News from February 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Water, Power, and Oceans Subcommittee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) sent a letter to President Trump today urging him to rescind the “one in, two out" executive order on regulations issued earlier...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Adrian Lark to six years in federal prison for theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 28, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Loretta Galloway, age 55, of Northumberland, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Jan. 31, 2017, by a federal grand jury for taking her deceased husband’s social security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that NORWIN CASTELLON-LOPEZ, age 39, a citizen of Nicaraguan, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with illegally re-entering the United States having previously been deported as an illegal alien and having previously been convicted of a felony.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today issued the following statement after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai released the text of two proceedings for public comment.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) this morning appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box" and discussed the Democratic perspective on tax reform, and prospects for reform in the 115th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a comment following a meeting with the President and Chairmen Hatch, Brady, and Ranking Member Neal to discuss United States trade policy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted Valentino Shine, Sr., 49, of Buffalo, NY, on charges of narcotics conspiracy, using and maintaining a drug-involved premises, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and commercial...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement after Donald J. Trump delivered his Inaugural Address as the 45th President of the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today issued the following statement after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai released the text of two proceedings for public comment.
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 following the committee’s advancement of President Trump’s nominee to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Congressman Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.)...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today issued the following statement after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai released the text of two proceedings for public comment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has found Justin Vazquez, 30, of Buffalo, NY, guilty of being a felon-in-possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce 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 Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) representatives announced today that enforcement actions led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) resulted in the seizure of over 260,000 counterfeit sports-related items worth an estimated $20 million, and joint investigative efforts led to 56 arrests with 50 convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that the Columbia Violent Gang Task Force (CVGTF), of which the City of Sumter is a member, arrested several defendants who are charged in an indictment with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute...
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman announced a final order of forfeiture has been filed in U.S. v. Christopher Whitfield, Tonia Whitfield and Steven Griffin, ordering the forfeiture of the more than $1 million in cash, among other things, that had been seized during the execution of search warrants in this case.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing on “Reauthorization of the NTIA:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: A Detroit man was indicted for selling carfentanil that killed a man in Marion last year, law enforcement officials said.
