News from November 2018
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 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 hearing on the nomination of Alexandra Dunn to be assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced Earl Lawrence’s promotion to the Agency’s Executive Director for Aircraft Certification. Lawrence was previously Executive Director for the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office. He succeeds Dorenda Baker, who retired Nov. 30 after a distinguished aviation safety career.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Nov. 29, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: On Nov. 20, 2018, Vincent Casseus, a former political candidate in Haiti, pled guilty in South Florida to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to top Trump Administration officials demanding answers to a series of questions on the Administration’s latest illegal efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of production and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A South American couple pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud for orchestrating a loan modification scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Floyd Preston Miller III, age 39, of Ada, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 163 months’ imprisonment and 10 years supervised release for Enticement Of A Minor Using The Internet, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(b). Miller was found guilty by a jury on Feb. 21, 2018 following a two day trial.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) submitted the following remarks for the Congressional Record announcing the departure of Mathew Weidinger, Deputy Staff Director, from the Ways and Means Committee staff...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Richard Dinwiddie, 58, of Cliff, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M, to 15 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for being a drug addict in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced a change to his senior staff, naming Stephanie Parks as Health Subcommittee Staff Director...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Brady on CNBC: GDP, Middle-Class Tax Cuts, and the Economy.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing on the nomination of Alexandra Dunn to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced today that Jose Carlos Estrada-Meza, age 26, was sentenced today on a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Zaid Bader Jacob, 49, of West Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to seven years and one month in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Des Moines, IA - United States Attorney Ron Parsons attended the Rural and Tribal Elder Justice Summit in Des Moines, IA, on November 14-15, 2018. The Summit highlighted innovative practices, available resources, and ongoing initiatives to enhance the ability of elder justice professionals to more robustly...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Five defendants charged with murdering teenager in July 2018.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $291 million (PDF, 142 KB) to build or improve community infrastructure and essential services for 761,000 residents in 18 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
