News from June 2018
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Democratic Ranking Members of eight House Committees with jurisdiction over the Department of Commerce sent a letter to the Agency’s Inspector General, Peggy Gustafson, requesting an investigation into Secretary Wilbur Ross’s compliance with federal ethics requirements, his ongoing issues with conflicts of interest, and his potentially false comments regarding certain financial holdings.
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the president announced support for the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA). The House passed FIRRMA 400-2 yesterday...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Staff from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) met with La Plata County officials on June 21, 2018, in Durango, Colorado, to learn more about options for handling suspect residual radioactive materials (RRM) generated from "vicinity properties," or properties beyond a...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today advanced two bipartisan bills to the full committee that advance the Department of Energy’s environmental remediation efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - On June 26, 2018, the Department of Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced the results of a year-long...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the U.S. Senate continues its consideration of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today thanked the diverse group of leaders that have expressed support for the bipartisan Senate Farm Bill.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s vote to approve the nominations of Heidi King to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Peter Feldman to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today advanced two bipartisan bills to the full committee that advance the Department of Energy’s environmental remediation efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ahmed Abu Khatallah, aka Ahmed Mukatallah, 47, a Libyan national, was sentenced today to 22 years in prison on federal terrorism charges and other offenses stemming from the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, Libya. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and U.S. government personnel Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty died in the attack at the Mission and the nearby Annex in Benghazi.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 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), issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) memo directing the Office of Water to make commonsense changes to EPA's regulations covering how the agency usually considers dredge-and-fill permits.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.—Yesterday Secretary of Energy Rick Perry kicked off the World Gas Conference official events with a Keynote Address at the Opening Ceremonies. Secretary Perry’s remarks, as prepared can be read here.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today advanced two bipartisan bills to the full committee that advance the Department of Energy’s environmental remediation efforts.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Environment markup of two nuclear waste bills...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today highlighted the Trump administration’s total lack of compliance with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Department of Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury indicted Julio Polanco Suarez, age 41, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, with conspiring to defraud the government, theft of government money, and aggravated identity theft. The indictment was returned on April 10, 2018, but remained under seal until Suarez’s apprehension.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Lara Karakasevic, aka Lara Castle, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to conspiring to defraud the United States, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Acting Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Vince Chhabria, U.S. District Judge.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health markup on H.R. __, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2018, H.R. 959, H.R. 1676, H.R. 3728, and H.R. 5385...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Shamsuddin Dost was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distributing heroin in Afghanistan that was bound for the United States, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris D. Nielsen. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable James Donato, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Shaun Booth, age 30, of Hot Springs, Arkansas was sentenced on June 26, 2018 to 90 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, on one count of Aiding...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Falsely Told Victims They Won a Lottery or Sweepstakes, but Needed to Pay Taxes or Fees in Order to Receive the Prize.
