News from February 2018
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, welcomed Michael Scuse, a lifelong farmer and two-time Delaware Secretary of Agriculture, to testify at an EPW Committee hearing on the impact of federal environmental policies on farming and ranching communities in Delaware and across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An illegal alien found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of illegal re-entry after deportation, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - A jury handed down guilty verdicts today in the sex-trafficking trial of Terrance Tyrell Edwards and Francine Joann Granados. The verdicts against Edwards were guilty on all charges, including three counts of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion; three counts of Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Prostitution; one count of Obstruction of a Sex Trafficking Investigation; one count of Transportation of a Person with Intent to Engage in.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “New Source Review Permitting Challenges for Manufacturing and Infrastructure."
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “New Source Review Permitting Challenges for Manufacturing and Infrastructure."
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 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 committee hearing titled “The Impact of Federal Environmental Regulations and Policies on American Farming and Ranching Communities."
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, FL-The National Park Service is excited to invite the public to the 20th Annual Kingsley Heritage Celebration during the last two Saturdays in February. This free family-friendly event will engage audiences young and old with music performances on the 17th and then on the 24th transport visitors back in time across five centuries through a living history festival.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced JERMAINE DALE ROGERS, 39, of Wilmington, to 210 months of imprisonment followed by 6 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAMAEL ARTIS, also known as “Rah," 36, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 106 months imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for gun and drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRAD MILLIGAN, age 39, of Metairie, has been charged with manufacturing and distributing explosive materials without a license and possessing anabolic steroids with the intent to distribute. MILLIGAN did not possess a license to distribute either the explosives or anabolic steroids.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A Texas state district judge has been arrested on allegations he accepted approximately $6000 in cash bribes, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick, Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI - San Antonio Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s January 2018 jobs report...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Reaching Engineers at the Development Years (READY) program provides an avenue for personal and professional growth at the Savannah River Site (SRS) while supporting the liquid waste cleanup mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal judge sentenced 59-year-old James Amos Headley of Universal City, TX, to one year confinement after Headley pleaded guilty to federal charges in relation to threatening the lives of a member of Congress and the member’s family, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Ensuring Social Security Serves America’s Veterans" on Wednesday, February 7, at 9:00 AM in room 2253 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement on President Donald J. Trump’s signing of a National Security Presidential Memorandum to establish a National Vetting Center ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Four owners of school bus transportation companies were sentenced today for participating in bid rigging and fraud conspiracies related to school bus transportation contracts in Puerto Rico, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Andre Bernard, 65, of Mount Kisco, NY was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, making false statements related to the Clean Air Act, and his participation in a multi-state scheme to defraud biodiesel buyers and U.S. taxpayers by fraudulently selling biodiesel ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: A Stuarts Draft, Virginia man pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court in Harrisonburg, Virginia, for traveling from the United States to Haiti and engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle of the Western District of Virginia announced.
