News from March 2019
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Saint Kitts and Nevis is a multiparty parliamentary democracy and federation. Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state. The governor general is the queen’s representative in the country and certifies all legislation on her behalf. The constitution provides the smaller island of Nevis considerable self-government...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Bronx, New York has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charges of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Ecuador is a constitutional, multiparty republic with an elected president and unicameral legislature. In April 2017 voters elected President Lenin Moreno from the ruling party Alianza PAIS (Proud and Sovereign Fatherland) and chose members of the National Assembly in elections that were generally free and fair, marking a successful democratic transfer of power after the two-term presidency of Rafael Correa.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s hearing titled: “Aligning Federal Surface Transportation Policy to Meet 21st Century Needs."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Austin Pratt, 30, of Conesus, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with enticement of a minor and production of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Mauritius is a multiparty democracy governed by the prime minister, the Council of Ministers, and the National Assembly. International and local observers judged elections for both the prime minister and legislators in 2014 to be generally free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Five Individuals and Two Companies Plead Guilty to Felony Charges in Multimillion Dollar Scheme to Fraudulently Sell Popular Dietary Supplements.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
Release: Liberia is a constitutional republic with a bicameral national assembly. The country held presidential and legislative elections in 2017 that domestic and international observers deemed generally free and fair; the first round of voting for the presidency and 73 seats in the House of Representatives...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on “Mismanaging Chemical Risks: EPA’s Failure to Protect Workers:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX- On March 11, 2019, Rodney Vern Buckinghorse, 38 of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by District Judge G. Murray Snow to 48 months’ imprisonment. Buckinghorse had previously pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) prepared opening remarks for today’s Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on “Lowering the Cost of Prescription Drugs: Reducing Barriers to Market Competition" are below...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement personnel threatening arrest and prosecution for supposed violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Six Individuals and Two Companies Charged in Illegal Dietary Supplement Scheme.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Michael McCaul, the Committee’s Ranking Member, today introduced three pieces of legislation reaffirming the importance of American values, alliances, and diplomacy and development as pillars of a uniquely American foreign policy. The three bipartisan resolutions will help guide the Committee’s agenda and priorities for the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that arraignments have been scheduled for this afternoon in Columbia following the arrests yesterday in the Aiken-area pursuant to the multi-agency and jurisdictional “Operation Gunsmoke." United States Magistrate Judge Paige Gossett will preside.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: A Toledo man currently serving 18 years in state prison for shooting at police officers was indicted in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to traffic fentanyl and heroin.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: The Republic of Kazakhstan’s government system and constitution concentrate power in the presidency. The presidential administration controls the government, the legislature, and judiciary as well as regional and local governments. Changes or amendments to the constitution require presidential consent.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Haiti is a constitutional republic with a multiparty political system. Voters elected Jovenel Moise as president for a five-year term in national elections held in November 2016, and he took office in February 2017. The most recent national legislative elections were held in January 2017. International election observers considered the elections free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a hearing on "A New Approach for an Era of U.S.-China Competition." The committee heard testimony from the Honorable Jim Talent, a former U.S. senator and current commissioner of the U.S.-China ...
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2019
News Release: Ethiopia is a federal republic. The ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of four ethnically based parties, controls the government. In the 2015 general elections, the EPRDF and affiliated parties won all 547 House of People’s Representatives (HPR - parliament)...
