News from May 2018
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) sharply criticized President Trump’s proposal to lift penalties against Chinese telecommunications company ZTE and called for the U.S. Trade Representative, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Commerce to provide a briefing on U.S.-China discussions.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2018
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Morgan City man was sentenced Thursday to five years and three months in prison for using the internet to download and possess child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Arcenio Sosa-Solorio, 27, of California, and Bonifacio Carlos-Tafolla, 24, also of California, pleaded guilty this week to possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following remarks during an Environment Subcommittee hearing today today on, "H.R. 2278, The Responsible Disposal Reauthorzation Act of 2017, and H.R. 2389, To Reauthorize the West Valley Democstration Project and for Other Purposes...
By EPA Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today examining two bills focused on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) cleanup responsibilities.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, June 2, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, and Eastern National, will host a special panel discussion and battlefield tour about General George H. Thomas, the 14th Army Corps’ commander at Chickamauga. Presenting their views about the leadership of General...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont honored a number of individuals from a variety of agencies at its first Annual Law Enforcement Awards Ceremony. This ceremony was held at the federal building in Burlington, Vermont. Individual investigators were nominated by the U.S. Attorney’s...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. announced that a Lead, South Dakota, man convicted of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on May 15, 2018, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Health and Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast, Inc., The Hospice of Martin and St. Lucie, Inc., and Hospice of the Treasure Coast, Inc. have paid $2.5 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for hospice patients.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Charges Arise out of Four-Pound Methamphetamine Seizure during Traffic Stop by Las Cruces Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Kaleb Lee Basey, 28, formerly assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 15 years in prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, for distribution and transportation of child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following reports that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt appears to have abused the Safe Drinking Water Act's (SDWA) special hiring authority to reward his top aides with wasteful salary raises that even the Trump White House would reportedly not approve, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Taylor T. Sullivan, 21, of Elmira, NY, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years of imprisonment and three years of supervised release on his convictions for conspiring to possess and distribute oxycodone and oxymorphone, health care fraud, and perjury, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio’s “The Brian Kilmeade Show" to discuss the economy, tax reform, and the need to get Americans off of the sidelines and back into the workforce.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. -- Weekend bus shuttle services for the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail will begin Saturday, June 2, and continue through October. The service, a partnership of the Bureau of Land Management and Lassen Rural Bus, is available to bicyclists, hikers and runners, and eliminates the need for trail users to arrange their own vehicle shuttles.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation finalized a Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment to provide $622,926 to the Bureau of Land Management for the BLM’s purchase of 1,387 acres within the Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area in Fresno County.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following news reports that the Trump Administration would issue a rule to limit access to essential health care services by cutting funding to critical health care providers like Planned Parenthood and restricting the kinds of information providers can give to patients about their reproductive health care options.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Kenneth Faison, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland today to 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for racketeering conspiracy. The Court found at sentencing that a total prison term of 20 years was appropriate, but it adjusted the sentence downward to account for the fact that Faison served five years in prison in connection with two related state cases.
