News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Akron, Ohio has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on three charges related to bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on, “Oversight of Federal Efforts to Combat the Spread of Illicit Fentanyl:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: SPOKANE, Wash. - Early this morning, the Bureau Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) led a large-scale enforcement action targeting a methamphetamine and heroin drug trafficking organization with ties to a Washington...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded Utah residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant form of identification to board a commercial flight.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: FBI to Hold Diversity Agent Recruitment Event in Albuquerque.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
Release: NEW YORK - A West Virginia man was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) this morning, July 16, when Transportation Security Administration officers detected a loaded gun in his carry-on bag at one of the airport’s checkpoints. The.38 caliber handgun was loaded with seven bullets, including one in the chamber.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry announcing DOE has approved a petition from the Competitive Enterprise Institute to create a new class of less efficient dishwashers - the latest in DOE’s series of energy efficiency rollbacks...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on “Our Wireless Future: Building A Comprehensive Approach to Spectrum Policy."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Ways and Means Committee announced the creation of the “Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force." A bipartisan group of four co-chairs will lead the new effort: Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), and Rep. Jodey Arrington...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 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 Xavier Dominique Garris, 26, of Hope Mills to 162 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. On April 8, 2019, GARRIS pled guilty to one count each of felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on “Our Wireless Future: Building A Comprehensive Approach to Spectrum Policy."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Christopher Brackett, 41, of East Peoria, Ill., former host of “Fear No Evil," a hunting show that aired on the Outdoor Channel, pleaded guilty today in federal court to unlawful transportation of wildlife, in violation of the Lacey Act. Brackett admitted that in December 2013, during...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on, “Oversight of Federal Efforts to Combat the Spread of Illicit Fentanyl:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - April Spring Kelly admitted in federal court today that she smuggled more than 450,000 fentanyl pills from Mexico into the United States during a nine-month conspiracy from February to October of 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news President Trump filed a new rule to deny asylum to Central American migrants...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Vivienne Yvette Sellers (78, Palm Harbor) to five years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. The court also ordered Sellers to forfeit the electronic devices that she used in the commission of the offense.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Margaret Weichert, who currently serves as both the Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Deputy Director of Management at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – On July 16th, a joint Interim Final Rule (IFR) issued by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security will publish in the Federal Register.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: (San Diego, Calif., July 15, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today visited Sysco Corporation in San Diego, California to tour the facilities and join the company’s signing of the Pledge to America’s Workers. Sysco is pledging nearly 35,000 opportunities for America’s workers.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 15, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s proposed rule to modernize the H-2A program to reflect stakeholder concerns and improve access to a legal source of agricultural labor: “President Trump once again shows ...
