News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Roberto Oquendo (37, Brevard County) today pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to 30 years, in federal prison on each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Eric Mychal Iron, 33, of Tuba City, Ariz., a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 228 months in prison, followed by a term of five years of supervised release. Iron had previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the 30th anniversary of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and colleagues introduced bipartisan ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) announced the senior staff for the committee Republicans in the 116th Congress, which includes several Capitol Hill veterans returning in key roles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for swindling two investors of $3.4 million by falsely representing that his businesses had secured lucrative contracts to sell olive oil to major retailers, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 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), joined with committee ranking member Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), to reintroduce S. 268, the Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver (WILD) Act. The WILD Act is also cosponsored by Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Boozman (R-AR), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: The Guardians Project. United States Attorney Ron Parsons has announced the following charges and pleas in cases, identified below, brought by the Guardians Project, a collaborative federal law enforcement initiative in the District of South Dakota designed to promote citizen disclosure of public corruption...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Vicksburg, MS: Vicksburg National Military Park is looking for volunteers to help remove downed limbs and trees from the National Cemetery. The workday will begin at 8:30am at the USS Cairo parking lot.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jackie Herron, 25, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced in federal court today to 24 months in prison on three counts of assault on a federal employee involving the use of a deadly weapon.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent letters to the three manufacturers of insulin in the U.S. today - Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi - requesting information on the root causes of the rising cost of insulin and the obstacles to providing more affordable medication.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the impacts of the Texas v. United States court case on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 10:15 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced the Vice Chairs for the Committee’s six subcommittees in the 116th Congress. The vice chairs are...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Nearly $1.1 Million Paid in Criminal Restitution Prior to Sentencing.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), joined with Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of EPW, to reintroduce the Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver Act, or the WILD Act. The WILD Act is also cosponsored by Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Clinton Shane Strable, age 36, of Stigler, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm And Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2) and 924(e), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent letters to the three manufacturers of insulin in the U.S. today - Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi - requesting information on the root causes of the rising cost of insulin and the obstacles to providing more affordable medication.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was indicted today on federal charges of making calls to the office of Operation Rescue in which he threatened to injure employees and their families.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced the Vice Chairs for the Committee’s six subcommittees in the 116th Congress. The vice chairs are...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: ANCHORAGE - Public Meetings are scheduled for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program which the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) made available for public review and comment on Dec. 21, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
