News from October 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the Trump administration announced the nominations of Joseph Simons as chairman and Rohit Chopra as commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Florida man pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking a 16-year-old girl throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christian Delgado, 27, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000 or both.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the Trump administration announced the nominations of Joseph Simons as chairman and Rohit Chopra as commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Acting United States Attorney Brit Featherston announced today that a Disaster Fraud Task Force has been created in the Eastern District of Texas comprised of local, state, and federal agencies to combat hurricane Harvey related disaster fraud activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Thursday, Oct. 19, U.S. Senior District Judge Anna J. Brown sentenced Jose Antonio Mejia, 33, of Woodburn, Oregon, to 15 years in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release and sex offender registration. Mejia previously plead guilty to a federal Indictment charging him with Transportation of a Minor Across State Lines with the Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: NORMAN, OK - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Odessa, Texas, on November 3-4, 2017. The two-day event at the Ector County Coliseum will feature dozens of outstanding animals. The event will take place from noon - 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, and 8 a.m. - noon on Saturday, Nov. 4. The BLM will offer animals for the adoption fee of $125 (set by law).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Ashish Bahl (52, Jacksonville), who also resides in Atlanta, Georgia, today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today sent a letter to Nuance, a computer software technology corporation that works in the health care space, regarding the NotPetya malware outbreak. The letter follows letters last month from the committee that were sent to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Merck on this issue.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park plans to construct a new youth campus at Mammoth Hot Springs which will replace and improve the park’s existing education facilities and better serve today’s needs. The project was approved by the National Park Service Intermountain Regional Director, Sue Masica on October 4, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on tax reform and the passage of the Senate budget resolution...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge today sentenced a suburban Chicago man to 15 years in prison for attempting to travel overseas to join a jihadist militant group in Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Thomas G. Walker, 43, of Pemaquid, Maine, was indicted today in federal court in Boston on one count of resisting a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Thomas G. Walker, 43, of Pemaquid, Maine, was indicted today in federal court in Boston on one count of resisting a federal officer.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
Release: San Francisco, CA, Oct. 19, 2017 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program households impacted by the recent wildfires in Northern California will receive support from USDA to replace food lost in the disaster and purchase hot foods at SNAP-authorized retailers through Nov. 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today sent a letter to Nuance, a computer software technology corporation that works in the health care space, regarding the NotPetya malware outbreak. The letter follows letters last month from the committee that were sent to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Merck on this issue.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: FBI is Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery in Miami.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, blasting her for a decision to replace the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee voted to favorably report nominees Gregory Ibach, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: VERNAL, UTAH - The Bureau of Reclamation and State of Utah are initiating negotiations for a water exchange contract, which proposes exchanging the state’s assigned Green River water right for use of Colorado River Storage Project water from Flaming Gorge Dam. The first negotiation meeting is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. at the Uintah Conference Center, 313 East 200 South, Vernal, UT 84078.
