News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Jermaine Courtney Brown, a member of the Gangster Disciples gang, has been sentenced to prison for possessing a firearm while a convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chairman Raúl M. Grijalva and leaders of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee will hold a hearing on Jan. 15 at 11:00 a.m. on the impacts of the ongoing government shutdown on Native American communities and on the country’s natural resources. The hearing will include two witness panels.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: BOISE -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) meeting scheduled for Jan. 15-16, 2019 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, has been postponed. Once a new meeting date has been selected, a notice will be published in the Federal Register and a news release will be issued.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Top Democrats from health care committees in the House and Senate today called on the Trump administration to ensure there are no premium increases or coverage losses due to the president’s reckless, unnecessary ongoing shutdown. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) and House Democrats today introduced two Continuing Resolutions to reopen the federal government and end the Trump Shutdown.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Aaron L. Weisman took the oath of office today to become the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island. President Donald Trump announced Weisman’s nomination on Oct. 10, 2018, and the United States Senate confirmed him on Jan. 2, 2019. Weisman was sworn in by United States District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith in a private ceremony.
By State Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We are deeply troubled by recent public reports that the State Department and the Office of the Chief of Protocol have downgraded the diplomatic status of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. Disturbingly, this step, which appears to have taken place late last...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Jermaine Courtney Brown, a member of the Gangster Disciples gang, has been sentenced to prison for possessing a firearm while a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park announced today that areas that have been closed due to the inability to plow and maintain roads, will once again be accessible to visitors. On Saturday, Jan. 12, a limited number of park staff began snowplowing US 36 past the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center and US 34 past...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Grassley: Top priority is reducing health care costs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, launched one of the most wide-ranging investigations in decades into the prescription drug industry’s pricing practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: FBI and JPSO Investigating Jefferson Financial Credit Union Bank Robbery Located at 111 Wall Boulevard.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Top Democrats from health care committees in the House and Senate today called on the Trump administration to ensure there are no premium increases or coverage losses due to the president’s reckless, unnecessary ongoing shutdown. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department have been left unfunded by the shutdown and are responsible for paying Advanced Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) and other matters that make health care more affordable for American families.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai refused to brief Committee staff on why the FCC has yet to end wireless carriers’ unauthorized disclosure of consumers’ real-time location data and what actions the FCC has taken to address the issue to date...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai refused to brief Committee staff on why the FCC has yet to end wireless carriers’ unauthorized disclosure of consumers’ real-time location data and what actions the FCC has taken to address the issue to date...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Top Democrats from health care committees in the House and Senate today called on the Trump Administration to ensure there are no premium increases or coverage losses due to the president’s reckless, unnecessary ongoing shutdown. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Top Democrats from health care committees in the House and Senate today called on the Trump administration to ensure there are no premium increases or coverage losses due to the president’s reckless, unnecessary ongoing shutdown. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department have been left unfunded by the shutdown and are responsible for paying Advanced Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) and other matters that make health care more affordable for American families.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 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 committee ranking member Tom Carper (D-DE), along with Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Deb Fischer ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
Release: DOHA, QATAR – Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette met with Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum, Saad Al-Kaabi, while in Qatar. The energy leaders had a constructive dialogue about the potential of Qatar’s LNG expansion plans, and the importance of U.S. and Qatari LNG production and cooperation.
