News from January 2018
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: “Only the divisive Trump Administration would use the Office for Civil Rights to implement policies that infringe on the rights of Americans"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas W. Pilchak and Matthew J. Sutton.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today on the Internet of Things (IoT) and its application to the manufacturing sector. Members had the opportunity to hear from manufacturers firsthand about the challenges and benefits that come with IoT technology.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Defendants Imported Fischer Lovebirds, Protected Under the Endangered Species Act, Falsely Claiming the Shipment Contained Rosey-Faced Lovebirds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: 54-Count Federal Indictment Charges 12 Members and Associates of Mongols Motorcycle Gang With Racketeering Conspiracy and Three Others With Various Federal Crimes Including Large Scale Drug Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Ocala, FL - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Karon Dawson (38, Ocala) to eight years and eight months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 18, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARRIE CAESAR, 47, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for embezzling funds from Webster Bank Corporation.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that 2017 was the second hottest year on record, after 2016, since global measurements were first possible in 1880.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke sentenced a Miami-area man to 12 months and one day in prison and three years’ supervised release for threatening to shoot members of a mosque in Miami Gardens, Florida, announced U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida and Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Civil Rights Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Chaka Meredith, 42, previously of Laconia, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to the robberies of seven banks in late 2016 and early 2017, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Jason Dean Barnes (42, Jacksonville) to six years in federal prison for downloading child sexual abuse images and videos over the Internet using the “dark web." He was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervision following his release and must register as a sex offender. Barnes was found guilty on Sept. 18, 2017, following a bench trial.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government, by a vote of 230-197. Included in the CR is a provision providing six-years of funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which is the longest and most generous funding extension of the program. In recent days, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated its scoring of the provision, projecting a net savings over a six-year window.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the pace of Superfund cleanups across the country and potential improvements to the law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Tunica-Biloxi Tribal Chairman Joey Barbry pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegally taking more than $83,000 from the tribe’s check cashing business.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing titled, “Disrupter Series: The Internet of Things, Manufacturing and Innovation:"
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the pace of Superfund cleanups across the country and potential improvements to the law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: For Enticement Of A Minor. HAMMOND - United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II announced that George J. Jonaitis III, 42, of Hobart, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Judge James T. Moody for enticement of a minor and committing a felony involving a minor as a registered sex offender. Jonaitis...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government, by a vote of 230-197. Included in the CR is a provision providing six-years of funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which is the longest and most generous funding extension of the program. In recent days, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has updated its scoring of the provision, projecting a net savings over a six-year window.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the pace of Superfund cleanups across the country and potential improvements to the law.
