News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Antonio Eldridge, 28, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter today to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Gina McCarthy, and all EPA employees to express her gratitude for their hard work and dedication to protecting the environment and safeguarding the health of the American people. The full text of the letter is below...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - A second defendant in a local drug conspiracy which was responsible for dealing significant quantities of extremely pure methamphetamine, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District Court in Charlottesville, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today praised U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy for issuing a new report on electronic cigarettes.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today appeared on CBS This Morning to highlight a committee report detailing the practices of concurrent and overlapping surgeries. The report, titled, “Concurrent and Overlapping Surgeries: Additional Measures Warranted, " found a number...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Michael Depugh-King, age 20, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on December 7, 2016, by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg, on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery on the House Floor during today’s consideration of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act are enclosed below...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Honolulu Police Department today arrested 22 defendants named in six indictments returned by a federal grand jury on Nov. 30, 2016, and December 7, 2016, which remained sealed until today’s arrests. The six...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today delivered the following opening statement at a Subcommittee hearing on “Mixed Martial Arts: Issues and Perspectives:"
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kevin Lee Co, 45, of Rocklin, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and money laundering for embezzling approximately $4.8 million from his employer, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today delivered the following opening statement at a Subcommittee hearing on “Mixed Martial Arts: Issues and Perspectives:"
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Drugs were packaged for distribution, more than $100,000 seized.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for the sexual exploitation of two child victims.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: Skagway - Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park requests assistance from the Skagway community to identify historical photos on December 14.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today praised U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy for issuing a new report on electronic cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dabert Wayne Comanche, 35, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 15 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Comanche will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, released a statement on President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act, a comprehensive water resources infrastructure bill, in a bipartisan vote of 360-61. The bill is the culmination of work between multiple committees and authorizes port, waterway, and flood protection, and other water resources’ infrastructure across the country. A number of Energy and Commerce Committee priorities are part of the comprehensive bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) met with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Nominee U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) in his office in the U.S. Capitol and issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Casey Swain, 38, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of bank robbery, was sentenced to 57 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
