News from April 2019
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: PICAYUNE, MS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Heritage Plastics Inc. for exposing employees to amputations at the company’s facility in Picayune, Mississippi. The plastics manufacturer faces $159,118 in penalties, including a willful violation that carries the maximum penalty allowed.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: I would also like to thank our DOE witnesses, Assistant Secretary Daniel Simmons and Mr. James Campos, for appearing before us today. Daniel actually testified at our last Subcommittee hearing, so we welcome him back for another round of questioning.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Grant Is Part of $9.4 Million to Support Native American Crime Victims in Eight States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Rhode Island indicted a Rhode Island man yesterday on multiple counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion after allegedly running decade-long schemes to defraud investors and the United States Treasury, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Aaron Weisman for the District of Rhode Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Freeport man was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on a federal drug trafficking charge.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
Release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on economic opportunities for farmers through sustainable agricultural practices.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two brothers have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to smuggle bulk cash from Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Mario Luis Quiroga Trevino, 43, a Mexican national who was illegally residing in Laredo, his brother Javier Quiroga, 48, of Laredo, pleaded guilty Nov. 6, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Trump signed two executive orders granting himself wide-reaching authority to control and approve pipeline infrastructure projects...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Investing in America’s Energy Infrastructure: Improving Energy Efficiency and Creating a Diverse Workforce":
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina-------United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Travis Dale Brady, age 36, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Greenville after pleading guilty to a murder for hire charge. United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks sentenced Brady to the statutory maximum term of 120 months in federal prison, followed by court-ordered supervision. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) introduced his latest, revamped, one-size-fits all, government run, health care plan...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on April 5, 2019, United States District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo sentenced Mario M. Valentine, age 35, of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, to 64 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release, for money laundering and identity theft.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held a business meeting to consider the USE IT Act, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2019, the S.__, John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2019 and 8 General Services Administration resolutions. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced DARRICK LAMORRIS MCKENZIE, 39, of Lumberton, to 379 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $9,500.00 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Michael C. Mikulka, Special Agent-in-Charge, New York Region, U.S. Department of Labor...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) voted overwhelmingly to advance S. 747, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) of 2019, a bill to reauthorize the popular, cost effective DERA program that helps finance the replacement of older diesel engines with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Two men were indicted on firearms charges. Christopher J. Alston, 33, of Ashtabula, was charged with being felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Alston on January 24 possessed a loaded pistol after being previously convicted of robbery and trafficking in drugs, according to the indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Defendants Included an Actor Recruited as “Muscle".
