News from February 2016

By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today advanced twelve energy bills to the full committee. The dozen bills before the subcommittee demonstrates the committee’s ongoing commitment to advancing thoughtful legislative solutions to strengthen and modernize our energy infrastructure, create jobs, and protect manufacturers and businesses from harmful rules and regulations.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. ordered Mateo Meraz, 42, of Rockford, Illinois and leader of a drug ring responsible for trafficking cocaine to the Charlotte area to serve 97 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Case Farms Processing Inc.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Shreveport man was sentenced to 39 months in prison for possessing a shotgun after he was previously convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Second Phase to Highlight Six Jurisdictions Effectively Implementing Recommendations from the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Final Report.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement today after the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (IG) released a report, titled: A Review of the Department of Justice’s and ATF’s Implementation of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Following an operation yesterday led by the FBI’s Fort Worth Violent Crime/Gang Task Force, 41 individuals are now in custody on federal drug distribution conspiracy charges, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas and Special Agent in Charge Thomas M. Class, Sr., of Dallas FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Melissa Torres, 29, and Sally Evans, 28, both of Stockton, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. for their involvement in the distribution of methamphetamine and firearms from a residence in Stockton, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Washington DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn announced today that the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives would begin issuing subpoenas next week to organizations that have failed to fully cooperate with document requests.

By EPA Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today advanced twelve energy bills to the full committee. The dozen bills before the subcommittee demonstrates the committee’s ongoing commitment to advancing thoughtful legislative solutions to strengthen and modernize our energy infrastructure, create jobs, and protect manufacturers and businesses from harmful rules and regulations.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emily W. Allen (619) 546-9738 and Aaron Arnzen (619) 546-8384.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced partnerships with 21 companies, federal agencies, and state and local governments to promote the use of DOE's Building Energy Asset Scoring Tool (the Asset Score).

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today advanced twelve energy bills to the full committee. The dozen bills before the subcommittee demonstrates the committee’s ongoing commitment to advancing thoughtful legislative solutions to strengthen and modernize our energy infrastructure, create jobs, and protect manufacturers and businesses from harmful rules and regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Five individuals pled guilty in federal court to unlawful cigarette smuggling, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Receives Transportation Grant from the National Park Foundation.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Francisco Roberto Esquibel, Jr., 34, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Flavio Loya Moncada, 53, of Deming, N.M., pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: Washington DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn announced today that the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives would begin issuing subpoenas next week to organizations that have failed to fully cooperate with document requests.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County businessman was sentenced today in federal court to sixteen months imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, restitution of $1,872,935 and a fine of $25,000, on his convictions of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and filing a false tax return, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its work to protect consumers and small businesses, the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved three commonsense bills to ease burdensome regulations.