News from December 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to take two key steps in the Committee’s joint investigation into whether White House officials-and Senior Advisor to the President...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jerry Defazio, age 39, of Archbald, Pennsylvania, a former contract employee with the Lackawanna County Prison, pleaded guilty on Dec. 21, 2017, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, to providing and attempting to provide prohibited objects, including illegal drugs, to inmates at the Lackawanna County Prison.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 13 individuals, including 12 dairy producers and one importer, to serve three-year terms on the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. Their terms begin immediately and end on Oct. 31, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Dec. 21, 2017, United States District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo sentenced Naajeh Torres, age 24, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to 24 months’ imprisonment on drug trafficking charges.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Dear Member Emanuel: We write with regard to your participation in the National Labor Relations Board’s (Board) decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors (Hy-Brand)[1] and the Board’s motions for remand in Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI)[2] and Volkswagen Group of America (Volkswagen).[3] Last week, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Dec. 21, 2017, United States District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo sentenced Naajeh Torres, age 24, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to 24 months’ imprisonment on drug trafficking charges.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today applauded Senate passage of the Connected Government Act yesterday, a bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Ranking Member Pallone and Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL). The House passed the bill on Nov. 15, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Two Aliens Plead Guilty in Connection with Labor Trafficking Scheme That Targeted Guatemalan National for Forced Labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: A man who created false documents to convince Farm Credit Services of America (FCSA) to give him and his son loans totaling more than $3.8 million was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx County District Attorney, Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF"), James J. Hunt...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Wearing Miami Dolphins Cap Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Cornell Pendleton, age 51, of the Gentilly neighborhood in New Orleans, was sentenced today for his role in laundering money on behalf of heroin dealers in the New Orleans area, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Please join the National Park Service, Department of Energy, and Children's Museum of Oak Ridge on Wednesday, Jan. 24, from 3-6 p.m. (ET) for an open house celebration of Manhattan Project National Historical Park’s newest location for providing information about the park in Oak Ridge. Admission to the museum will be free during this event.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Announces Winter Operating Hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Felix Ramon Diaz, age 58, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Dec. 19, 2017, to one year and one day imprisonment by United States District Court Judge William W. Caldwell for aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax documents.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Earlier this week, Republican U.S. Senators from across the country voted to provide middle-class tax relief and modernize America’s broken tax code, bringing it into the 21st century. From making the tax code more family friendly and repealing Obamacare’s individual mandate tax, to making America more competitive and developing more natural resources, there is so much in this bill that helps hardworking Americans. Here are some of the highlights from Senate Republicans...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: DOJ-DHS Cobranded Header (DHS Photo by /Released) View Original For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – President Trump’s Executive Order on Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement on the United Nations Security Council Resolution on Counterterrorism: “I commend the United Nations Security Council for unanimously ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2017 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the accomplishments made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the past year. In the first year of the Trump Administration, USDA made breakthroughs in agricultural trade, moved to reduce burdensome regulations, responded to natural disasters, and battled through the worst fire season on record, among other notable achievements.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Reauthorizing Section 702 before it expires is vital to keeping the nation safe. Let us be clear: if Congress fails to act, vital intelligence collection on international terrorists and other foreign adversaries will be lost. The country will be less secure.
