News from January 2018
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the announcement that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has rescinded critical Medicaid guidance...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) today held a hearing examining concerns over the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food-recall process.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced a third series of bills introduced by #SubCommTech members on expanding broadband infrastructure in rural America. The bills aim to advance broadband deployment in disaster areas, as well as support innovation and remove obstacles to expansion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Scott Foster (50, Caldwell, Idaho) to 15 years in federal prison and 20 years of supervised release for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a cell phone, that had been was used in connection with the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Michelle Hussar, District Director for the United States Department of Labor Office of Labor Management Standards, announced today that Chief United States District Judge Brian S. Miller sentenced Jeni May Hughes, 51, of Jacksonville, to 30 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $425,000 from Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union No. 155 (Local 155).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Ashland, Virginia, has been sentenced in federal court to fifteen (15) years in jail and lifetime supervised release on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: On Sunday Jan. 14, 2018, park rangers were notified of a lost elderly couple when the couple's daughter called 9-1-1 to report them missing near Sheep Ranch in the southern area of the park.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $75,000 civil penalty against Commercial Jet, Inc. of Miami, Fla., for allegedly conducting improper repairs on the landing gear of a Boeing 767 aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during the debate of “H.R 4712, the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act."
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the announcement that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has rescinded critical Medicaid guidance...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Quentin Pickett has been sentenced for operating a credit card theft ring that stole hundreds of credit cards that were being mailed to accountholders. Pickett and his co-conspirators stole credit cards from the secured baggage loading area of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Artemio Bustos Solano, age 40, of Horry County, S.C., pled guilty in federal court in Florence, South Carolina. Solano pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, a violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to conspiring to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, Jan. 19, 2018 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today outlined U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) services available in the event of a government shutdown.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing examining three bills that seek to modernize the nation’s energy laws for the 21st century. Members received feedback from a panel of witnesses on legislation that would streamline the approval process...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a California man was sentenced for his scheme to use illegally obtained personal identity information of others to prepare false W-2’s and then file false individual income tax returns in order to get refunds due to others.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Mark Elkhorn, 58, of York, Maine pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to making false statements to a federal law enforcement agent.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: HUGO, Colo., Jan. 19, 2018 - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing in e-connectivity which will provide virtual access to job training, educational, and health care opportunities for rural communities.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced a third series of bills introduced by #SubCommTech members on expanding broadband infrastructure in rural America. The bills aim to advance broadband deployment in disaster areas, as well as support innovation and remove obstacles to expansion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Michael McGarrity Named Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division.
