News from July 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery at the Health Subcommittee markup of ten health bills are below...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Michael Lambert Seabrooke, of Columbia, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint and charged with possessing firearms (destructive devices) which are not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, convened a hearing entitled “Identifying, Preventing, and Treating Childhood Trauma: A Pervasive Public Health Issue that Needs Greater Federal Attention" to hear directly from trauma survivors, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JAMES BRYAN BARNES, 53, of Norman, has been convicted by a jury of embezzlement of postal funds, theft of government money, and making false postal record entries, announced United States Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
Release: Romania welcomes all forms of foreign investment. The government provides national treatment for foreign investors and does not differentiate treatment by source of capital. Romania’s strategic location, membership in the European Union, relatively well-educated workforce, competitive wages, and abundant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A software engineer at a suburban Chicago locomotive manufacturer stole proprietary information from the company and took it to China, according to an indictment unsealed this week in federal court in Chicago.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today urgently requesting answers to a series of questions following alarming reports of abuse of immigrant children while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Johnell Lee Cleveland, 37, of Happy Valley, Oregon, was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for distributing cyclopropyl fentanyl, possessing a machine gun and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 22-year-old Brenham woman is set to appear in federal court following the return of a three-count indictment alleging sex trafficking of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - Raj Kumar Ditta pleaded guilty today in federal court to misappropriating and embezzling funds he held as a fiduciary for incompetent and disabled veterans, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Inspector General, Criminal Investigations Division, Special Agent in Charge James Wahleithner. The plea was accepted by the Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Justice announced today a new tool giving tribal governments the ability to directly input data and gain access to the FBI’s National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) using the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System (TTSORS). The system connection will be...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released a statement following Health Subcommittee passage today of H.R. 2328, the Community Health Investment Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2019, which reauthorizes Community Health Center funding for four years, and included an amendment to eliminate cuts to Disproportionate Share Hospitals for the next two years...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of SHAWN KELLY THOMASON, 39, to 45 months in prison for engaging in repeated interstate stalking.THOMASON, who pleaded guilty on March 20, 2019, was sentenced before Judge Eric C. Tostrud in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, National Park Service personnel were notified of a body in the Colorado River below Lava Falls near river mile 181.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man pleaded guilty today for his role in a violent racketeering conspiracy and other related firearm charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - The United States Department of Treasury today responded to a letter sent by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) pressing Secretary Steven Mnuchin to consider using all tools available under U.S. law, including the application of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Owner and Operator ordered to pay a fine of $1.5 million and will be banned from U.S. waters and ports for five years.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: The entire 33-mile Rim Drive around Crater Lake is now open for the season, as are all facilities and services with the exception of the 16-site Lost Creek Campground which remains closed at this time. It is anticipated that Lost Creek will open for dry camping (no water, no campfires) sometime next...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A West Virginia woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Donald Tolbert, 50, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to 12 counts of distribution, receipt, and possession of videos and images containing child pornography in violation of federal law.
