News from June 2015
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), today commented on a report by the Department of Transportation’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Waycross, GA - Jacques Donte Taylor, 24, of Waycross, Georgia, was sentenced today to 286 months in prison by Chief United States District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood following his plea of guilty to a charge of coercion and enticement of a child under the age of 18 to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: “We know that climate change is a global phenomenon that requires a global response, but this peer-reviewed EPA report reminds us that climate change will also have real costs across the United States. This report reiterates that climate change cannot be viewed solely as an environmental issue, but must...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Catherin Baumgarten, who is handling the case, stated that according to the indictment, on April 10, 2015, New York State Parole and other law enforcement officers conducted a search of the defendant’s residence on 4th Street in Niagara Falls. During the search, they recovered a 9 mm pistol and several rounds of ammunition. Having been previously been convicted of a felony, Hamilton is prohibited from legally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that JONATHAN MIRANDA, age 19, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(l) and 841(b)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Catherin Baumgarten, who is handling the case, stated that according to the indictment, on April 10, 2015, New York State Parole and other law enforcement officers conducted a search of the defendant’s residence on 4th Street in Niagara Falls. During the search, they recovered a 9 mm pistol and several rounds of ammunition. Having been previously been convicted of a felony, Hamilton is prohibited from legally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Two Miami men were sentenced today for an armed and violent carjacking in Miami of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: “The report from the OIG raises concerns about NHTSA’s capacity to identify safety defects and hold auto manufacturers accountable for reporting problems. We rely on NHTSA to protect drivers from dangerous defects, and we need to be confident in its ability to carry out that role. The OIG report offers valuable recommendations to improve NHTSA processes, and I am encouraged by NHTSA’s plans to implement these changes promptly.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury has returned a two-count indictment charging an Austin, Texas, corporate executive with offenses related to a public corruption investigation involving Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and others, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas and Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on important legislation that will bring much-needed reform to the decades-old Toxic Substances Control Act. H.R. 2576, the TSCA Modernization Act, is authored by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), today commented on a report by the Department of Transportation’s...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: “The report from the OIG raises concerns about NHTSA’s capacity to identify safety defects and hold auto manufacturers accountable for reporting problems. We rely on NHTSA to protect drivers from dangerous defects, and we need to be confident in its ability to carry out that role. The OIG report offers valuable recommendations to improve NHTSA processes, and I am encouraged by NHTSA’s plans to implement these changes promptly.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell today sentenced Jonathan Patrick Gregory Peterson (33, Clearwater) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for receiving and distributing child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a Sony PlayStation 3, several hard drives, and two cell phones, which he used to commit the offenses. Peterson pleaded guilty on March 3, 2015.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced witnesses for the Committee's hearing on Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) and trade retaliation: what is at stake for America's farmers, ranchers, businesses and consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Corona, California, man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for his participation in a large-scale, nationwide prescription drug diversion scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Port Alsworth, Alaska -Between June 19 and June 21, lightning strikes sparked two small wildfires in the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. The one acre Twin Lake wildfire is 2.6 miles north of the outlet of the Lower Twin Lake. It was smoldering in high alpine tundra and is not currently a threat to any structures.No smoke has been observed since June 20th on this fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that CALEB TRENT HODGINS, age 20, of Holdenville, Oklahoma, pled guilty to an Information charging him with USE OF TELEPHONE TO COMMUNICATE BOMB THREAT, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 844(e) and 2.
By State Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the United Nations Human Rights Council report on last summer’s conflict in Gaza...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With three bipartisan bills expected on the House floor this week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is poised to build upon its #RecordOfSuccess. The three important bills will keep electricity affordable for consumers, improve chemical safety and manufacturing in the U.S., and protect the future of the Internet.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With three bipartisan bills expected on the House floor this week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is poised to build upon its #RecordOfSuccess. The three important bills will keep electricity affordable for consumers, improve chemical safety and manufacturing in the U.S., and protect the future of the Internet.
