News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Gary Allen Jimenez, a Heart Butte resident, admitted drug distribution charges today for providing a minor with methamphetamine on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Thomas Moir, 37, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty to distribution of child pornography stemming from his actions sharing child pornography with users on a social networking site from October 2018 -January 2019, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, July 16, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of Federal Efforts to Combat the Spread of Illicit Fentanyl."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Last year American consumers were pestered with 47.8 billion robocalls. The Stopping Bad Robocalls Act was introduced by bipartisan leaders in the Energy and Commerce Committee to combat these illegal spam calls. Recently, this legislation passed out of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology with strong bipartisan support.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Travel Scams.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today as the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments in Texas v. United States, which could overturn the entirety of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and strip away health care from tens of millions of Americans...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos today raising concerns about fraudulent and deceptive product ratings and reviews on Amazon’s online...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $40,000, for conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement and background investigators, and hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of the People’s Republic of China, in exchange for providing them with internal documents from the U.S. State Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Izmir Koch, 34, of Huber Heights, Ohio, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for beating a man he believed to be Jewish outside of a Cincinnati restaurant.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Grand Teton National Park staff strongly reminds visitors and local residents that proper storage of food items and responsible picnicking are vitally important in bear country. Picnickers should only have immediate use items out so that if a bear approaches, food items can be quickly gathered and the...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, July 16, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on spectrum policy. The hearing is entitled, “Our Wireless Future: Building A Comprehensive Approach to Spectrum Policy."
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on United States efforts to counter Russian disinformation and malign influence.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham, announced that Stephen Jones, also known as “EVX" and “Stevie D," 35, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a heroin and cocaine trafficking ring.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, July 11, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The Subcommittee will markup ten bills to lower Americans’ health care and prescription drug costs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: New York Anesthesiologist Indicted for Alleged Role in Telemedicine Health Care Fraud Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of JOHN L. STEELE, 48, to 60 months in prison for his role in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to obtain payments from extortion victims to settle sham copyright infringement lawsuits by lying to state and federal courts throughout the country. STEELE, who pleaded guilty on March 6, 2017, was sentenced earlier today before Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southern Nevada District will host two public meetings during the public comment period to provide information and gather public input on the Solar Partners, XI LLC (Arevia) proposal to construct, operate and decommission the Gemini Solar Project. The 90-day public comment period opened on June 7 and will end on September 5, 2019.
