News from January 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement this evening after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 430, the TANF Extension Act of 2019, legislation that extends Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for two quarters, through June 30, 2019...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai refused to brief Committee staff on why the FCC has yet to end wireless carriers’ unauthorized disclosure of consumers’ real-time location data and what actions the FCC has taken to address the issue to date...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Top Democrats from health care committees in the House and Senate today called on the Trump administration to ensure there are no premium increases or coverage losses due to the president’s reckless, unnecessary ongoing shutdown. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department have been left unfunded by the shutdown and are responsible for paying Advanced Premium Tax Credits (APTCs) and other matters that make health care more affordable for American families.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on Jan. 14, 2019, Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Ramon Penunuri-Noriega, of Mexico, to a 168-month term of imprisonment, to be served in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Penunuri pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced today that recently closed areas of the park will once again be accessible to visitors beginning Sunday, January 13. Some basic visitor services, including campgrounds and restrooms, will reopen using revenue generated by recreation fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Anthony J. LeFlore, 54, of Belleville, Illinois, has been sentenced to 96 months in prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. LeFlore pleaded guilty to the charge without a plea agreement in October 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Andersonville News Release. Release Date: Jan. 14, 2019. NR18-19. National Park Service to Keep Andersonville National Cemetery Open. Park continues Andersonville National Cemetery operations. Andersonville, GA - Andersonville National Historic Site announced today that the National Park Service will...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Elkins, West Virginia residents have admitted to drug charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: Antoine D. Johnson, Jr., 28, of East St. Louis, Illinois, has pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a loaded firearm after sustaining a felony conviction, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. Johnson faces up to 10 years in prison on the charge. Sentencing is scheduled for April 16, 2019, before United States District Judge Staci M. Yandle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: A West Palm Beach resident was convicted by a federal jury today of participating in a heroin trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Edward Sherrod, Jr., age 37, was sentenced in federal court today in Omaha, Nebraska, for two counts of robbery. The Senior United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Sherrod to 8 ½ years of imprisonment. She further ordered him to pay $19,444.00 in restitution. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Sherrod will begin a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Federal agents arrested the last of seven, recently indicted members and associates of a national gang -the Gangster Disciples - on federal racketeering charges stemming from a superseding indictment returned on Oct. 25, 2018 by a federal grand jury. The newly arrested defendant, Antarious...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news reports of airport delays and terminal closures across the country...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 13, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Rep. Adam Schiff, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Chairmen of the House Committees on Oversight and Reform, Intelligence, and the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s comments last night on Fox News regarding Michael Cohen’s testimony before Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kirby Cleveland, 35, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation from Prewitt, New Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to second-degree murder for killing Houston James Largo, a tribal police officer for the Navajo Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 13, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. (Jan. 13, 2019)-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Rep. Adam Schiff, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Chairmen of the House Committees on Oversight and Reform, Intelligence, and the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s comments last night on Fox News regarding Michael Cohen’s testimony before Congress...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 13, 2019
News Release: Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announced today that areas of the park will continue to be accessible to visitors. Some visitor services, including cleaning restrooms, trash collection and entrance stations, will now be completed by using revenue generated by recreation fees. Visitors should visit the park website at nps.gov/hawaiivolcanoes while planning their visit to get the latest information on accessibility and available services.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 13, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today addressed thousands of farmers and ranchers from across the country at the American Farm Bureau’s 100th annual convention in New Orleans, La.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 13, 2019
Release: DOHA, QATAR – Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette attended the second Qatar-U.S. Strategic Dialogue in Doha, Qatar. The Dialogue, led by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Al-Thani, furthers the U.S.-Qatari ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2019
News Release: Park restoring access to recently closed areas after cleanup/maintenance operations.
