News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: A TSA employee appeared in federal court today to face child pornography charges.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announced today Haleakalā National Park will modify its entrance fees to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs to enhance the visitor experience. Starting June 1, 2018, the Tri Park Annual Pass will go from $30 to $50, to align with other national parks that have similar visitation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park will raise entrance fees to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs to enhance visitors’ experiences. Park entrance fees will be $30 per vehicle or $25 per motorcycle effective June 1, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today concluded a hearing, stretched over two days, examining 34 bills to improve the ability of Medicare and Medicaid to provide care for patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: HELENA - Ryan Frank Cervantes, a 27-year-old resident of Livingston, Montana, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison followed by 10 years supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. U.S. Senior District Judge Charles C. Lovell handed down the sentence.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), praised the Senate's vote to confirm the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Senate voted 53 to 45 to confirm Wheeler.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “The Fiscal Year 2019 Department of Energy Budget:"
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Socorro, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management Socorro Field Office, in cooperation with the Gila National Forest, plans to conduct a prescribed fire in east-central Catron County between April 16 and June 26, weather permitting. The goal is to burn between 4,000 - 7,000 acres of land administered by the BLM and the US Forest Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In the wake of multiple high-ranking Department of the Interior (DOI) officials making racist, delusional or conspiratorial public statements on social media, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) wrote to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today requesting “a detailed description of the vetting process at DOI for acting and permanent political appointees, including any review of relevant qualifications, background, and ethical considerations.".
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing with Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry examining the department’s FY 2019 budget priorities and the agency’s expanding role to address emerging and existing threats to the physical and cybersecurity of the nation’s energy infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former U.S. Army major and his wife were sentenced today for their respective roles in abusing their adopted children, who all were less than 4 years old and developmentally delayed, through neglectful and cruel acts, including breaking their bones, denying them medical attention, withholding water and force-feeding them hot sauce, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today a hearing for Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Do Not Call: Combating Robocalls and Caller ID Spoofing."
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing with Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry examining the department’s FY 2019 budget priorities and the agency’s expanding role to address emerging and existing threats to the physical and cybersecurity of the nation’s energy infrastructure.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing with Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry examining the department’s FY 2019 budget priorities and the agency’s expanding role to address emerging and existing threats to the physical and cybersecurity of the nation’s energy infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, as the Department of Justice recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing. The announcement includes an interagency...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Emelita Ignacio Arindela, a/k/a “Esperanza Ignacio Arindela," “Esperanza Hooper," Emily I. Arindela," and “Emily Ingacio Arindela," 43, of Mount Desert Island, Maine, and previously of the Philippines, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to passport fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jesus Chavez, age 27 and Rudy Mendoza age 33, both federal inmates at the United States Penitentiary Canaan (“USP Canaan"), located in Waymart, Pennsylvania, were indicted on April 10, 2018, by a federal grand jury with assaulting another inmate with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted on federal firearms charges, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Department of Justice Begins Second Distribution of Funds Recovered Through Asset Forfeiture Totaling $1.2 Billion to Compensate Victims of Bernard Madoff Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: A Lima woman was indicted for stealing $45,000 from Social Security by falsely claiming her disabled daughter lived with her, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
