News from May 2018
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced upcoming actions to finalize the ban on methylene chloride, a highly toxic chemical that can be used for paint stripping...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Michael Gullinese, age 48, of Albany, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announced changes to the review process for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) as outlined in the Clean Air Act...
By USDA Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., joined Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today to introduce legislation that expands support for military veterans in agriculture. The Farmer Veteran Opportunity Act of 2018 makes all ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: A Colombian citizen was extradited yesterday from Colombia to the United States to face a four-count federal indictment in the Southern District of Florida for his role in a scheme to smuggle illegal aliens from Colombia into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Joseph Anthony Rubbo, age 54, of Oakland Park, Florida, and Nicholas D. Rubbo, age 48, of Coral Springs, Florida pled guilty on May 9, 2018, to conspiring to commit mail fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering announced U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Special...
By EPA Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced upcoming actions to finalize the ban on methylene chloride, a highly toxic chemical that can be used for paint stripping...
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during consideration of H.R. 3053, Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Thompson, 68, of Lockport, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing fentanyl. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 35-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Adam Lee Rodriguez pleaded guilty Feb. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Michael Gullinese, age 48, of Albany, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography.
By EPA Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during consideration of H.R. 3053, Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: CHARLES F. HALL (“HALL"), age 60, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted today for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 3053, The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018...
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - An Italian national, and member of the Italian military, convicted of weapons trafficking was returned to his home country Tuesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers. This is following a joint investigation by U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Kurt Devoid, 60, of Quechee, Vermont, pleaded guilty in federal court today to filing false income tax returns, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement after the House of Representatives advanced the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (NWPAA, H.R. 3053) by a vote of 340-72.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $11.5 million in funding to support early-stage research and validation of energy performance improvements in existing and new residential buildings. With more than 118 million single family homes, multi-family units, and mobile homes across the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Michael Sang Han, 47, formerly of Palm Beach, Fla, was found guilty yesterday by a federal jury in the District of Columbia of two counts of tax evasion for evading paying more than $4 million in taxes in 2010 and 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement after the House of Representatives advanced the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (NWPAA, H.R. 3053) by a vote of 340-72.
