News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: FBI and New Orleans Police Investigating First Bank and Trust Robbery Located at 4550 General Degaulle Drive.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired the Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s first hearing of the 116th Congress, to examine the outlook for energy and minerals markets. The hearing featured witnesses from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), ClearView Energy Partners, the R Street Institute, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chairwoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook today requesting more information about when the company first learned of the security flaw in its Group FaceTime feature, the extent to which the flaw has compromised consumers’ privacy and whether there are other undisclosed bugs that currently exist and have not been addressed.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Ricks: We write to seek an explanation for increases in the prices of Eli Lilly and Company’s insulin products. Over 30 million people live with diabetes in the United States, and for 7.5 million patients, insulin is a critical and life-sustaining daily treatment.[1] At a total cost of $330...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Agreement Between Census Bureau and NPD Group to Reduce Respondent Burden and Enhance Monthly Retail Programs.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today addressed the Farm Foundation on the opportunities and challenges in implementing the 2018 Farm Bill.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) sent a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Health Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) requesting a hearing to review the Democratic Medicare for All proposal, which would eliminate private insurance in America and move to a government run, single-payer health system.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 1:00pm on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 at park headquarters located on the corner of Red Jacket Road and Hwy. US-41 in Calumet.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Poplar resident Dennis Lloyd Red Boy, 28, pleaded guilty today in federal court to involuntary manslaughter for the death of a baby, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s trade agenda in the State of the Union...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Fort Scott National Historic Site will begin recruiting for a number of WG-03 Student Trainee (Laborer) temporary positions on Friday, February 8th as part of the National Park Service’s Pathways Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chairwoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook today requesting more information about when the company first learned of the security flaw in its Group FaceTime feature, the extent to which the flaw has compromised consumers’ privacy and whether there are other undisclosed bugs that currently exist and have not been addressed.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, during the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) business meeting to consider the nomination of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the EPW Committee, urged his Republican colleagues ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - As tax filing season begins, the Department of Justice warns taxpayers to beware of unscrupulous tax return preparers. The Department of Justice applies both civil and criminal tools at its disposal to shut down illegal tax return preparation activity. Taxpayers should always remain wary of tax return preparers who claim they can obtain larger refunds than others or engage in other unscrupulous practices.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing on climate change and impacted communities at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Feb. 6, in Longworth 1324 on Capitol Hill. The hearing, led by Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and titled Climate Change: Impacts and the Need to Act, kicks off a month of climate change hearings in the Committee and its subcommittees.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 10 am in 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) delay of 16 appliance...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that William Terron, age 35, of Reading, Francheska Quinones, age 26, of Reading, Amanda Boyle, age 36, of Sweet Valley, Rudolph Ford, age 30, of Olyphant, and Adam Holcomb, age 35, of Shickshinny...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) sent a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Health Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) requesting a hearing to review the Democratic Medicare for All proposal, which would eliminate private insurance in America and move to a government run, single-payer health system.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chairwoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook today requesting more information about when the company first learned of the security flaw in its Group FaceTime feature, the extent to which the flaw has compromised consumers’ privacy and whether there are other undisclosed bugs that currently exist and have not been addressed.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Great Falls - Former Blackfeet Tribal Chairman Willie Andrew Sharp, who is accused of stealing federal money from the Head Start Program, pleaded not guilty to charges in an indictment today, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
