News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man with a prior conviction for transporting child pornography pleaded guilty in federal court today to another child pornography offense.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: St. George, Utah - Fire managers for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arizona Strip District are planning to burn slash debris piles located near Mt. Trumbull approximately 65 miles south of St. George, Utah. Depending upon conditions, the burns will begin in early December 2019 and last through April 2020 if weather and fuel conditions allow. The burns are intended to decrease future wildfire risk and protect cultural and natural resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 25-year-old Pharr resident has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of conspiring to distribute nearly six kilograms of meth, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the expansion of the Regulatory and Permitting Information Desktop (RAPID) Toolkit to include bulk electric transmission line permitting regulations at the Canadian federal and provincial levels. The toolkit will increase transparency and collaboration among electricity stakeholders and further prioritize electricity resilience and reliability across the United States and Canada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Raymond Cawthorne, 57, of Valley Springs, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement of public funds, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) praises the Senate confirmation of Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is joining Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) for a video series aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi’s partisan plan for fewer cures.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: BOSTON, Mass. - Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed Juan Alecio Samayoa Cabrera, 69, a Guatemalan citizen wanted in Guatemala in connection with abuses committed against indigenous Mayans in the early 1980s, Nov. 27, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) praises the Senate confirmation of Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Glen Allen man was sentenced today to 104 months in prison for his role in a November 2017 armed robbery of a 7-Eleven in Richmond.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man pled guilty today in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that involved large quantities of methamphetamine which were transported from Akron and sold in West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Marquis Allen Pritchett, 22, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to express his opposition to the agency's recent proposal regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: Today, 161 members of the U.S. House of Representatives led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr., Jerrold Nadler, Diana DeGette, Barbara Lee, and Judy Chu, along with 36 members of the U.S. Senate led by Senators Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray, Dianne Feinstein and Richard Blumenthal, ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, in a bipartisan vote of 70-15 the United States Senate confirmed Dan Brouillette to be the 15th U.S. Secretary of Energy. An official swearing in will take place at a later date. Prior to confirmation, Acting Secretary Brouillette served as the Deputy Secretary of Energy under Secretary Rick Perry.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today the appointment of Mike Warfield, previously of the Pennsylvania State Police, as the new Law Enforcement Coordinator for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Patricia Rodriguez, 42, of Buenaventura, Colombia, was sentenced today for her role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy that operated between Houston, Texas, and Mobile, Alabama. Rodriguez was extradited from Colombia to face the federal charge, and she entered a guilty plea in March of 2019.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: Today, 161 members of the U.S. House of Representatives led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr., Jerrold Nadler, Diana DeGette, Barbara Lee, and Judy Chu, along with 36 members of the U.S. Senate led by Senators Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray, Dianne Feinstein and Richard Blumenthal, ...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) praises the Senate confirmation of Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: Today, 161 members of the U.S. House of Representatives led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr., Jerrold Nadler, Diana DeGette, Barbara Lee, and Judy Chu, along with 36 members of the U.S. Senate led by Senators Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray, Dianne Feinstein and Richard Blumenthal, ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans are focused on reducing the barriers to innovation and enabling the United States to deploy new technologies to strengthen our energy security, power the economic engines of the future, and address climate change.
