News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Manuel Escarcega, age 30, of Oklahoma, was indicted on Sept. 11, 2018, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and conspiracy charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sept. 13, 2018 - Dominique Cordell Wallace, aka Deuce Face, 24, of Nashville, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in federal prison, for Hobbs Act robbery and firearms violations, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. There is no parole in the federal criminal justice system.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced six bipartisan bills, five of which aim to improve patient care and reduce health care fraud, while one will modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: North Carolina Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Preparing Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By State Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) has convened a markup of H. Res. 1017.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: The House of Representatives today unanimously approved bipartisan, comprehensive water resources infrastructure legislation, which includes the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (WRDA). The bill will improve America’s harbors, ports, waterways, flood protection, and other vital water infrastructure.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), introduced legislation to address some of the challenges families face as they plan for retirement-especially women who are more likely than men to face poverty in retirement.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former U.S.-based logistics and freight forwarding company manager pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a foreign bribery charge for his role in a scheme to corruptly secure contracts and contract extensions from Venezuela’s state-owned, and state-controlled, energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA). The guilty plea of the foreign official who was bribed was also unsealed Thursday.
By State Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Oversight of U.S. Sanctions Policy." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced six bipartisan bills, five of which aim to improve patient care and reduce health care fraud, while one will modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 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 titled, “Advanced Nuclear Technology: Safety and Associated Benefits of Licensing Accident Tolerant Fuels for Commercial Nuclear Reactors."
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Brady. It’s been eight months since the Republicans passed their massive, unpaid-for tax cut bill without a single Democratic vote. At the time, Democrats and independent experts warned that a so-called tax reform plan that wasn’t paid for and that was so heavily skewed to the wealthy and big corporations would harm our economy and damage important programs like Medicare and Social Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MADRIGAL-SANCHEZ age 20, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegally re-entering the United States in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires: Mitigation and Management Strategies:"
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Advanced Nuclear Technology: Safety and Associated Benefits of Licensing Accident Tolerant Fuels for Commercial Nuclear Reactors." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
Release: MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Russia, Anton Siluanov, during his visit to Moscow. The candid conversation between the Secretary and the Deputy Prime Minister focused on challenges of the bilateral relationship while recognizing the importance of communicating on energy issues of mutual importance to the United States and Russia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - United States Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that 16 individuals are facing federal drug conspiracy charges for their involvement in a drug distribution ring. A federal criminal indictment was filed on Aug. 23, 2018, and was unsealed today in federal court.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: (BELLE FOURCHE, S.D.) --- The Bureau of Land Management is holding a meeting Oct. 4, 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., to get public input on the Yellow Creek Shooting Range near Lead and livestock grazing in the Englewood Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - Shawn Whitaker, 32, of Troy, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 240 months in prison for creating child pornography of a five-year-old and a 15-year-old.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Robert A. Brady (D-Pa.), Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), and Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) issued the following statement after President Trump signed an Executive Order entitled, “Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election."
