News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A Petersburg, West Virginia, man was sentenced today to 60 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution and illegal possession of a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Two former U.S. Postal employees were sentenced to prison for stealing packages containing marijuana from the U.S. mail and then selling the drugs, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee today held a legislative hearing examining two bills that seek to promote energy efficiency, are a win for manufacturers, jobs, the environment, and most importantly, consumers.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY), and Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) today sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neal Chatterjee...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Kellie Cansaydee Sebastian, 33, and Ramon Leon Garcia, 28, of Meridian, Idaho, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obtain a controlled substance by fraud, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Sebastian pleaded guilty yesterday and Garcia pleaded guilty on September 19. They were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise in May 2017.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers, highlighted concerns regarding possible market manipulation in the compliance system used for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program, known as the Renewable Identification Number (RIN) market.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Abel A. Orozco, 38, an enrolled member and resident of Isleta Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a term of time already served (approximately eight months of imprisonment) for his misdemeanor assault conviction and one year of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed David Redl as Administrator at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Victor Bermudez-Ruiz (38), a Mexican national, to the statutory maximum penalty of two years in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after deportation. He pleaded guilty on June 22, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Patrick Darrell Smith, 35, Hannibal, MO, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on charges of producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: One Incident Was in 2012, Another in 2015.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma’s announcement that the agency intends to make drastic changes to the Medicaid program...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed David Redl as Administrator at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Americans nationwide did their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringing the DEA and its more than 4,200 local and tribal law enforcement partners a record-setting 912,305 pounds-456 tons-of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for disposal at more than...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Rhode Islanders joined Americans nationwide to do their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringing the DEA nearly two tons - 3,825 pounds - of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs to 149 collection points across the state on National Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 28,2017. That’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Shandarrick Barnes has pleaded guilty to obstructing justice in the federal corruption investigation involving City of Atlanta government. The defendant threw a concrete block through the window of E.R. Mitchell’s home, and placed dead rodents on his porch and elsewhere hoping to thwart his cooperation with federal law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Christina Renee Caveny, 37, of Dallas, was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 15 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $270,134.84 in restitution, following her guilty plea in June 2017 to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing titled, “Discussion Draft, Energy Star Reform Act of 2017 and H.R. 3477, Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act:"
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma’s announcement that the agency intends to make drastic changes to the Medicaid program...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting that oversight hearings be held on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) concerning actions related to the review and management of toxic chemicals.
