News from May 2018
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after Senate Democrats voted to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed six bills including H.R. 4419 (Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.), H.R. 3916 (Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif.), H.R. 3186 (Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass.), H.R. 3045 (Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind.), H.R. 857 (Rep. Paul Cook, R-Calif.), and H.R. 224 (Rep. Don Young, R-Ala.).
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 46-year-old Corpus Christi resident has admitted he possessed child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Joe Perez admitted he downloaded sexually explicit content involving prepubescent minors.
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), formally announced details for a hearing on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Olympic Community’s Ability to Protect Athletes from Sexual Abuse."
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released the third video from its “Personal Stories from the Opioid Crisis" video series.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that Montorio Darell Allison, 38, of Concord, N.C. was sentenced to 132 months in prison on drug trafficking charges. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. also ordered Allison to serve 10 years under court supervision after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Dustin Trey Miyakawa, 32, a resident of Oahu, was indicted by a federal grand jury today with attempted enticement and coercion of a minor, solicitation of a minor for a commercial sex act, and attempted production of child pornography. Miyakawa was previously arrested on May 3, 2018, and ordered detained pending further proceedings.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Phillip Taylor, 28, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, and a fine of $2,000,000 or both.
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 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 Communications and Technology hearing on “Telecommunications, Global Competitiveness, and National Security:"
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 14 members to serve two-year terms on the Plant Variety Protection Board. Two alternate members were also appointed.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Just in time for the busy summer season, Cape Cod National Seashore has finished production of a new orientation movie. Standing Bold-Cape Cod National Seashore is a 15-minute film that will play throughout the day in the two seashore visitor centers beginning in early June. This is the first new movie produced for the national seashore since the 1980s.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I am pleased you are holding this markup today and that it has been carried out in a bipartisan manner. The opioid crisis is not a Democrat or Republican issue-it is a health, safety, family, community, and economic issue. Everyone in this room has a family member or knows someone close to them directly connected to the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Daryl D. Shack (28, Jacksonville) yesterday pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Law Enforcement Support Center Operations Unit Mentoring Team recently received the Excellence in Government Award from the Vermont Federal Executive Association. During the Annual Excellence in Government Awards Ceremony, the Center’s team of 36 subject matter experts were recognized for their dedication to the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations mission to identify and remove aliens who pose a threat to public safety.
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) today issued the following statement after the D.C. Court of Appeals preserved a lower court’s ruling on the case titled, United States House of Representatives v. Alex M. Azar II, et al., originally known as House v. Burwell.
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today examining legislation to reform the New Source Review (NSR) permitting program. The draft legislation, led by Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), aims to bring greater certainty to the NSR permitting process, making it easier for industry to modernize existing facilities and carry out environmentally beneficial projects.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Dustin Allen Hughes, 26, of Cutler Bay, Florida, has been arrested and charged with making a bomb threat to a South Florida mosque.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Lopez (47) to more than 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for forcibly assaulting a federal officer resulting in bodily injury. He pleaded guilty to the offense on Dec. 13, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 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 the Environment Hearing on “Legislation Addressing New Source Review Permitting Reform:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Four people have been charged in separate, but related, indictments with aiding or assisting in the preparation or filing of false federal income tax returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
