News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that LEON ZINDER pled guilty to the interstate sale of stolen property...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that LEON ZINDER pled guilty to the interstate sale of stolen property...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) introduced the Viewer Protection Act, (H.R. __), which would establish a Viewer Protection Fund to fully protect broadcast viewers and expeditiously get new mobile broadband spectrum into the hands of consumers. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Wednesday, July 19, 2017, Michael Lee Cole, 39, of Maryville, Tennessee, was sentenced by The Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve 168 months in prison, for receiving and distributing child pornography. Upon his release from prison, he will be supervised by U.S. Probation for 25 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monsey, New York, man was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for assaulting a woman on a flight from Israel to Newark Liberty International Airport, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: The Newnan Times-Herald. A modern aviation system for a modern world . By Rep. Drew Ferguson. The 21st Century AIRR Act, which would reauthorize and reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is a milestone in good governance. Our legislation will refocus the FAA on its essential role of ensuring...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining 11 bipartisan bills that would improve Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeffrey Moran, 45, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months incarceration for illegally possessing a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Washington - Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reached agreement with Chinese officials on final details of a protocol to allow the United States to begin exporting rice to China for the first time ever.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The House of Representatives today approved the Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act (H.R. 2825), a bill that includes Transportation and Infrastructure Committee legislation for the Coast Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled, “Examining Bipartisan Legislation to Improve the Medicare Program:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) is committed to managing its responsibilities associated with the legacy of World War II and the Cold War. This legacy includes radioactive material, chemical waste, and hazardous environmental contamination at more than 100 sites across the country.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced witnesses for the Committee’s upcoming hearing on commodities, credit, and crop insurance.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining 11 bipartisan bills that would improve Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Keith Andrews Owned Andrews Farming in Carroll County; Case Involved Over $1 Million in Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - JULIEROSE BAQUERA MOLINA, 38, of Cache, Oklahoma, has been charged with felony embezzlement from the Comanche Nation Tax Commission, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Over 20,000 Marijuana Plants Seized. FRESNO, Calif. - On June 22, 2017, Jose Manuel Sanchez-Zapien (Sanchez), 37, a native and citizen of Michoacán, Mexico, residing in Dos Palos, was charged in an indictment with conspiring to manufacture marijuana and damaging public lands and natural resources. Today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CRAIG A. TAFFARO, age 70, of Harvey and a former Chief Deputy for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, was charged today in a two-count Indictment with tax evasion and filing a false tax return.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
Release: EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Travelers will be able to apply to the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the Evansville Regional Airport (EVV) terminal August 7 - 11, where officials will host a temporary application center.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2017
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -In response to public requests, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is extending the comment period for the Fram Whitewater project for 30 days.
