News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced Hasan Eminof, 20, of Wilmington to 36 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. On November...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) will co-host the 4th Annual FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Symposium on June 3-5, 2019 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement in reaction to confirmation by the Trump Administration that negotiations have ended between the administration and the State of California over ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
Release: Vital medical isotope is used in over 40,000 medical procedures in the United States each day.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On Feb. 19, 2019, Harry Tsosie, 48, of Blue Gap, Ariz. and Jeremy Tsosie, 38, of Smoke Signal, Ariz., both members of the Navajo Nation, were each sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 84 months in prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release. Harry and Jeremy Tsosie had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 20, 2019, James Fitzgerald Simonton, a/k/a “Boogie," 51, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 330 months in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, on the current measles outbreak and response efforts. The hearing is entitled, “Confronting a Growing Public Health Threat: Measles Outbreaks in the U.S."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute a quantity of cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: ARREST Team is New Approach to Solving Crisis.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on the Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019, on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The legislative hearing is entitled “Clean Energy Infrastructure and the Workforce to Build It."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL LAWRENCE, 26, of Mount Vernon, New York, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal count to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dorion D. McMullen, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on the Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019, on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The legislative hearing is entitled “Clean Energy Infrastructure and the Workforce to Build It."
By DOE Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: A Miami, Florida-area medical clinic owner pleaded guilty today for her role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting fraudulent billings from the clinic and by supplying patients to three home health agencies that submitted fraudulent bills for home health services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Florida man was arrested today on charges that he laundered funds related to an $8.5 million business account takeover scheme with ties to Eastern Europe, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Fayette 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 DOE Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, on the current measles outbreak and response efforts. The hearing is entitled, “Confronting a Growing Public Health Threat: Measles Outbreaks in the U.S."
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued the final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Cottonwood Creek Daylighting Project in Boise, Idaho. The EA follows the WaterSMART grant awarded in 2017 to the Boise River Enhancement Network, who proposed...
