News from March 2017
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a memo to the Democratic caucus, outlining the repercussions an education privatization agenda would have on students, schools, and communities. As President...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Two indictments were unsealed this morning in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging seven defendants variously with arson, bank robbery, Hobbs Act robberies and firearms offenses based, in part, on their participation in the criminal affairs of the Bonanno organized...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Federal Energy Related Tax Policy and its Effects on Markets, Prices, and Consumers."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: A former FBI contractor pleaded guilty today to making false statements to FBI agents in connection with an official FBI investigation.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Federal Energy Related Tax Policy and its Effects on Markets, Prices, and Consumers."
By EPA Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released new information about the impact of the Republican healthcare legislation, known as TrumpCare, on Medicare Part B premiums. Specifically, the Center...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Realizing Nationwide Next-Generation 911."
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration . U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nebraska Safety Council. Nebraska Safety Council. Great Plains Safety and Health Organization. Great Plains Safety and Health Organization...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Mar. 22, 2017, Jimmy Allen Hulse, 56, and Randy Gerald Harkleroad, 49, both of Kingsport, Tenn., were sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge to serve time in federal prison for their roles in a mail and wire fraud conspiracy. Hulse received a prison...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BURLEY, ID - Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Burley Field Office will lift the seasonal road closure in the South Hills area. The following roads, as well as any two-tracks or trails tied to these roads, are now open to motorized travel: Dry Creek, Cherry Spring, Indian Springs (Closure began 1.5 miles south of Foothills Road) and North Cottonwood Creek.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining legislation that gives states the flexibility need to implement the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone on an efficient and realistic timeline.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Mar. 22, 2017, Jimmy Allen Hulse, 56, and Randy Gerald Harkleroad, 49, both of Kingsport, Tenn., were sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge to serve time in federal prison for their roles in a mail and wire fraud conspiracy. Hulse received a prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Diamond Bar man who illegally imported the active ingredients used in erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra and Cialis and repackaged the drugs for sale as herbal sexual enhancement products pleaded guilty today to federal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Parker S. Sikand, age 25, of Ballston Spa, New York, was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Olden Minnick, a/k/a “O," age 55, of Clinton, Maryland, on March 21, 2017, to 14 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on charges connected to a conspiracy to distribute heroin. Judge Chuang also ordered Minnick to forfeit $571,640, including high-end watches and jewelry.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Vern McPherson, age 53, of Westminster, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville, to possession and transporting child pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A. United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks of Charleston accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Realizing Nationwide Next-Generation 911."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 51-year-old Dallas man has been indicted for investment fraud in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent a series of document requests to White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, FBI Director James Comey, Department of Defense Secretary James Mattis, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Matthew Czap, age 68, formerly of Newark, Delaware, entered a plea of guilty to a one-count Felony Information charging him with structuring financial transactions to avoid currency reporting requirements. The defendant faces up to 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
