News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Ricky Parnell and co-defendants responsible for $154,000 restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Chad L. Lovato, 23, an enrolled member of Kewa Pueblo from Santo Domingo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an assault charge. Lovato’s plea agreement recommends a sentence of a year and a day in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today Richard Clarke, 48, a Canadian citizen residing in Buffalo, pleaded guilty to bulk cash smuggling out of the United States before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Digital Commerce & Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement today after Hon. Ann Marie Buerkle was nominated to serve as the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Bodies Were Discovered Over Four-Day Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - - Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, announced today that Edgar Israel Reyes-Toscano, 44, and Vanessa Sanchez, 44, both of Bakersfield, California, were formerly charged in a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Missouri. This indictment replaces the federal criminal complaint that had been filed against Reyes and Sanchez on July 6, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations Division of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), announced that FAOUZI JABER, a/k/a “Excellence," pled guilty to conspiring...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Oversight and Reauthorization of the Federal Communications Commission:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) sent letters to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price and to McKinsey & Company today raising serious concerns over HHS’s analysis of an amendment to Trumpcare offered by Senators...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3178, the Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017, by voice vote.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) sent letters to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price and to McKinsey & Company today raising serious concerns over HHS’s analysis of an amendment to Trumpcare offered by Senators...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement today after Hon. Ann Marie Buerkle was nominated to serve as the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service wants visitors preparing to come to Lake Roosevelt to be ready for mosquitos at the campgrounds, boat launches, and day use facilities. Conditions again are optimal for mosquitos. Visitors, park staff, neighbors, and partners have been dealing with an extraordinarily large mosquito population, especially in the north district near Kettle Falls, WA.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Oversight and Reauthorization of the Federal Communications Commission:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Jonathan Pates (28, Rockledge) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography while on federal supervised release. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the smart watch he used to commit the offense, and to serve 20 years of supervision following his release from prison.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today announced two subcommittee hearings that will be held in the coming weeks. The subcommittee hearings will receive testimony for several bills on public lands related issues and examine water security and drought preparedness. More information on these hearings can be found at the links below or by visiting the committee’s website.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Callus LeFont Latimore, age 42, of Augusta, Georgia was sentenced yesterday in federal court for various charges stemming from the February, 9, 2017, armed robbery of First Reliance Bank in West Columbia, South Carolina. On April...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the Senate’s vote to proceed to the health care reconciliation vehicle...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing , titled, “Commodities, Credit, and Crop Insurance: Perspectives on Risk Management Tools and Trends for the 2018 Farm Bill."
