News from June 2017
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) released the following...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will celebrate citizenship for 50 local kids and two adults, as they receive their citizenship certificates at Channel Islands National Park during two special Independence Day celebrations on June 30, 2017. These ceremonies are part of USCIS’ annual Independence Day celebration where more than 65 Independence Day-themed ceremonies will take place across the country, including many at National Park Sites.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score on the impacts of the Senate Trumpcare bill...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a crack-cocaine wholesaler for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 132 months in prison for his involvement in racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracies operating in Newark.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shania Martin, 21, of Gowanda, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with making a false statement. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is calling for answers on what the government’s main support agency is doing to identify and reduce improper payments.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Devils Tower, WY -. The National Park Service proposes increasing the entrance fee to Devils Tower National Monument. In January, 2017, after civic engagement and receiving public support, Devils Tower National Monument raised entrance fees to the Fee Model Group #1 level of the National Park Service...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $8.7 million for 58 grants to small businesses in 22 states to develop clean energy technologies with a strong potential for commercialization and job creation. These clean energy projects-among a total of 263 grants DOE-wide-help small businesses...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Two members of the violent "Gangster Disciples" street gang were sentenced to federal prison. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - An East Liverpool, Ohio woman was convicted today of stealing from her employer, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: A man who violated the terms of his supervised release by operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) released the following...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - Johanne P. Jarlego, 44, a resident of Kapolei, Hawaii, was arrested on June 26, 2017 as a result of a federal indictment charging her with bank fraud and tax offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Crystal Ferguson, 37, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine base, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - An East Liverpool, Ohio woman was convicted today of stealing from her employer, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a full committee markup on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider legislation that modernizes our energy infrastructure, environmental laws and enhances our energy security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: LUFKIN, Texas - A 24-year-old Nacogdoches, Texas man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Terrail Draper Lavar Dixon, 35, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been sentenced to 57 months (4 years, 9 months) in federal prison for illegal possession of firearms by a felon during a traffic stop by Illinois State Police in McLean County. At the hearing, on June 21, U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade also ordered that Dixon remain on supervised release for three years following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to use false information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit, a practice known as “shotgunning," Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Two members of the violent "Gangster Disciples" street gang were sentenced to federal prison. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentences today.
