News from February 2018
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing reviewing eight legislative proposals pertaining to the Controlled Substances Act, as part of the committee’s ongoing efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Mexico City and the Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (DOJ-OPDAT) hosted the first in a series of four money laundering and asset forfeiture courses Feb. 13-15 in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 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), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing titled, “Oversight: FBI Headquarters Consolidation Project."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: The new tax law was crafted to provide middle-class tax relief and lower individual taxes across the board. To reflect the new law, the IRS rolled out new withholding tables last month, giving employers until February 22 to implement the changes. So if they haven’t already, most Americans will soon see bigger paychecks thanks to tax reform.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Buffalo, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to using Twitter to transmit threatening communications against several persons, including two FBI employees and two former members of the military and their families, on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS.
By State Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today delivered a statement at a Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing entitled “Zimbabwe After Mugabe.".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tomorrow, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will deliver keynote remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as part of a forum examining solutions to combat the opioid crisis.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Future of Transportation Fuels and Vehicles."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Frank Banks was sentenced to 30 months in prison, two years of supervised release, and a $200 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided over the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the City of Houston alleging the Houston Fire Department (HFD) discriminated against two female firefighters on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Acting Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Cody Lee Jackson, 22, formerly of Norwood, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 165 months in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, U.S. District Court Judge Pedro A. Delgado sentenced Luis Javier Correa-Figueroa, a.k.a. “Barney/Gordo" to life imprisonment for firearm offenses, a controlled substance offense, assaulting federal officers, and willfully injuring property of the United States, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The DEA, FBI, and Puerto Rico Police Department Strike Force Unit were in charge of the investigation of this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Ronald Shane Hough, 50, of Mt. Holly, N.C. pleaded guilty to federal charges for his role in a fraudulent debt collection scheme operating out of Mecklenburg County, announced R. Andrew Murray, United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to robbery charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: As we saw with Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017, disruptions to the fuel supply system can have significant impacts on daily life not only for those in the affected area, but for the entire Nation. Recent emergency preparedness exercises that industry, DOE, and other government entities have...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ERIC GREEN, 31, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Judy Villanyi, 48, of Summerville, South Carolina, was sentenced to five months imprisonment for violating 18 U.S.C. § 7272, Obstructing and Impeding the Due Administration of the Tax Code. The offense carried a maximum possible punishment of up to three years imprisonment.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing reviewing eight legislative proposals pertaining to the Controlled Substances Act, as part of the committee’s ongoing efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled “Combating the Opioid Crisis: Helping Communities Balance Enforcement and Patient Safety:"
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tomorrow, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will deliver keynote remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as part of a forum examining solutions to combat the opioid crisis.
