News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday today sentenced Priscilla Ann Ellis (52, Killeen, Texas) to 40 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit international money laundering and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. As part of her sentence, the Court entered a money judgment...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) will appear on CSPAN Newsmakers and Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson to discuss disaster response and recovery of hurricane impacted U.S. territories, western wildfires and efforts to reform of Antiquities Act of 1906.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources heard testimony on a discussion draft of the “Opportunities for the Nation and States to Harness Onshore Resources Act" or “ONSHORE Act." The bill allows states with established regulatory programs to seek primacy for the implementation of federal permitting responsibilities for oil and gas development on federal lands.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: ERIE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Pittsburgh-based P.J. Dick Corp. have established a strategic partnership to promote workplace safety and educate workers on construction hazards during construction of a new office building in Erie.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Community Health Centers and other public health laws...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today following President Trump’s decision to default on the Cost-Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments that help millions of Americans purchase health insurance...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Former Navy Comptroller Sentenced for Accepting Illegal Gratuities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joshua Mike, Sr., age 25, an inmate at United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg (USP Lewisburg) was indicted on Oct. 12, 2017, by a federal grand jury for possession of a weapon in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Hakim Handy, age 34, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania was indicted on Oct. 12, 2017, by a federal grand jury for conspiring to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, the distribution of heroin, and the unlawful possession of ammunition.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Community Health Centers and other public health laws...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced that yesterday U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced JUAN CARLOS RIGOBERTO-MARTINEZ, age 33, of Honduras, to serve 130 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after removal. The defendant’s extensive criminal history, including his status as an aggravated felon, contributed significantly to the lengthy sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Charges Arise Out of Defendant’s Use of a Stolen Identity for 30 Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Defendants Exploited Over 4.5 Million Financially Struggling Americans Through Unlawful Scheme to Evade State Usury Laws.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Democratic Forum on “Addressing the Long-Term Effects of Football-Related Brain Injuries:"
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: (DILLON, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management’s Dillon Field Office is reviewing a plan of operations to conduct mining exploration work in Beaverhead County.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: HUNTSVILLE - The Department of Justice has awarded grants totaling $2.1 million to the National Children’s Advocacy Center for the 2017 fiscal year, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and NCAC Executive Director Chris Newlin.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White to chair the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) today led a group of 25 Senate Democrats in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Family Planning and Preventive Health Services, Inc. et al v. Charles Smith et al.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: A former Army soldier was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 210 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for aggravated sexual abuse of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. WIMIBALDO EVER CEDENO, 55, was arrested in Tacoma in September 2015, following a domestic...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Defendant Admits to 11 Counts Involving Child Pornography.
