News from June 2019
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that William Wehrum is stepping down as Assistant Administrator for the EPA Office of Air and Radiation. Pallone and other Committee leaders launched an investigation in April of the Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG):
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $388,000 from his employer in a scheme to redeem scrap metal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On June 25, 2019, Eli Lawrence Manuel, 30, of Sells, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to 31 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Manuel had previously pleaded guilty on March 6, 2019, to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ORLANDO SOTO, 27, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Tri-Cities, Washington Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 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 Energy markup on “H.R. 3432, the Safer Pipelines Act of 2019."
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE -Acadia National Park is on the top ten list of most visited national parks in the United States, welcoming more than 3.5 million visits a year. Fourth of July week is anticipated to be a popular time to visit, especially from Thursday July 4 through Saturday July 6. Visitors are encouraged...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Marshall, Ark. - The Searcy County Historical Society (SCHS), a non-profit organization, has entered an agreement with Buffalo National River to place signage at Searcy County historical sites within the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William McSwain announced today that BARR Credit Services, Inc., a commercial debt collection company based in Tucson, Arizona, has agreed to pay $55,793 and start a compliance program to resolve the government’s claims against it under the False Claims Act. The...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee markup of H.R. 3432, the Safer Pipelines Act of 2019...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 12 projects to receive approximately $44.5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), Advanced Technologies for Recovery of Unconventional Oil & Gas Resources.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that William Wehrum is stepping down as Assistant Administrator for the EPA Office of Air and Radiation. Pallone and other Committee leaders launched an investigation in April of the Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG):
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was indicted today on charges of robbing two cash loan stores, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement about the abrupt resignation of EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation Bill Wehrum.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: ODESSA, Texas - A West Texas school bus driver remains in federal custody following his June 19 arrest for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - As part of a joint federal-state law enforcement action targeting the Rancho San Pedro street gang, authorities this morning unsealed two federal grand jury indictments that charge 14 members and associates of the gang with narcotics and firearms offenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A Salvadoran national who was deported from the United States in 2003 after being convicted of sexually abusing a child was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges that he illegally reentered the U.S. and then posted child pornography on Facebook.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a slate of bipartisan measures by voice vote, including the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019, Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act, Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act, and Small Airports Mothers’ Rooms Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement at a hearing on oversight of the U.S. Copyright Office...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: National Parks… The final frontier. Explore the mysterious unknown of the prairie and help pave the way for the homesteaders of the future! Homestead National Monument of America continues to celebrate innovation during the homesteading era with Kids in Parks: Into the Unknown!. Bring your family and...
