News from January 2019
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday reintroduced a bipartisan package of more than 100 public lands, natural resources, and water bills. Murkowski, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and one of the four primary negotiators for the package, ensured it reflects a wide range of Alaska priorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Lywayne Marquis Scott, 35, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) issued the following statement on being unanimously reelected chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) for the 116th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after President Trump formally nominated Andrew Wheeler to be Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Hadley, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges related to two bank robberies that occurred in the Southside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement today on President Trump's selection of Andrew Wheeler to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: A nine-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip charging Dylan Cruz, also known as “L Banga," an alleged member of the Red Lane Gorillas set of the Bloods street gang, with racketeering, conspiring to murder rival gang members, murder in-aid-of racketeering, armed robbery...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after President Trump formally nominated Andrew Wheeler to be Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chairman Raúl M. Grijalva today said that President Trump’s announcement on Twitter this morning that he will instruct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to withhold any wildfire recovery money from the state of California until it changes its “Forrest Management" (sic)...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey delivered the following remarks in support of H.R. 264, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. The legislation is a bipartisan bill to reopen federal agencies and ensure Americans receive their tax refunds on time.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Chairman-designate Mike Quigley delivered the following remarks in support of H.R. 264, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. The legislation is a bipartisan bill to reopen federal agencies and ensure Americans receive their tax refunds on time.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We are writing to express our strong opposition to the proposed rule as it would impose unnecessary and onerous burdens on insurers and consumers with the goal of eliminating abortion coverage in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace and denying women comprehensive health insurance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Two Dallas men were charged with hate crimes today for using the Grindr app to lure men to an apartment complex, where the men were assaulted, taunted and robbed, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Santa Fe Man Charged Federally with Threats Via Interstate Communications.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to raise concerns and request information regarding the impact of the government shutdown on farmers, families, and rural communities. It has been 19 days since funding has lapsed for the USDA - the second-longest shutdown on record.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), and Representatives John Garamendi (D-CA), and Brian Mast (R-FL) introduced the Pay Our Coast Guard Parity...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., has once again been tapped to lead the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, during the 116th Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced its intent to postpone currently scheduled public meetings regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 9, 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), released the following statement on President Trump's nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Ron Johnson, Wisconsin - Chairman. Rob Portman, Ohio. Rand Paul, Kentucky. James Lankford, Oklahoma. Mitt Romney, Utah. Rick Scott, Florida. Mike Enzi, Wyoming. Josh Hawley, Missouri. Gary Peters, Michigan - Ranking Member. Tom Carper, Delaware. Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire. Kamala Harris, California...
