News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: A Canton man was indicted on federal drug and firearms charges, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a report originally issued in 2010 by former Rep. Henry A. Waxman, who served at the time as Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges involving the unlawful possession of firearms by a convicted felon and possession of stolen firearms, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: A Parma couple was charged in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to avoid paying taxes, in which people used to clean hotels and motels were falsely treated as independent contractors, Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja said.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., delivered a statement on the Senate floor blasting a congressional resolution to eliminate state retirement laws, which could jeopardize the launch of OregonSaves.
By US DOT Newswire | May 3, 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 the start of the process to withdraw the problematic Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun the regular inter-agency review process by delivering to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a draft rule to withdraw the WOTUS rule.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jackie Johnson, age 31, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on April 11, 2017, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges. The indictment was unsealed on April 25, 2017, following Johnson’s initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Joseph F. Saporito.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Legislation Addressing Pipeline and Hydropower Infrastructure Modernization:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Judge Sentences Three Law Enforcement Officer Defendants in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Civil Rights Case.
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai briefed a group of bipartisan members of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Legislation Addressing Pipeline and Hydropower Infrastructure Modernization:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Wilmington, Delaware, man was sentenced to 156 months in prison today for distributing child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss of the District of Delaware.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement on an amendment to the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: G.F. “Pete" Peterman, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Paul Leonard Hodge, age 40, of Madison County, Georgia, was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine by United States District Court Judge...
By US DOT Newswire | May 3, 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), delivered the following remarks at a committee oversight hearing on “Infrastructure Project Streamlining and Efficiency: Achieving Faster, Better, and Cheaper Results."
By US DOT Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, met with members of the Northeast Corridor Commission to hear updates on the fiscal year 2018-2022 Capital Investment Plan which identified a nearly $20 billion funding gap for the Northeast Corridor.
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement on an amendment to the American Health Care Act (AHCA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a five-week trial, a federal jury found Larry Bates; his two sons, Chuck and Robert Bates; and Kinsey Bates, the wife of Robert Bates, guilty on all counts set forth in an indictment that charged mail and wire fraud and conspiracy. The charges rose out of the defendants running a...
