News from July 2019
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) went on the Guy Benson Show - on FOX News Radio - to discuss freedom vs. socialism, the American Dream, the cost of health care - including surprise medical bills, the President’s leadership on bringing down drug costs, and the humanitarian crisis at the border.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and 50 U.S. states and territories announced a proposed settlement with Equifax of at least $575 million related to its 2017 data breach...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: The Defendant qualified as an Armed Career Criminal.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the proposed settlement of up to $700 million announced today from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and 50 states and territories over the massive Equifax data breach in 2017...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
Release: Burlington, Vt. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day recruitment event on Wednesday, July 24, to assist individuals interested in applying for a job as a TSA officer at Burlington International Airport (BTV).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina is promoting the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Elder Justice Initiative (EJI) throughout the Cumberland County area. On July 22, 2019, the Eastern District partnered with the Cumberland County Council on Older Adults to conduct...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
Release: JERUSALEM, ISRAEL –Today, Secretary Perry and Minister Steinitz committed to further advancing the high level of strategic cooperation between the United States and Israel in energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to two-and-a- half years’ (30 months’) imprisonment and six years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: In unrelated cases, a federal judge in Midland sentenced Christopher David Mayhall, 42 of Dublin, TX, and James Vernon Foster, 57 of Abilene, TX, to 20 years and 15 years in federal prison, respectively, for child exploitation offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Join National Park Service (NPS) staff and visitors at the Platte River Campground Amphitheater at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, and get involved in an exploration of science that is both enlightening and fun! Scientific research helps park managers make important decisions when caring for our parks. Come discover how science works, explore your own ideas about science, and learn about scientific investigations going on in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore!.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host two free two-hour public tours of a wild horse off-range pasture near Sulphur, Oklahoma, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. The purpose of the tour is to allow public access to the private facility and learn more about BLM’s wild horse and burro management responsibilities. Attendees will have the opportunity to view more than 1,600 mares roaming on approximately 9,700 acres of grassland in central Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joshua Vandegrift, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Elizabeth A. Wolford to attempted receipt of child pornography. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that July 9, 2019, Christopher Shane Dreiling was sentenced in federal court on two counts of assault with intent to murder within the special maritime jurisdiction of the United States. Dreiling received a thirty year prison sentence, consisting of fifteen years on each count of assault to run consecutive to each other.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced today that on June 19, 2019, a federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of North Carolina returned a sealed, eight-count indictment charging 31 individuals and one business entity with...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, August 7th at 10:30 am (CT), House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson is hosting a listening session at Farmfest. The session will feature United States Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, as well as members of the House Agriculture Committee and the Minnesota congressional delegation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: At 9:26 am, the United States Geological Survey reported a 4.2 magnitude earthquake about 10 miles (16 km) from Twentynine Palms, CA. The earthquake was centered in Joshua Tree National Park near Live Oak.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Defendant Also Received a Suspended Sentence of 36 months for Committing Fraud and Perjury to Illegally Obtain Contracting Preferences.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and 50 U.S. states and territories announced a proposed settlement with Equifax of at least $575 million related to its 2017 data breach...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Carlos Argueta, also known as “Violento," “Desorden" and “Dylan," the former leader of the Freeport Locos Salvatruchas clique of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, pleaded guilty to racketeering...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and 50 U.S. states and territories announced a proposed settlement with Equifax of at least $575 million related to its 2017 data breach...
