News from January 2019
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in the House of Representatives in support of a measure to block the Trump Administration from lifting sanctions on three corporations tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska (H.J.Res.30 )...
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement on the terrorist attack at the DusitD2 complex in Nairobi, Kenya.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that two new counsels, John Crowther and Jed Dearborn, have joined her team at the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. She also welcomed an intern, Grant Cummings, who is assisting the committee with various projects this winter.
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Reps. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) wrote to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Deputy Director Brian Steed today urging him to protect Special Areas and the remarkable ecological values in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A Peoria, Ill., man, Terry Moss, a member of the Bomb Squad street gang, today pleaded guilty to conspiring with other alleged gang members as an organized criminal enterprise to commit violent crimes. In addition, Moss, 23, aka “Lil Man," admitted to attempted murder in aid of racketeering;...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the results of the January 2019 Federal Grand Jury.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 17, 2019 - WASHINGTON- Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement regarding the introduction of the Puerto Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act (PRRADA). This legislation requires attorneys, accountants...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Tyrone Shepard was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Task Force, the Multi-Agency Gang Unit and the Shelby County Fugitive Apprehension Team for murder and a variety of other violent crimes yesterday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Romanian man was sentenced today to 65 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted in federal court for selling fentanyl and heroin last year that resulted in a fatal overdose.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - The owner of PRB Logics Corporation, an Orange County-based seller of electronic components, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges of selling counterfeit integrated circuits, some of which could have been used in military applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - In three separate cases, two Mexican Nationals and a Guatamalan National entered guilty pleas to the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -United States Magistrate Judge Bruce McGiverin authorized a criminal complaint against an individual purporting to be Stephen Williamson Varner, charging him with willfully and knowingly making false statements in a U.S. Passport Renewal Application.
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of H.J. Res. 28, a Continuing Resolution to reopen the federal government through February 28.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Dear Administrator Pekoske: We write to express profound concern regarding the impact of the partial government shutdown on the functions of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the dedicated workforce that supports the traveling public. TSA officers serve a critical role in securing...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Atlanta - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park will from Saturday, January 19 through Feb. 3, in advance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday and days after the 90th anniversary of his birth. This is possible thanks to a grant from The Delta Air Lines Foundation and revenue generated by NPS recreation fees.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today pressed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan for answers on child separation at the border following the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Roman Harlan, 34, of Macy, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for assault with a dangerous weapon; strangling an intimate partner; and domestic abuse by a habitual offender. Chief United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard...
