News from February 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb today requesting a briefing on a series of recalls that appear to involve drugs manufactured overseas that may have been contaminated with trace amounts of known carcinogens, which could lead to a shortage of drugs to treat high blood pressure.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Troy Miller, Director, Field Operations, New York, U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Vale, Oregon - The Bureau of Land Management Vale district will be transferring a wildland fire engine to Nyssa Rural Fire Department to enhance their wildland firefighting capabilities on Feb. 14, 2019. The engine will be transferred under BLM’s new Rural Fire Readiness (RFR) program, which is designed to provide equipment to local wildland firefighting partners at no cost.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Strengthening Our Health Care System: Legislation to Reverse ACA Sabotage and Ensure Pre-Existing Conditions Protections:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Mauro Veliz, 31, of Heron, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 96 months in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Veliz will also be required to register as a sex offender. Veliz had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that David Reeves, 51, of Beckley, a former substance abuse treatment counselor, pled guilty to illegal distribution of fentanyl. Stuart commended the investigative work of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - On Dec. 21, 2018, the National Park Service Acting Intermountain Regional Director Kate Hammond signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for an environmental assessment (EA) to replace the Lewis River Bridge in Yellowstone National Park. The bridge is located south of the Lewis Lake Campground on the South Entrance Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced JUSTIN LEE MYERS, 34, of Tabor City, North Carolina, to 168 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging VICKI MILLER, 56, of Colchester, with one count of wire fraud stemming from an embezzlement scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report today recommending that Congress develop comprehensive internet data privacy legislation to enhance consumer protections while maintaining flexibility to address a rapidly...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: In a district like mine that gives new meaning to the word “rural," coverage gaps engulf huge areas of the map, in places with as few as one person for every square mile. For Americans in some of these areas, who have been awaiting the promise of broadband for far too long, with the connectivity, educational and economic empowerment it brings, any news on this front is cause for great celebration.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Mr. President, The tax filing season began just over two weeks ago. Despite the disruption of the temporary, partial government shutdown, the IRS reports that all systems are a go. Tax returns are being processed as normal and refunds are being sent out. While there are lingering effects from the...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Strengthening Our Health Care System: Legislation to Reverse ACA Sabotage and Ensure Pre-Existing Conditions Protections:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Allen H. Loughry II, 48, of Charleston, West Virginia, a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr., announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Loughry was...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - The former owner of the Virginia Vein Institute in Blacksburg was sentenced yesterday to 20 months in federal prison resulting from his conviction on nearly 70 federal drug charges for illegally obtaining 3,200 oxycodone pills, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and the Virginia Attorney General’s Office announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report today recommending that Congress develop comprehensive internet data privacy legislation to enhance consumer protections while maintaining flexibility to address a rapidly...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve and the communities of the Denali Borough invite all who love winter to come and celebrate Alaska’s longest season at Winterfest 2019, which is scheduled for February 22-24. This long-running community-wide event features an array of activities, with something for all ages, interests, and abilities! Check out the full schedule of events.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement authorities this morning arrested 25 members and associates of the San Fernando Valley-based Vineland Boys street gang who are charged in five federal grand jury indictments that allege a wide range of criminal activity, including shootings and assaults that targeted rivals, extortion and methamphetamine trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: PLANO, Texas - U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown announced today that 27 Houston residents have been indicted and arrested as the result of an investigation into ATM robberies in the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Fort Wayne, IN - Two Allen County residents were recently indicted by a federal Grand Jury in the Northern District of Indiana. In the indictment, Calvin Jones, 37, and Diamond Parker, 28, were charged with participating in a conspiracy to smuggle illegal narcotics into correctional institutions located within Indiana.
