News from June 2016
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: On Wednesday, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), was the latest committee member to take over the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Instagram account. Spotlighting congressional baseball practice as well as his speech at AEI with Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) to unveil a #betterway for health care, Scalise shared five behind the scenes photos of his busy day on Capitol Hill. Follow @energyandcommerce HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of selling and offering for sale drug paraphernalia, conspiracy to sell and offer for sale drug paraphernalia, and trademark counterfeiting, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that REGINALD WASHINGTON, age 32, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute over 100 grams of heroin.
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement in response to the Obama administration’s announcement that it has released a Guantanamo Bay detainee to Montenegro...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that a federal...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: “We came together, Republicans and Democrats, to improve and strengthen the safety of our pipelines - and we got the job done," U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, said in a statement. Upton is chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “Our bipartisan legislation, signed into law today by President Obama is a win for Southwest Michigan, our Great Lakes, and the entire country."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LARRY HARDY, age 50, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that NAVOR SOLIS-GARCIA, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment that charged him with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8 U.S.C. Section 1326(a).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced that she has reached a bipartisan agreement with Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) on legislation that would require the first mandatory, nationwide label for food products containing genetically modified organisms - more commonly known as GMOs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A two-count federal indictment has been returned charging two Houston residents and one Mexican National in a cocaine conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - United States Attorney Eileen M. Decker today announced the formation of a new Civil Rights Section within the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office. This Section will focus exclusively on affirmative enforcement of federal civil rights laws, including federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, religion, familial status and national origin.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - The Select Investigative Panel today issued a criminal referral to New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas detailing evidence that the University of New Mexico (UNM) and Southwestern Women’s Options (SWWO) may have violated New Mexico’s Jonathan Spradling Revised Uniform Anatomical...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced the remainder of committee activities for the week have been postponed. Among those activities are today’s full committee markup and tomorrow’s #SubHealth hearing.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: Hey Kids! The park rangers at Homestead National Monument of America need YOU and your families to join them at the Education Center on Saturdays in July and early August, from 10 a.m. to noon, to become Nature Detectives! Homestead is seeking the help of all sleuths and spies, the inquisitive and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court on a charge of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: . U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MICHAEL RAY TAYLOR, age 47, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty today to one count of conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine. TAYLOR faces a minimum term of...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to both House Republican and Democratic leadership asking for a swift vote on S.J. Res. 28. The resolution under the Congressional Review Act would remove catfish from the jurisdiction of the USDA, a move that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LESTER MORNAY, 68, of New Orleans, was charged in a one-count Bill of Information charging him with conspiracy to commit bribery and honest services wire fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to both House Republican and Democratic leadership asking for a swift vote on S.J. Res. 28. The resolution under the Congressional Review Act would remove catfish from the jurisdiction of the USDA, a move that...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 138,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea. Of the total 69,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2015/2016 marketing year and 69,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
