News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Houston man has entered a guilty plea to attempting to smuggle illegal aliens behind a load of produce, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On May 9, 2018, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging two siblings for money laundering, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is in charge of the investigation with...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - An investment advisor was sentenced today to more than five years in federal prison for stealing $6.5 million from several clients, including family members in the Chicago area.
By Commerce 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 State Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Director General: We write to you in your first year as Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) to strongly urge you to allow Taiwan’s unconditional inclusion in participating as an observer in this year’s 71st World Health Assembly (WHA), and in future annual and technical...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Scheme Involved the Fraudulent Issuance and Sale of More Than $60 Million of Tribal Bonds.
By EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with failing to appear in court for a sentencing hearing in 1997.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- From May 24 through Sept. 3, the Bureau of Land Management will reopen the El Malpais National Conservation Area Ranger Station. The Station will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, with the exception of closures on June 4, June 7, and July 1. The Ranger Station will be staffed during operational hours with BLM Park Rangers who can assist visitors in furthering their knowledge of the NCA.
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) issued the following statements today after the Senate passed legislation to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s order eliminating Net Neutrality...
By DOE 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 State Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a hearing on S.J. Res. 59, bipartisan legislation to replace the 2001 and 2002 authorizations for use of military force (AUMFs) with an updated AUMF against al-Qaida, the Taliban, and the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeremy Jorge, 21, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of fentanyl, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOE 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 Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Reauthorization of the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program."
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) issued the following statements today after the Senate passed legislation to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s order eliminating Net Neutrality...
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) addition of the Hockessin Groundwater Site in Hockessin, Delaware to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites, making its cleanup eligible for federal financial assistance.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: I thank Chairman Aderholt, Chairman Frelinghuysen, and Ranking Member Bishop for their work on this bill.
By Commerce 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 DOE 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."
