News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Chinese national has been sentenced in federal court to one year probation with immediate deportation on his conviction of conspiracy in relation to a scheme involving the fraudulent taking of college entrance exams, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Butler County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of embezzlement related to health care, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Katia Maribell Olivera, 26, of Dallas, Texas, appeared in federal court today before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Emmanuel Chaplain, age 26, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced by the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp after a federal jury convicted him of multiple robberies and firearms charges in March. The jury found Chaplain guilty of seven counts of interference...
By Commerce 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: Scott Michael Lewis, 27, of Lakewood, Colorado, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on June 22, 2016, for operating an unregistered aircraft. Lewis received 36 months of supervised probation and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment and a $1,000.00 fine. This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: On Sunday, June 26th, Redwood National and State Parks invites our neighbors, friends, partners and communities to help celebrate the National Park Service Centennial with a festive day of food, music, interactive exhibits, and activities for all ages. The event will take place on the site of a former...
By Commerce 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 DOE 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 EPA 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 Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: DSCOVR, which stands for Deep Space Climate Observatory, brings improved measurements and higher quality data than currently available, giving forecasters better information with which to issue critical space weather warnings and alerts.
By DOE 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 USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today unveiled a new bipartisan proposal to protect the use of agriculture biotechnology and to ensure consumers have access to the information they want.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today released the following statement on reaching a bipartisan agriculture biotechnology compromise solution.
By State Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) has convened a hearing to examine U.S. efforts to counter radical Islamists online, and stop terrorists’ use of the Internet and social media to recruit and radicalize fighters. The hearing is entitled “Countering the Virtual Caliphate." Live webcast and witness testimony are available HERE.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, responded Thursday to the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Obama’s executive action on immigration, upholding the United States Fifth Circuit Court’s decision. The court split 4-4 on the decision, effectively blocking President Obama’s executive immigration order.
By EPA 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 Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: A man who stole a gun from Sports Outfitters in Cedar Rapids was sentenced June 21, 2016, to more than 6 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 23, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney, Kenneth A. Polite announced that ERIN PITRE, age 37, of Cut Off, Louisiana, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to possessing images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children under the age of twelve-years old.
