News from February 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: House Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing, titled “Leveling the Playing Field for Working Families: Challenges and Opportunities," on Thursday, March 7th, at 2 PM, in room 2020 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERIC BERGENN, 64, of Windham, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for marijuana trafficking and money laundering offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester County, New Jersey man was charged today with producing and distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, four House Committee Chairs sent a letter to President Trump expressing concerns and raising questions about recent reports that the National Security Council (NSC) plans to assemble a secret panel to counter the scientific consensus on climate change and question its impacts on the national security of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - Luckner Stimphil (55, Brandon) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States. His daughter, Elwolfine Dufort (31, Riverview), pleaded guilty on Feb. 21, 2019, for her role in the conspiracy. Stimphil and Dufort each face a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley praised the decision announced today by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide relief with respect to the March 1 deadline for farmers and fishermen who chose to forgo making quarterly estimated tax payments in 2018. After hearing from...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Debido a recientes reportes en los medios sobre casos de acoso sexual contra menores, en particular por parte del individuo Kevin Prósperes Sosa en el municipio de Ciales, la Fiscal Federal Rosa Emilia Rodríguez Vélez junto a la Oficina de Investigaciones de Seguridad Nacional del Servicio...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing more than 1.4 kilograms of methamphetamine and a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - Dorothy McCracken was sentenced to 36 months of federal probation for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted John Fry today for illegally disclosing information from Suspicious Activity Reports, misusing his computer, and illegally using a social security number, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and United States Department of the Treasury, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Special Agent in Charge Rod Ammari.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Feb. 19, 2019, Andrew Simet, 41, of Omaha, was sentenced to nineteen months in prison by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for Interstate Communication of a Threat. Simet was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.VA. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Charleston man was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Chadwick Taylor, 30, was sentenced to 24 months in prison. The case was investigated by the Charleston Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, March 7 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Department of Energy’s...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Andrew Wheeler to serve as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Senate voted 52 to 47 to confirm Wheeler.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Threatening Voice-Messages Left for Senators in Connection with the Nomination and Confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing featuring U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue titled, “Implementing the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018."
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on Senate Democrats introducing an alternative resolution to the Green New Deal proposal.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today on Secretary DeVos’ proposal to create tax credits for privatization vouchers.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing, entitled “Promoting Competition to Lower Medicare Drug Prices" on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in room 1100 Longworth House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Joseph Flowers, 29, of Stockton, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
