News from April 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - At an Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee hearing tomorrow morning on offshore revenue sharing with Gulf Coast states, Committee Democrats will demand that the oil and gas industry take responsibility for its significant role in causing the destruction of Louisiana wetlands, and pay its fair share to help repair the damage.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Preliminary Notice of Violation (PNOV) to Bechtel National Inc. (BNI) for violations of worker safety and health requirements. Worker safety is a priority for the Department, and DOE’s enforcement program supports this priority by holding contractors accountable for meeting regulatory requirements and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that one of the leaders of the violent Bronx gang known as “18 Park," MARQUIS WRIGHT was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer to 35 years in prison for firearms offenses in connection...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Katmai National Park & Preserve, King Salmon, AK - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 37,818 visitors to Katmai in 2017 spent $58,068,200 in communities near the park. That spending supported 756 jobs in the region and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $84,646,600.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Michael Simpson was sentenced for assault and armed robbery of a confidential government informant who was assisting ATF agents as part of the Drug Market Initiative (“DMI") in the English Avenue community. Elgin Byrd was previously sentenced for his respective role in the illegal activity on Feb. 27, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Michael Burns, 34, of Dresden, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 55 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a felon. Burns pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 2, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: “Good morning, and welcome to the third hearing in our series focusing on jobs and opportunity. The purpose of these hearings is to demonstrate how, as our economy continues to strengthen following the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, employers’ demand for workers is growing and our human services programs can play an important role in supporting the next wave of workers needed to continue this economic growth.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Adam Robert Hassell, 26, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced. In addition, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney imposed a twenty-year term of supervised release that will commence once Hassell is released from prison. Hassell will also have to pay $5,100 in special assessments and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today advanced 57 bills to the full Energy and Commerce Committee. Of the bills, 56 were focused on ways to help combat the opioid crisis. #SubHealth also considered the bipartisan, bicameral reauthorization of the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health markup on “Opioid Legislation and H.R. 5554, Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug Amendments Act of 2018:"
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats today sent Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg a list of hundreds of follow-up questions that he could either not answer at the hearing or questions that Democratic Committee members developed as a result of his testimony before the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that two people were sentenced to prison for their involvement in the arson of an 8-unit apartment building in Milwaukee in December 2014. The fire resulted in injuries to multiple people, including tenants...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Kendale Johnson, 28, of Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 37 months’ imprisonment. Johnson had previously pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting an assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN - Robert Hutchinson, Jr. 45, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - After collecting more than 9 million (4,500 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications at 14 previous events over the past 8 years, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold the 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day across the country on Saturday, April 28th. The service is free and anonymous.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing the firearm he used to shoot another person.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, man today admitted possessing hundreds of images and videos of child sexual abuse while imprisoned at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix for previous offenses involving the distribution and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: Elizabet Tskhadiashvili of Philadelphia, was charged April 20 by criminal information* with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Anthony McCullough was sentenced to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin in January 2015, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2018
News Release: On April 24, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen continued her participation at the G7 Security Ministerial in Toronto, Canada.
