News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), along with U.S. Representatives Kristi Noem (R-SD) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), today submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to reconsider and overturn a 25 year-old case determining whether states can require out-of-state businesses like online vendors to collect and remit state sales and use taxes.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing examining the federal and state response and recovery efforts from the recent series of unprecedented hurricanes.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), joined with Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), John Thune (R-SD), and Steve Daines (R-MT) to formally introduce S. 2068, the Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing examining the federal and state response and recovery efforts from the recent series of unprecedented hurricanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Paolo Aldorasi, 34, of London, pled guilty today to assaulting and attempting to rob a man who he forced into his sport utility vehicle in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Andrew W. Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., man was convicted in a federal bench trial today of illegally possessing a Street Sweeper shotgun.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: The Project Management Institute (PMI) named a Hanford Site tank recovery effort its international Project of the Year for 2017 after EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP) completed the work ahead of schedule and $8.7 million under budget.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Diana DeGette's (D-CO) prepared opening remarks for the Subcommittee hearing on, “How Secure are U.S. Bioresearch Labs? Preventing the Next Safety Lapse" are enclosed below...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 304, the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act, by unanimous consent.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 849, the Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act, by a vote of 307-111.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Perspectives on Mixed Martial Arts."
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 849, the Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act, by a vote of 307-111.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio, a federal judge sentenced 37-year-old former U.S. Army Sergeant Julian Prezas of San Antonio, to 200 months in federal prison for his role in a straw purchasing scheme that involved firearms going to the Gulf Cartel announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Bureau of Alcohol, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter requesting that Chairman Trey Gowdy issue a subpoena to compel the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to produce all documents they requested as part of the Committee’s investigation into the use of non-commercial, charter, and military flights.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Halima Mohamed, 35, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of theft of government funds, was sentenced to five months in prison and three years supervised release, to include five months home detention, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN -Patrick Roy Wandahsega, 40, of Wilson, Michigan, was found guilty of abusive sexual contact with a child under 12 years, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Byerly Birge, announced today. The trial, which lasted four days, was held before U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal jury has found a Bartlett man guilty for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, as well as being a felon in possession of firearms. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty verdicts today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Justin M. Brady-Muller, 28, of Manchester, was sentenced to serve 72 months in federal prison for bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: MISSOULA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Terry Lynn Sturdevant was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen presided over the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Kyle Stevens, age 27, formerly of Baltimore, Maryland, and currently a federal inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, was sentenced on Oct. 31, 2017, by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, to serve an additional 110 months in prison for two separate assaults on other inmates with a homemade weapon.
