News from June 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting an immediate audit of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) efforts to track and reunite children that were separated from their families because of the Trump Administration’s “zero-tolerance" immigration policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gabriel Rodriguez, 40, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the House approved multiple bipartisan pieces of legislation aimed at combatting the opioid epidemic...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and U.S. Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, had this to say following an announcement from the Trump administration Thursday that it would reorganize the federal government.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5788, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act, bipartisan legislation to prevent the shipment of synthetic opioids into the United States through the international mail system. Upon passage, House Ways and Means Chairman...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes DOE’s Better Buildings Challenge partner, Sabey Data Centers, for the energy productivity achievements of its Intergate Quincy multi-tenant data center. As a partner in DOE’s Better Buildings Challenge, Sabey committed to improving its energy performance...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: This afternoon, a federal jury convicted Dean Reynolds, a former Trustee of Clinton Township, on all fourteen counts of bribery and bribery conspiracy United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing to examine current positive trends in the U.S. labor market, and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) labor market economic information and methodologies.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 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 Energy markup of Four Nuclear Energy Bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Andrew Long Ryan, 37, of Greenbrier, Tennessee, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury and charged with two counts of making threats against the President, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. Ryan was initially charged in a criminal complaint on June 18, 2018, and is currently in federal custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Holliston Bandits Arrested. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Violent Crimes Task Force and the Holliston Police Department have identified and arrested the masked male and female allegedly responsible for an armed robbery that took place on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, at approximately 1:40 p.m. The...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 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 Energy markup of Four Nuclear Energy Bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Accounts Receivables Clerk Entered Phony Purchases and Returns and Funneled the Cash into her Bank Accounts.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for another record-breaking travel season this summer, as 243 million passengers and crew are projected to come through security checkpoints nationwide between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Take Back North Carolina Initiative Results in 17 Arrests by the Tar River Regional Drug Task Force, Greenville Regional Drug Task Force & Other Partners.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
Release: BANGOR, Maine - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Bangor International Airport (BGR) are preparing for a busy travel season this summer, as BGR continues to see a nearly 30% increase in the number of passengers over last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KENZIE FAULK, age 58, of New Orleans, was sentenced on June 14 by United States District Court Judge Nannette Jolivette-Brown to credit for time served, for violating federal gun and drug laws. The United States Attorney’s Office charged KENZIE FAULK with possessing a firearm while being a convicted felon and conspiracy to possess marijuana with the intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will decrease flows from Lucky Peak Dam by 300 cubic feet per second (cfs) on Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 8 am. Flows through the city of Boise, as measured at the Glenwood Bridge gauge, will decrease to approximately 900 cfs by Thursday afternoon. Flows through town for the remainder of the season will be operated to meet irrigation demands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Defendant previously deported and illegally reentered in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A federal grand jury today indicted Timothy Herman, 57, of Lake Mary, Fla., of defrauding a Peoria area victim of approximately $600,000.
