News from April 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: In 2017, for the population under age 65, over one-third (38.4 percent) of all U.S. counties (3,141) had an estimated uninsured rate below 10 percent, a slight decrease from 2016 (38.6 percent). In 2013, the year before many provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect, only 130 counties (4.1 percent) had an uninsured rate of 10 percent or less.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Ranking Member Mark Meadows (R-NC) from today’s hearing entitled, “Building Prosperity: EDA’s Role in Economic Development and Recovery":
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: MOAB, Utah - Though Alex McCarty has worked at EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project only a short time, he is already making significant progress in his career.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Defendants indicted on fraud and money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On April 8, 2019, Rogelio Aboyte Limon, 47, of Bacum, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Raner C. Collins to 15 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. Aboyte Limon had previously pleaded guilty to false statement in application and use of a passport.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Bloods Gang Member Sentenced to Five Life Sentences Plus 50 Years in Prison for RICO Conspiracy and Multiple Murders.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Final Defendant in East L.A. Street Gang Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges Stemming From Firebombing of African-American Residences.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Defendant involved in large-scale fentanyl and heroin trafficking ring in Springfield.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at a press conference where House Republican Leaders blasted the Democrats’ plan to take over the internet with heavy-handed regulation. Three Republican leaders from Energy and Commerce, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Jefferson County man pled guilty today in federal court to filing a false tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Holloman.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: I would especially like to welcome our former colleague and current Acting Chair of the CPSC, Ann Marie Buerkle. Hopefully, your recent third vote of confidence by the Senate Commerce Committee will be the charm, and your confirmation will move swiftly through the Senate.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Marcella Moore, 44, of Lewiston, Idaho was sentenced to federal prison earlier today for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced Moore to 54 months in prison followed by three years supervised release. Judge Nye also ordered Moore to pay over $30,000 in restitution to Owl Pharmacy.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at a press conference where House Republican Leaders blasted the Democrats’ plan to take over the internet with heavy-handed regulation. Three Republican leaders from Energy and Commerce, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: An Akron man was indicted in federal court on charges that he robbed eight businesses in Akron or Cuyahoga Falls.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man still on supervised release from a prior felony conviction was sentenced in federal court today for possessing heroin to distribute and illegally possessing a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the FY 2020 budget with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Former Dallas City Councilman Larry Duncan was sentenced this morning on charges stemming from the public corruption investigation into Dallas County Schools (DCS), announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - In observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 7-13, 2019, the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Alaska, participated in yesterday’s annual Tree Ceremony hosted by Victims for Justice, to honor those affected by violent crime. The ceremony was held at Hostetler...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on April 5, 2019, Neil A. Harkness (age: 47) of Fairborn, Ohio, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for his violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, commonly referred to as “wire fraud.".
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: (April 9, 2019) - Fifteen 4-H youth leaders from around the country visited with the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research today, including Subcommittee Chairwoman Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Ranking Member Neal Dunn of Florida; as well as Committee...
