News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BERNARDO ROMAN-ROLAN, also known as “Benny," 41, of North Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 68 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed her support for two secretarial orders announced by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke during his first full day on the job.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Wounded Knee, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault with the Intent to Commit Murder and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on Feb. 27, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Jose Modesto Adon Cano, 23, of South Ozone Park, New York, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on March 1, 2017, for possession of equipment to manufacture counterfeit credit cards. Cano was arrested in Laramie, Wyoming. He received 21 months of imprisonment, to be...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2012 (GDUFA) and the Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012 (BsUFA), both of which expire in September of 2017 and must be reauthorized for the...
By State Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Thursday, March 2, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, convened a hearing on the worsening political, humanitarian, and economic crisis in Venezuela to assess U.S. interests and policy options. The committee heard testimony today from Dr. David Smilde of Tulane University, Dr. Shannon O’Neil with the Council on Foreign Relations, and Mark Feierstein of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted on federal firearms and drug charges, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued a Secretarial Order 3346 to lift the ban on traditional lead based ammunition and tackle on federal lands. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement on repealing and replacing Obamacare.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on two secretarial orders, signed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: At the time of arrest, Gause was on federal supervised release for a prior offense for a federal gun violation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: BOULDER, Colo.-- Biophysicists at JILA have measured protein folding in more detail than ever before, revealing behavior that is surprisingly more complex than previously known. The results suggest that, until now, much about protein behavior has been hidden to science-happening on faster timescales and with finer changes in structure than conventional methods could detect.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MARLIN CACERES-GUERRERO, age 28, a native of Honduras, was charged today in a one-count Indictment with illegal entry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), joined with Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) in introducing S. 512, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Eric Holloway, age 42, of Bishopville, pled guilty on Monday in federal court in Florence, to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1). United States...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record on the importance of reauthorizing the generic and biosimilar user fee agreements and urged Congress to address rising prescription drug costs at a Health Subcommittee hearing this morning titled, “Examining FDA’s Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Programs:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: FBI and U.S. Capitol Police Arrest Atlanta Man Threatening Staff of U.S. Congressman John Lewis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm that he stole from a vehicle in the parking lot of the Liberty Community Center in Liberty, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Salih Zeki Uces (39) guilty of international parental kidnapping. Uces, a dual Turkish/United States citizen, faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 5, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: MAR 02 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Bernardo Roman-Rolan, also known as “Benny," 41, of North Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford, Connecticut to 68 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine. Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced the sentencing.
