News from June 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: LAPWAI, Idaho - Drum roll please! Bert Williamson will demonstrate traditional techniques for making a Nez Perce Drum be at Nez Perce National Historical Park two Saturdays in July. In addition to this demonstration Jewie Davis will give a talk about preserving the Nez Perce language. July events are as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Steven A. Sund, Acting Chief of Police, U.S. Capitol Police, announced today that John Joseph Kless, 49, of Tamarac, Florida, plead guilty to one count of Making Threatening Communications in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(c).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Critical Mission: Former Administrators Address the Direction of the EPA."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Robert Sciolino (51, Bradenton) to 10 years in federal prison for receipt and possession of child pornography. The court also ordered Sciolino to pay $57,000 in restitution to the victims and forfeit six electronic devices that he used in the commission of the offense.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the two subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on Thursday, June 20, on the Trump Administration’s efforts to roll back Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and carbon pollution regulations from light duty cars and trucks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Santino Rey Texidor, age 29, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pled guilty yesterday to drug trafficking charges before Magistrate Judge Susan Schwab. Sentencing was deferred pending the preparation of a presentence report.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A trucking company has been ordered to pay $3 million for illegally transporting more than 64 tons of hazardous, lead-contaminated plastic battery chips from the now-closed Exide Technologies battery recycling facility in Vernon to a company in Bakersfield.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Tramell Thomas, age 40, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced late last week to serve 120 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for his participation in a financial aid fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn and Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Wellesley High School assistant track coach, who is also a former Harvard University track coach, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, Ga. - Renewed action to scrutinize shipments into the growing Port of Savannah have led to significant recent drug seizures, including two arrests and more than 20 kilos of cocaine seized in a weekend raid at an Augusta warehouse.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Critical Mission: Former Administrators Address the Direction of the EPA:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General William P. Barr today announced the formation of a Domestic Violence Working Group aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of convicted domestic abusers, using the tools of federal prosecution to stop and prevent domestic violence. The group will operate under the auspices...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Critical Mission: Former Administrators Address the Direction of the EPA:"
By EPA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Critical Mission: Former Administrators Address the Direction of the EPA."
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Financial Services and General Government bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Critical Mission: Former Administrators Address the Direction of the EPA."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, released the following statement celebrating Cordova’s new battery energy storage system, and the hard work that made the system possible.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two owners and operators of a home health agency were sentenced to 10 years and 6½ years in federal prison on Monday for their roles in a scheme to bill Medicare for various items and services - including home health services, diagnostic testing, medical procedures and durable medical equipment - that were not medically necessary and/or were not provided.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Join the fun at the 2019 BioBlitz in Capitol Reef National Park! The BioBlitz is a collaboration between Utah Valley University, Capitol Reef Field Station, and Capitol Reef National Park. Participants can hike and learn about local biodiversity with the help of experts in the amazing landscapes of Capitol...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted at trial today of illegally possessing a firearm and of possessing methamphetamine.
