News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury, yesterday, returned a guilty verdict against Andrew Carr, 59, of Upper Darby, PA, on the charge of conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Carr served as the “muscle" and collector of drug debts in a methamphetamine trafficking business which sold...
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the latest version of legislation (H.R. 5278 ) to address the ongoing debt crisis in Puerto Rico...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of Chicago financial firms defrauded dozens of clients out of more than $1.5 million by pocketing most of their money instead of investing it, according to federal criminal charges filed today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - John Blayne Vangastel, 37, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, pleaded guilty today in the District Court of Oregon to one count of using threats of force to injure, intimidate and interfere with his neighbors in the enjoyment of their housing rights because they are a family of Vietnamese descent.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following statement today at a Health Subcommittee Hearing on “Examining H.R. 3299, the Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act."
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Eugene Deandre Tillery, 20, of Suffolk, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on seven counts of distributing Fentanyl, which is a very potent pain killer used in the medical profession.
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a majority staff report on Thursday detailing the payments made as a result of the Justice Department’s housing settlements.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Cybersecurity Responsibilities at HHS."
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - Today, BLM Southern Nevada District announced the grand opening of Nawghaw Poa Road and the visitor contact station at Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Vietnamese Neighbors and Interfering with their Housing Rights.
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following statement today at a Health Subcommittee Hearing on “Examining H.R. 3299, the Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act."
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Jennifer Serrano, 26, of Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty to obstruction of the mail before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy. The charge carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison and a $5,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine H.R. 3299, the Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act. H.R. 3299, authored by committee members Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), would update and enhance the nation’s abilities to respond to biothreats.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine H.R. 3299, the Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act. H.R. 3299, authored by committee members Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), would update and enhance the nation’s abilities to respond to biothreats.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KE LIAN ZHAO, age 50, of Kenner, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to employing aliens at his restaurant, LA JUMBO CHINA BUFFET (“JUMBO BUFFET"). The restaurant, JUMBO BUFFET, was also sentenced for making false statements.
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration appears to be circling the wagons following the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s recent report chronicling misleading testimony offered by CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on December 8, 2015.
By EPA Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Late Wednesday evening, the House of Representatives passed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The vote scored a win for the committee’s pursuit of policies that say #Yes2Energy as the bill included language from committee member Rep. Bill Johnson’s (R-OH) H.R. 351, ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Late Wednesday evening, the House of Representatives passed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The vote scored a win for the committee’s pursuit of policies that say #Yes2Energy as the bill included language from committee member Rep. Bill Johnson’s (R-OH) H.R. 351, ...
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 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 applauded news - first reported by Reuters on Tuesday citing several sources familiar with the matter - that the United States Department of Agriculture will join the U.S. Treasury Department’s panel reviewing China National Chemical Corporation’s (ChemChina) proposed acquisition of Syngenta.
By USDA Newswire | May 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at today’s hearing entitled: The Farm Credit System: Oversight and Outlook of the Current Economic Climate.
