News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced the sentencing of two Christiansburg residents who were previously convicted of tax fraud and multiple bankruptcy fraud charges.
By DOE 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 - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding President Trump's long overdue infrastructure plan that proposes only $200 billion in federal spending over the next 10 years - far short ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup for Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at 3:30 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE 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: CHICAGO - A Chicago restaurateur was charged today with misappropriating funds and swindling investors in his West Loop eatery.
By EPA 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: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Kenneth Wayne Richardson, age 36, of Moncks Corner, South Carolina was sentenced in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for Possession of Child Pornography involving Prepubescent Minors, a violation of 18 U.S.C.
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 Commerce 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 Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Illinois man was sentenced Monday to 73 months in federal prison for driving the getaway car in a $53,000 holdup at a Verizon store in Village West, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. The robbers held store employees at gunpoint and bound them with zip ties.
By DOE 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 Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Sunday, Feb. 25, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a 90 minute, 1-mile walking tour exploring traces of the Old Wauhatchie Pike on Lookout Mountain. This program begins at the Sky Harbor Court Hotel on Lookout Mountain (2159 Old Wauhatchie Pike, Chattanooga, TN). Parking will be located behind the hotel.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup for Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at 3:30 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: Comprehensive drug investigation led to the indictment of nearly a dozen defendants, all of whom have now pled guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Boilermakers union official has been sentenced in federal court to 41 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction of embezzlement and theft of Labor Union assets and income tax evasion, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - Five former government officials from Venezuela were charged Monday for allegedly participating in an international money laundering scheme involving bribes made to corruptly secure energy contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Portsmouth woman who faked her own death in connection with an elaborate bank fraud scheme was sentenced today to four years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Natick man was arrested and charged today in federal court in Boston with distribution and possession of child pornography.
