News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Nathan Clark Ward, age 56, of Bountiful, pleaded guilty to production of child pornography Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court, admitting that he used a smart phone to stream several live videos from his home in Bountiful to Robert Francis in Lehi between June 2013 and August 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 5247, the Tricket Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018, by a vote of 267-149. H.R. 5247 will improve access to experimental treatments for patients with terminal diseases or conditions.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: The Need for IRS Reform: Taxpayers Deserve a Modern IRS.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 5247, the Tricket Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018, by a vote of 267-149. H.R. 5247 will improve access to experimental treatments for patients with terminal diseases or conditions.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement after receiving written notice from Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) that he will not convene a hearing dedicated to election security as he indicated...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Syrian Manager of EKT Electronics named as co-defendant.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on language in the omnibus which affirmed the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct research on the public health threat of gun violence.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Obed Wild and Scenic River will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act throughout 2018. To help celebrate that historic act, there will be a special Junior Ranger Day event on Saturday, April 14, at Obed Visitor Center.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Co-Chair of the Congressional Task Force on Election Security, released the following statement on news reports that the Omnibus will provide modest election security funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: (TAMPA, Fla. ) - Shavon (38, Bradenton) was sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine and a substance containing fentanyl and heroin. She pleaded guilty on Dec. 20, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after House Republicans posted legislative text for the omnibus.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 26-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been taken into custody on allegations he distributed child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A federal grand jury in Lubbock, Texas, returned an indictment today charging Eddie Estuardo Galindo-Mendez, 43, a Guatemalan citizen, with one count of bank robbery for the Nov. 20, 2017, robbery of Happy State Bank in Lubbock, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: (FORT MYERS, Fla. ) - Juan Carlos (37, San Diego, California) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute more than 11 pounds of methamphetamine. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Alejo Guerrero (36, Lehigh Acres) today pleaded guilty to 12 felony charges related to the armed trafficking of cocaine and his possession and sale of firearms. Guerrero, who has previously been convicted of robbery and burglary charges, faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON -Two MS-13 members have pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to charges of racketeering conspiracy involving murder.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held part one of a two-day hearing examining 25 bipartisan prevention and public health solutions to help combat the opioid crisis.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following joint statement today in response to a letter the members received from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirming Administrator Scott Pruitt’s security detail has flown with him in first class at taxpayer expense.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced JIMMY LEVON UNDERWOOD, 31, of Wilmington to 72 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 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), delivered the following remarks at a committee oversight hearing of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The hearing featured testimony from Kristine Svinicki, chairman of the NRC; Jeffery Baran, commissioner at the NRC; and Stephen Burns, commissioner at the NRC.
