News from March 2018
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the introduction of H.R 5228, the Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing Enforcement Now (SCREEN) Act, which would increase funding to and expand the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority to prevent illegally manufactured opioids, including heroin and fentanyl, from arriving overseas through the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that nine sex traffickers were sentenced in United States District Court in Charleston for their roles in a conspiracy to force underage girls and young women into sex trafficking by means of force and threats of force throughout the southeast.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement tonight following the defeat of the House Republicans’ Right-to-Try legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: North Carolina Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute pounds of methamphetamine and launder drug proceeds pled guilty on March 12, 2018, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: FBI Tech Tuesday-Building a Digital Defense Against Tax Refund Fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, March 20, to consider the nominations of John Bartrum to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services and Lynn Johnson to be an Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services. The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL - A federal jury today found Francisco Javier Barbot Cabassa (28, Kissimmee) guilty of forcibly assaulting a mail carrier while the carrier was engaged in the performance of his official duties, resulting in physical contact with the mail carrier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Damian Quillinan, age 43, of Ballston Spa, New York, was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Abuse of Oxycodone Pills Contributes to Epidemic of Heroin Overdose Deaths.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge is home to more higher-risk excess contaminated facilities than any other DOE site in the nation, but recent demolition projects are helping change that. This month, the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) eliminated two buildings from the higher-risk list.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge is recruiting teachers to participate in the Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) program this summer. The TRT program is a professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers to spend the summer acquiring new skills in experiential learning through...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Takuma Tate, a/k/a “Oop," a/k/a “Ook," age 39, of Baltimore pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as Murdaland Mafia Piru (MMP) and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate foreign Relations Committee, today praised unanimous Senate passage of legislation to reform the Peace Corps. The Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act of 2018 would improve access to medical care for volunteers, strengthen accountability ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement tonight following the defeat of the House Republicans’ Right-to-Try legislation...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry led a roundtable discussion on the use of federal prizes and challenges to drive innovation, particularly when it comes to critical water issues. The group discussed ways to tackle some of our nation’s most important water issues through innovation opportunities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Robert Christopher McCoy, age 23, of Columbia, South Carolina and Terrone J. Anderson, age 21, of Columbia, South Carolina were sentenced to 115 months and 96 months respectively in Federal District Court today. McCoy previously...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and the Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a joint subcommittee hearing for Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Fiscal Year 2019 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Budget."
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement...
