News from July 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW striking a private deal with California to preserve clean car standards, despite the Trump Administration’s attempts to roll them back...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the conviction of RANDAL SCOT BRINKMAN, 60, on six counts of tax evasion. BRINKMAN, who was indicted on Sept. 24, 2018, was found guilty following a four-day trial before Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Javontae D. Rucker, 27, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after introducing a resolution in response to House Democrats’ partisan law suit to compel President Trump to turn over his tax returns...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released Volume 1 of its crumb rubber report, known as the Federal Research Action Plan (FRAP) on Recycled Tire Crumb Used on Playing Fields and Playgrounds - a multi-agency research effort which Pallone requested in 2015 - to characterize the chemicals and risks associated with crumb rubber...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman E. “Ned" Sharpless, M.D., today raising concerns over the slower than expected progress of manufacturers and providers of stem cell products to come into compliance with FDA’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - A former South Bend senior executive at a Mishawaka business has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison and 1 year of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $1,666,721.10 in restitution for devising a scheme to defraud his former employer, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: LAPWAI, Idaho - Nez Perce National Historical Park will host a space-cial night sky event Saturday, August 10 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Spalding Visitor Center. Park rangers and special guest volunteer NASA Solar System Ambassador David Eberle will give space themed programs. Star gazers at this event will get a chance to see the Perseid Meteor Shower and explore space through a telescope.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Thursday, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Hector Manuel Gomez Rodriguez, 45, of Visalia, and Mucio Alejandro Gomez Rodriguez, 46, of Visalia, charging them with manufacture of marijuana, conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, and depredation of public lands and resources, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Two Colombian businessmen were charged in an indictment returned today for their alleged roles in laundering the proceeds of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with a scheme to pay bribes to take advantage of Venezuela’s government-controlled exchange rate.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Every single time a senator goes home and goes to the grocery, the cleaners or a town hall meeting, people come up to say they are getting absolutely clobbered by the cost of their prescription drugs. Today is an opportunity to do something about it. The proposal before the committee is a helpful step, but there will be a lot more to do.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW striking a private deal with California to preserve clean car standards, despite the Trump Administration’s attempts to roll them back...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Stanton Sanchez, 31, a member and resident of Zuni Pueblo, N.M., appeared in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., yesterday, for an arraignment on an indictment charging him with two counts of assault of a minor resulting in serious bodily injury. Sanchez entered a not guilty plea to the indictment, and was ordered detained pending trial which has yet to be scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Franklin Efijemueh Arrested In Connection With Alleged Wire Fraud Scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, following the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's first report examining Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election, Assistant Director Bob Kolasky from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Election Assistance Commission Chairwoman Christy McCormick, ...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement on the retirement of Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX). Rep. Olson serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is a member of the Communications and Technology and the Energy subcommittees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Divesh Valanju (30, India) to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for producing child pornography. Valanju had pleaded guilty on April 11, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - One man is dead following a single-vehicle roll-over accident that occurred today near the 35-mile marker on Hwy. 11 in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An inmate was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a murder-for-hire scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A career criminal still on supervised release from a previous federal drug trafficking conviction was indicted on new drug trafficking and firearm charges today.
