Wilson, NC, with conspiracy to distribute and possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Denise Sue Watie, aka Denise Sue Karrant, age 44, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment and 6 years supervised release for Failure To Register As Sex Offender. The charge arose from an investigation by the United States Marshals Service.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a markup for Friday, September 7, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: From August 3 through 12, DOE Office of Legacy Management (LM) hydrologist William Dam traveled to Jordan to assist with the assessment of treatment options of naturally occurring radium in the drinking-water supply. He reviewed extensive hydrogeology, geochemistry, water treatment technologies, and waste-disposal options for improving a proposed pilot test, which, if successful, could have a large impact on potable drinking water in Jordan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Reginald Miller, age 35, of Columbus, Georgia, pled guilty to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Clay D. Land in Columbus, Georgia on September 5, 2018. This plea subjects Mr. Miller to a maximum sentence of ten (10) years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) delivered the following remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Opportunities to Improve Health Care:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: In Del Rio, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint against 48-year-old Honduran National Leivin Pineda for allegedly assaulting a Border Patrol agent over the weekend near Eagle Pass, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 5385, the Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018, authored by #SubHealth Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) and #SubHealth Chairman Burgess, by unanimous consent yesterday.
