News from February 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement on Senate passage of H.J. Res 38, a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act related to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s (OSM) final Stream Protection Rule (SPR).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: A New York resident has been charged in Broward County, Florida for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and attempting to possess with the intent to distribute, cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: FEB 02 - CONCORD, N.H. - Rafael Nicolas Lopez-Carrasco, a/k/a Jose Casellas, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 204 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to a federal indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shane Lopez, age 22, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley for his connection to a heroin trafficking ring that operated in Schuylkill County during 2012 through May 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Terry McBurney, 47, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and former Major with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to charges of unlawful procurement of naturalization; making false statements under oath in matters relating to his application for U.S. citizenship...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, had this to say after the Senate voted Thursday to begin the process of rolling back the Obama administration’s regulatory overreach through the Congressional Review Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Jose Luis Hernandez, 26, of Rupert, Idaho, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Hernandez to serve three years of supervised release.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led by Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), decried Chairman Barrasso's decision to suspend committee rules and rush through the controversial nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Lowell, MA.- Temperatures are dropping, but fun is on the rise at Lowell Kids Week 2017! Lowell Kids Week is an annual festival of free family fun that takes place during February school vacation, February 20-25, 2017. Events are hosted throughout Lowell by over twenty partner organizations, offering...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: As Republicans continue to work towards righting the many wrongs of Obamacare, one thing remains clear: Republicans are committed to repealing and replacing the law.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Steve Coleman, 56, of Thoreau, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 84 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the federal firearms laws.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, this week was recognized by the National Sorghum Producers (NSP) for his work on behalf of sorghum growers across the country.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held its first hearing of the 115th Congress with a holistic examination of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against Jeffrey Scott Davis, 59, of Placerville, and Glen Michael Martinka, 67, of Phoenix, Arizona, charging them with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been sentenced in federal court to four years’ probation with nine months of house arrest on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute a quantity of crack cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald McGahn today raising questions about the Trump Administration’s cybersecurity practices.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and key members of his staff, today received awards for their leadership on issues important to wheat producers from the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) and the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers (KAWG). Roberts also addressed the NAWG and US Wheat Associates Winter Conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Leaders of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to block implementation of two flawed Obama administration regulations. Both rules from the former administration expand the federal role in education and diminish the ability for state and local leaders to make decisions affecting their students and schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rasheen Newkirk, 42, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $1,000,000 fine.
