News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Alex Alberto Castro received 42 years in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine. A federal jury convicted Castro in October 2018. He was the lead defendant of a 20-defendant drug conspiracy that began in 2013 and continued until all defendants were arrested in 2017. Chief United States District Judge Robert J. Jonker handed down the sentence.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), reacted to the long-awaited Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Action Plan released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which does not include a commitment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: United States Files False Claims Act Lawsuit in Connection With MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility Contract.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued an El Nino Advisory today, indicating the climate pattern has taken effect and is likely to continue through the spring. While the El Nino is expected to be weak, it may bring wetter conditions across the southern half of the U.S. during the coming months.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 14, 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 Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Action Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: MACON - The First Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia was recognized for his role in the current investigation and prosecution of a U.S./Israeli man indicted for hate crimes and threats to Jewish institutions at the Anti Defamation League’s (ADL) annual SHIELD Awards...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Michigan Man and His Company Plead Guilty To Illegally Storing Hazardous Waste in Madison Heights, Michigan.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the current measles outbreak and response efforts on Wednesday, February 27. More information on timing, location and witnesses will be announced next week.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON D.C.--Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $12 million for new research on Quantum Information Science (QIS) for particle physics.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Feb. 14, 2019)-Today, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, the Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources; Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform; and Rep. Jackie Speier, the Chairwoman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, issued the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On Feb. 11, 2019, Ryan Patrick Michell, 39, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Hon. G. Murray Snow to 30 months’ incarceration, followed by three year supervised release. On Sept. 27, 2018, a federal jury found Michell guilty of two counts of felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: The pilot of the rowboat Alba had a noble goal - to raise awareness and funds for the Scottish Association for Mental Health. And he was going to row 3,400 nautical miles, from Norfolk, Va., to his home in Scotland, to do it.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Chair Paul Tonko (D-NY) requesting the committee work together to find bipartisan climate solutions.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Chair Paul Tonko (D-NY) requesting the committee work together to find bipartisan climate solutions.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park will be hosting the Death Valley Dark Sky Festival, March 1st-3rd, 2019. Everyone is invited to attend this free night sky and space science festival.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based doctor pleaded guilty yesterday and his medical billing supervisor pleaded guilty today for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare and other health care insurers.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency released its perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) Management Plan...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), which oversees the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), issued the following statement reacting to the TVA Board of Directors' decisions to phase out and retire the Paradise and Bull Run Fossil Plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: TULSA, Okla. -U.S. Attorney Trent Shores announced today that the Northern District of Oklahoma collected $2,159,920 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2018, representing a jump in collections as compared to Fiscal Year 2017. Of this amount, $1,258,097 was collected in criminal actions and $901,833 was collected in civil actions.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Chair Paul Tonko (D-NY) requesting the committee work together to find bipartisan climate solutions.
