News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: New counts of money laundering in indictment.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), today led introduction of a new resolution , S.J. Res. 9, co-sponsored by all 47 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus stating that climate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: A Broward County resident pled guilty today to distributing information pertaining to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE -A federal grand jury on Feb. 27, 2019 returned a six count superseding indictment against Bradley M. Cox, 28, of Kokomo, Indiana, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Jose Luis Gonzales, 40, of Twin Falls, and David Lee Martell, 47, of Nampa, were sentenced to federal prison this week for participating in a drug trafficking organization, announced U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis. Gonzales was sentenced Wednesday to ten years in federal prison followed by five...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: 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: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that on Feb. 27, 2019, Elias K. Davie, age 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews to 24 months incarceration. Davie pled guilty to making false statements to a licensed firearms dealer in the acquisition of firearms.
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Devon Dent, age 28, of Baltimore, Maryland pleaded guilty on Feb. 27, 2019, to racketeering and drug conspiracies related to his participation in the gang activities of the Murdaland Mafia Piru (MMP), a subset of the Bloods gang. As part of his gang activities, Dent admitted ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: The annual Civil War Encampment at Pecos National Historical Park will take place Saturday, March 23rd from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This free, family-friendly event will bring to life the experience of the Civil War in New Mexico. Interact with living history participants, see black powder...
By Commerce 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 USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., along with Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, today are pleased to announce final Senate passage by voice vote of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today wrote to the Trump administration demanding answers on the lack of coverage for federally mandated health care services and drugs in a number of state Medicaid programs. A recent report from the Government Accountability...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing on “We’ll Always Have Paris: Filling the Leadership Void Caused by Federal Inaction on Climate Change."
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A Montana woman who hid methamphetamine inside her body was sentenced Wednesday to 66 months in prison and four years of supervised release following her conviction for possessing methamphetamine.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) had the following prepared remarks for an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on “We’ll Always Have Paris: Filling the Leadership Void Caused by Federal Inaction on Climate Change:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Poplar Grove man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jorge Castillo, 37, and his girlfriend, Katherine Briones, 43, both of Inglewood, Calif., were sentenced today to prison terms of 25 years and 15 years, respectively, after earlier pleading guilty in the District of Columbia to child exploitation charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse, age 51, was arrested today on an indictment charging him with defrauding his mayoral campaign and supporters by stealing campaign contributions for his personal benefit.
