News from May 2016
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: The Ludlam family of Michigan, who lost a loved one to Huntington’s disease, is now leading the charge to find a cure. And joining them on the #Path2Cures are some unexpected allies: their flock of sheep.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Bowling Green, Mo., man who was injured during a shoot-out with a rival gang in Columbia, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell sentenced Pedro Antonio Del Granado, age 49, of Fort Meade, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. A federal jury convicted Del Granado on Feb. 11, 2016 and he has been detained since that date, after Judge Russell ordered that he be immediately taken into custody and held pending sentencing.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved two bipartisan bills, H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 and H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued another suite of regulations for oil and gas facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two New York men convicted of Using or Trafficking in an Unauthorized Access Device and Aiding and Abetting were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today commented on the ruling from a federal judge on the House’s lawsuit on Obamacare.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Coming on the heels of the House’s passage of H.R. 4641, legislation offered by committee members Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) to establish an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and how pain medication is prescribed, the House passed 10 more Energy and Commerce Committee bills to combat the opioid epidemic.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released its proposed Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Proposed Land Use Plan Amendments (LUPAs) that analyses the effects of building a planned energy transmission line project to carry power from south-central Wyoming to central Utah. The project...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: I am pleased to rise in support of H.R. 5046, the “Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016." H.R. 5046 is an important complement to a wide-range of legislation being considered in the House this week that is aimed at combating the devastating impact of drug abuse and addiction that is afflicting communities across our Nation.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Contact: Aly Baltrus. Springdale, UT- The Zion National Park trail crew will be repairing retaining walls on the Hidden Canyon Trail this summer beginning June 6, 2016. The Hidden Canyon Trail is expected to reopen Sept. 1, 2016. Zion's Hidden Canyon Trail, first built in 1928, allows visitors to...
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today commended the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) announcement that it is taking additional steps to cut harmful methane emissions produced by the oil and gas industry. Methane is a potent contributor to climate change, with...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today commended the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) announcement that it is taking additional steps to cut harmful methane emissions produced by the oil and gas industry. Methane is a potent contributor to climate change, with...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that ROBERT TERRY BRUCE, 35, of Nashville, Tenn., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Charles Connor, 35, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to six years and six months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: The Ludlam family of Michigan, who lost a loved one to Huntington’s disease, is now leading the charge to find a cure. And joining them on the #Path2Cures are some unexpected allies: their flock of sheep.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Edgar Carlstrom, age 33, of Keizer, Oregon, (formerly of Bentonville, Arkansas) was sentenced today to 52 months in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release on one count...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier has been sentenced for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and marijuana through the mail. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Coming on the heels of the House’s passage of H.R. 4641, legislation offered by committee members Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) to establish an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and how pain medication is prescribed, the House passed 10 more Energy and Commerce Committee bills to combat the opioid epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2016
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On May 10, 2016, Kevin Villalobos Guardado, of Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 293 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute at least 50 grams of actual methamphetamine, 24 months in prison for illegal reentry into the United...
