News from February 2018
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today that the hearing titled “Federal Communications Commission: Budget and Oversight," scheduled for Friday, February 16th, 2018, has been canceled due to changes made to the House calendar.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gerald A. Lawson III, 30, of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, was charged by criminal complaint for allegedly acting as a straw purchaser for Quentin L. Smith, a convicted felon who shot and killed two Westerville Police Officers on February 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Justin Haynes, 31, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for receiving child pornography. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Haynes to a 66-month term of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Haynes will begin a five-year term of supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A man who is a previously convicted felon and supporter of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), was sentenced today to the statutory of maximum of 10 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm less than three weeks after he was released from prison.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced Mike Bloomquist, currently the committee’s Deputy Staff Director, will be named Staff Director effective immediately.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement on President Trump’s infrastructure proposal...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that former Niagara Falls, NY, Police Officer Stephanie A. Costanzo, 29, pleaded guilty to managing a drug involved premises before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Donald J. Trump unveiled his FY 2019 budget request, including $30.6 billion to support the Department of Energy (DOE). This year’s DOE budget request advances U.S. national security and economic growth by making investments in transformative science and technology innovation to promote affordable and reliable energy. It also includes significant funding to meet our national security and environmental cleanup challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ksenia Ura Gubareva, age 38, of McLoud, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, punishable by not more than 30 years imprisonment, up to a $1,000,000.00 fine, or both. A copy of the full indictment can be found online at.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement on President Trump’s infrastructure plan announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KHADAFI CASTRO, 40, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 40 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and crack cocaine.
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) issued the following statement today after President Trump released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2019...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - How would you like to work, learn, play, and serve in the world’s first national park? Yellowstone is currently recruiting for the 2018 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), a residential work-based education program for young men and women between the ages of 15 and 18.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement on President Trump’s infrastructure plan announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - This Wednesday, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a Full Committee markup to consider its budget views and estimates, as well as two pieces of legislation focused on railroad data and information security.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on President Trump’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Jose Humberto Solis, 39, of Farmers Branch, Texas, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to serve a total of 128 months in federal prison following his guilty pleas in January 2016 and September 2017 to drug offenses as charged in two Northern District of Texas cases, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) issued the following statement today after President Trump released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2019...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Ryan Jones, 35 of Bath, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 1½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for embezzling $280,865 from a union during a period when he served as an officer of that union. He was also ordered to pay $280,865 in restitution. He pleaded guilty on September 6, 2017.
