News from March 2019
By EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced the Agency detected asbestos in cosmetic products marketed to children and teens. Commissioner Gottlieb also outlined the need to work with Congress to address the agency’s outdated regulatory framework for cosmetics and personal care products to ensure the safety of products on the market...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, March 12, at 12 pm in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building with Health and Human Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - On March 1, Judge Marco A. Hernandez of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon entered an order revoking the naturalized U.S. citizenship of a convicted war criminal. The court held that defendant Sammy Rasema Yetisen aka Rasema Handanovic aka Zolja, a native of the former Yugoslavia...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Energy and Commerce...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM’s West Valley Demonstration Projec t (WVDP) Site has finished installing a protective cover over the Vitrification Facility site, signifying the end of physical work associated with the demolition project.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Marcus Danner a/k/a "Poncho", 39, was sentenced to 352 months imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, the possession of a firearm in the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and aiding and abetting an attempted robbery. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Alvin Henry, 40, of St. Thomas, has been found guilty, after a jury trial, of one count of Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Substance With Intent to Distribute and one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance With Intent to Distribute in the St. Croix District Court, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. The jury trial lasted a total of seven days, starting on Feb. 25, 2019, and concluding on March 5, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Doug Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Arizona, announces the arrest of six subjects, including an admitted MS-13 gang member, and seizure of drugs and multiple weapons after a joint task force investigation with the Scottsdale Police Department.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Arlington Memorial Bridge rehabilitation is moving ahead on schedule. The work about to begin requires the National Park Service to change which travel lanes are open at night. Starting on Monday, March 11 through fall 2019, the National Park Service will reduce the number of lanes from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Stella Boyadjian, 48, of Rego Park, New York pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to unlawfully bring in aliens, visa fraud, and aggravated identity theft before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara in the Eastern District of New York for her role in a multi-year visa fraud scheme that brought Armenian citizens into the United States for profit.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross accepted the Section 232 petition filed on Sept. 27, 2018, by domestic producer Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET) and launched an investigation into whether the quantity or circumstances of titanium sponge imports into the United States threaten to ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: POMPANO BEACH, FL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Rivera Services Group Inc. – a construction labor provider based in Pompano Beach, Florida – has paid $102,088 in back wages to 79 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The company was assessed and paid a civil penalty of $1,323 for child labor violations.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: MONTGOMERY, AL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), John Knox Manor Inc. – operating as John Knox Manor II – will pay $96,233 in back wages to 92 employees for violating the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at its nursing home facility in Montgomery, Alabama.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NORCROSS, GA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. – an herbal products manufacturer and distributer based in Norcross, Georgia – has paid $454,655 in back wages to 28 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: OPELIKA, AL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Hydro-Green Erosion Control LLC – an erosion control company based in Opelika, Alabama – will pay $113,984 in back wages and liquidated damages to 34 employees for violating minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: CONROE, TX – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the GEO Group Inc. – a company specializing in privatized corrections, detention, and mental health treatment – have entered into a conciliation agreement to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination at the company’s Joe Corley Detention Center in Conroe, Texas. The GEO Group Inc. has agreed to pay $250,000 in back wages and interest as part of a conciliation agreement.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: OPELIKA, AL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Hydro-Green Erosion Control LLC – an erosion control company based in Opelika, Alabama – will pay $113,984 in back wages and liquidated damages to 34 employees for violating minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NORCROSS, GA – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc. – an herbal products manufacturer and distributer based in Norcross, Georgia – has paid $454,655 in back wages to 28 employees for violating overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: MONTGOMERY, AL – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), John Knox Manor Inc. – operating as John Knox Manor II – will pay $96,233 in back wages to 92 employees for violating the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) at its nursing home facility in Montgomery, Alabama.
