News from January 2018
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 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), released the following statement in response to President Trump's State of the Union address...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) implementation of Title I of the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA).
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, February 6, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “DOE Modernization: Advancing the Economic and National Security Benefits of America’s Nuclear Infrastructure."
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal grazing fee for 2018 will be $1.41 per animal unit month (AUM) for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and $1.41 per head month (HM) for lands managed by the USDA Forest Service. The 2017 public land grazing fee was $1.87.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ZOE WILLIAMS, age 25, has pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Robbery with a Firearm in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. Section 371. The defendant faces a maximum sentence of five (5) years in the Bureau of Prisons, three (3) years of supervised release, a fine of up to $250,000, and restitution to the victim bank in this case.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland man was sentenced to 102 months in prison Tuesday on a federal drug conspiracy charge stemming from his role in a drug trafficking ring that sold cocaine, marijuana and other narcotics in the Washington, D.C. area. This case was investigated by the FBI, the Metropolitan Police...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant married six women from Sub-Saharan Africa to gain the women legal status in U.S.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure held the hearing, “Oversight Hearing to Receive Testimony from Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt " Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A local bar owner has entered a guilty plea to conspiring with others to defraud the United States by failing to pay taxes on income he received from vending machines located in the bars he owned, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, February 6, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “DOE Modernization: Advancing the Economic and National Security Benefits of America’s Nuclear Infrastructure."
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a hearing examining 25 bills that seek to improve broadband infrastructure across the country. Members engaged with a panel of seven expert witnesses who provided a range of perspectives on this important issue.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today issued the following statement leading up to President Trump’s State of the Union Address in which he will begin to unveil his infrastructure proposal that rolls back environmental safeguards and lacks any new funding for our nation’s infrastructure...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Kimverlee Aderhold and Eric E. Ramey, Jr., have been arraigned on federal charges of unlawfully selling stolen medical devices that require a prescription without an actual prescription. Aderhold and Ramey were indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 23, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a hearing examining 25 bills that seek to improve broadband infrastructure across the country. Members engaged with a panel of seven expert witnesses who provided a range of perspectives on this important issue.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today unanimously advanced H.R. 3477, Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act, to the full committee for consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio today, Senior U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth sentenced Mark Antonio Pazmino, a 30-year-old former U.S. Army member assigned to Joint Base San Antonio-National Security Agency (JBSA-NSA), to 121 months in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for attempting to have sex with a minor announced United States Attorney John F. Bash.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today the release of the 2017 Annual Report for United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Defendant allegedly assisted former State Senator Brian Joyce with preparing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Carmen Flores-Bautista, age 39, of Mexico, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to Illegal Re-Entry, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
