News from September 2018
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee Markup of Six Bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: OXFORD - On Sept. 13, 2018, Darmarcus Fisher, a Vice Lord gang member in Columbus, Mississippi, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of ten years in federal prison for his role in two gang-related shootings, which occurred on March 7, 2016. The melee left one gang member hospitalized and resulted in bullets striking a bystander’s vehicle and residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - William Dukes, Jr., a former sergeant with the Providence, Kentucky, Police Department, was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison abd three years' supervised release for willfully depriving a Kentucky citizen of his constitutional rights under color of law, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman for the Western District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - Twenty individuals are facing criminal charges as part of joint federal and state investigations into drug and gun trafficking in Chicago.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing examining ways to meaningfully evaluate, and responsibly increase the use of value-based models and arrangements in the Medicare program. Members discussed how those initiatives currently operate, as well...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Robert Khuzami, the Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced today that DAVID BLASZCZAK, a political intelligence consultant, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison; CHRISTOPHER WORRALL, a government employee at the Centers for Medicare...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Store Clerk Shot in Head and Accomplice Died at the Scene.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in New Asbestos Trust Proposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, urged passage of H.R.6758, the SUCCESS Act, during a Judiciary Committee markup. Congressman Nadler is an original cosponsor of the bill which would direct the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and the Small Business ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said today that measures just passed by the House Natural Resources Committee permanently reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and dedicating new funding to National Park Service maintenance represent a historic bipartisan moment and should move forward quickly.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 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 America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives unanimously passed S. 3021, the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 58-year-old Fort Worth, Texas man has been found guilty of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today unanimously passed H.R. 1109, To amend section 203 of the Federal Power Act. H.R. 1109 first passed the House in June 2017, by voice vote. The Senate passed the bill, with an amendment, earlier this month by unanimous consent. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Ranking Member Dina Titus (D-NV) sent a letter to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee Markup of Six Bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that JACQUE BUTLER, age 47, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, hydrocodone, and alprazolam, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. As a result of his conviction...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that John Allard, 33, formerly of Ashland, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled “Perspectives on U.S. Agricultural Trade."
