News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Sasha Sun, age 48, from Tumon, Guam, was sentenced in the District Court of Guam to 12 months imprisonment for Harboring Illegal Aliens. The Court also ordered Sun to be placed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Tuesday, a federal jury convicted David G. Bruce II, 32, of Merced, with conspiring to provide inmates with prohibited objects; attempting to possess marijuana and heroin with the intent to distribute; and taking a bribe as a public official, Special Agent in Charge James K. Cheng and U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert J. Elford, 30, of Oneida, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue, was sentenced to serve 121 months in prison by Chief U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: MACON - A Tifton woman pled guilty Wednesday on a drug charge after she was arrested carrying four kilos of meth and cocaine in her car with the intent to distribute the illegal drugs, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Anna Maria Lopez-Vazquez...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Madam Chair, I said it last week, and I’ll say it again: We need to work together to help states stabilize health markets damaged by the ACA, cut out-of-pocket costs, promote access to preventive services, encourage participation in private health insurance, and increase the number of options available through the market.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Madam Chair, I said it last week, and I’ll say it again: We need to work together to help states stabilize health markets damaged by the ACA, cut out-of-pocket costs, promote access to preventive services, encourage participation in private health insurance, and increase the number of options available through the market.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Versailles, Kentucky man was convicted today, by a federal jury sitting in Lexington, of possessing sexually explicit photos of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Carjandario Danielle Yarborough, age 35, of Washington, D.C, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and controlled substance analogues, and to murder in furtherance of the conspiracy. She and federal prosecutors also agreed to recommend to the judge that he impose a sentence of 20 years in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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 State Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.J.Res 37, a war powers resolution on United States involvement in Yemen, which passed the House...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Methuen man was charged in federal court in Boston with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
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.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Protecting Consumers and Competition: An Examination of the T-Mobile and Sprint Merger:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Lawrence County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of government property, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Fort Scott National Historic Site is recruiting for a GS-05 Park Ranger temporary position Wednesday, February 13th, through Thursday, February 21st, for the summer of 2019. Application information can be found at: www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/524354100. Additional park positions will be announced later this spring.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held the hearing, “The Invasive Species Threat: Protecting Wildlife, Public Health, and Infrastructure." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce 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 DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Protecting Consumers and Competition: An Examination of the T-Mobile and Sprint Merger:"
By USDA Newswire | Feb 13, 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 reintroduced the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA).
By EPA 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.
