News from May 2019
By State Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a hearing on "The Humanitarian Impact of Eight Years of War in Syria," with testimony from witnesses Ben Stiller, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, The United Nations Refugee Agency, and David Miliband, President and CEO of International Rescue Committee.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Monday, May 6, 2019, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, will hold a field hearing examining the effects the longest ever government shutdown had on federal contract employees. Many federal contract employees were never made whole...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OLIVER JOAN UBIERA MALENO, 36, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Danbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to illegal reentry by a removed alien.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park Superintendent Jim Richardson invites comment during a 30-day public review period of the Replace Drakesbad Wastewater Disposal Field Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA analyzes the impacts of two alternatives-a no action alternative and the park’s proposed/preferred alternative to construct a new disposal field.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWARD WILLIAMS, 58, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for fraud and identity theft offenses stemming from a mail theft and check cashing scheme.
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - For your planning purposes, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the full schedule of Thursday and Friday’s infrastructure tour and field roundtable, including a media availability at Penn Station on Thursday evening. Please note that portions of the trip will not be open to media, but video will promptly be made available by Committee staff. All times/locations/participants are subject to change.
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: BELTSVILLE, Md., May 1, 2019-Scientists and engineers at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) developed a more precise method to determine a major factor in grain quality. Quality testing is dependent on accurate and repeatable tests that assure a fair marketing system. That also means tests are always tweaked and improved to meet the needs of the industry. The recent advancement deals with a test known a "falling number" (FN).
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released answers that AbbVie, Inc., submitted to the committee in which the company refused to say whether executives, including its CEO, will have their 2019 bonuses tied to sales of the costly anti-inflammatory drug, Humira.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington District announces that it is seeking public nominations for five positions on its Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues within the Farmington District. As advertised in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations until June 14, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: The Federal government, acting through the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, known as PHMSA has an important responsibility to develop and enforce regulations for the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound operation of the nation’s 2.7 million miles of pipelines. Pipelines are...
By DOE Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on oversight of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday, ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A day after a White House meeting with President Trump and congressional leaders on a path forward on infrastructure legislation, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), spoke to the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) legislative briefing and fly-in.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Please print and return completed form to WICL_Visitor_Center@nps.gov or fax to 870-777-4935.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it is seeking public nominations for positions on 31 Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) nationwide. These citizen-based committees assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues. Applications are due by June 14, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: A 71-year-old Tulsa man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for convincing an adolescent to send him sexually explicit pictures using a cell phone, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of illegally possessing firearms and attempting to tamper with evidence, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - On May 4, the Bureau of Land Management and the Friends of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks will host an all-day BioBlitz at the Dripping Springs Natural Area (Natural Area). Activities will be conducted from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The State of Pipeline Safety and Security in America":
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2019
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2020 bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: A Lake Worth resident was sentenced to life in prison today, after having been convicted at trial of sex trafficking and obstruction of a sex trafficking investigation.
