News from February 2019
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier National Park is planning a significant pavement preservation effort in 2019 and into 2020. Some park roads including the Going-to-the-Sun Road will receive a protective coating similar to a chip seal to extend the life of the road surfaces. Typically, pavement preservation...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: With all this activity, it is important to highlight a few fundamentals at the onset. Climate change is real. The need to protect the environment is real. The need to foster a strong U.S. economy and grow American jobs is real. And the need to prepare our communities for the future is real. The Republicans on this committee are ready and willing to have serious, solutions-oriented discussions about how to address and balance these considerations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Dewayne Alan Davis, 29, of Theodore, Alabama, was sentenced today on the charge of felon in possession of a firearm. Court documents reflect that Davis was reported to the police when he was walking down the street ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on the Environment & Climate Change hearing on “Time for Action: Addressing the Environmental and Economic Effects of Climate Change:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a New Zealand man with four counts of production of child pornography and one count of kidnapping and attempted kidnapping.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: With all this activity, it is important to highlight a few fundamentals at the onset. Climate change is real. The need to protect the environment is real. The need to foster a strong U.S. economy and grow American jobs is real. And the need to prepare our communities for the future is real. The Republicans on this committee are ready and willing to have serious, solutions-oriented discussions about how to address and balance these considerations.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a new toolkit to help support the deployment of high-speed broadband e-Connectivity in rural communities.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Strengthening Our Health Care System: Legislation to Reverse ACA Sabotage and Ensure Pre-Existing Conditions Protections."
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: With all this activity, it is important to highlight a few fundamentals at the onset. Climate change is real. The need to protect the environment is real. The need to foster a strong U.S. economy and grow American jobs is real. And the need to prepare our communities for the future is real. The Republicans on this committee are ready and willing to have serious, solutions-oriented discussions about how to address and balance these considerations.
By State Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, met today on Capitol Hill with Carlos Vecchio, whom Juan Guaidó has named as his Ambassador to the United States. Chairman Engel informed Mr. Vecchio that he stands with the Venezuelan people who have suffered...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the T-Mobile and Sprint merger on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 at 10 am in...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today seeking a determination on whether the Trump Administration’s 2018 guidance on Section 1332 waivers is subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Strengthening Our Health Care System: Legislation to Reverse ACA Sabotage and Ensure Pre-Existing Conditions Protections."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISMAEL SANCHEZ COLON, 44, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 10 months of imprisonment, three months of home confinement and five years of supervised release, for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today seeking a determination on whether the Trump Administration’s 2018 guidance on Section 1332 waivers is subject to the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
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 Representative Jason Smith (R-MO-8) introduced the Fairness for Every Driver Act. This legislation will save billions in taxpayer funds by ending the federal electric ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on January 8, 2019, United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Luis Santos, age 51, of New York, to 60 months’ imprisonment and a three-year term of supervised release, for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - To mark the historic and successful flight into space last year on Dec. 13 by Virgin Galactic, top U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials will present the crew of SpaceShipTwo with FAA Astronaut Wings.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Indianapolis - Josh J. Minkler, the United States Attorney, announced today that operations at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Indiana (USAO-SDIN) continued during the appropriations lapse and recognized the important contributions made by USAO staff and investigative agents. The significant case-related accomplishments below, among others, underline the government’s dedication to mission as described by the United States Attorney in the USAO Strategic Plan.
