News from January 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after President Trump signed H.R. 251, as amended by the Senate, into law today to extend the Chemical...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA -Rachel A. Cook, of Sistersville, West Virginia, was sentenced to 18 months incarceration for a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former deputy with Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department was convicted today on federal charges of lying to the FBI about the beating of handcuffed man at the Men’s Central Jail in 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today requesting internal documents following a series of alarming reports yesterday on the agency’s role in the Trump Administration’s family separation crisis.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the full Republican rosters for all six subcommittees in the 116th Congress. Walden previously announced the committee’s leadership, naming the Republican Leaders for each subcommittee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tara Nicole Shock, of Rosedale, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Clarksburg on January 8, 2019 on firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: Atlanta--One of the park's mosted popular exhibitions returns to the D.R.E.A.M. Gallery located inside of the visitor center at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park and highlights the peacemaking accomplishments of Georgia’s two great leaders of change, President Jimmy Carter and Dr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Oliver Whitewing-Saul, age 23, was sentenced in federal court on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in Omaha, Nebraska, for one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Whitewing-Saul to 108 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Whitewing-Saul will begin a five-year term of supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the full Republican rosters for all six subcommittees in the 116th Congress. Walden previously announced the committee’s leadership, naming the Republican Leaders for each subcommittee.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration expects a high volume of travelers this weekend, today being the busiest day with over 2 million passengers being screened at security checkpoints nationwide. TSA estimates that between today, Jan. 18 and Monday, Jan. 21, over 8 million passengers will be screened, which is an increase of 10.8 percent from the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend in 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: Yuma, Ariz. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that traffic will be detoured on County 16th and Avenue C beginning January 23 to accommodate the excavation and installation of a new sewer pipeline. The road is scheduled to reopen to traffic on January 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Jan. 17, 2019, Owen Cordell Smith, age 28, from Bismarck, ND, was charged by an Indictment returned on December 5, 2018, for three counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child under 12 Years of Age; Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child under 12 Years of Age; and two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child between 12 and 16 Years of Age.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: FBI Denver Division and Aurora Police Department Working High-Value Electronics Theft Investigation and Need the Community’s Assistance to Solve This Crime.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after President Trump signed H.R. 251, as amended by the Senate, into law today to extend the Chemical...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two men pleaded guilty today to running a prostitution business that catered to the Hispanic population in northern Virginia over the past three years.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - During the 115th Congress, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), made nuclear energy a top priority. Nuclear energy creates American jobs and is the largest source of carbon free energy. Throughout last Congress, Barrasso's leadership on nuclear energy issues resulted in a number of important successes.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after President Trump signed H.R. 251, as amended by the Senate, into law today to extend the Chemical...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Next week, from January 24-Jan. 25, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy will host its second InnovationXLab Showcase. This XLab is focused on Grid Modernization Technology and will be held in Seattle, Washington. The purpose of the InnovationXLab Initiative is to convene key industry ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former deputy with Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department was convicted today on federal charges of lying to the FBI about the beating of handcuffed man at the Men’s Central Jail in 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Jan. 17, 2019, Owen Cordell Smith, age 28, from Bismarck, ND, was charged by an Indictment returned on December 5, 2018, for three counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child under 12 Years of Age; Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child under 12 Years of Age; and two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child between 12 and 16 Years of Age.
