News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: A law enforcement officer from Sioux City, Iowa, is being honored by the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for his commitment to reducing drug abuse. A recipient of the 2018 Enrique S. Camarena Award is Lieutenant Brad Bollinger of the Sioux City Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A business manager was sentenced in U.S. District Court here today for crimes related to a $7.9 million scheme to defraud his celebrity clients.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Mnuchin: We write to you regarding En+ Group PLC’s (En+) proposed investment in Braidy Atlas, a Kentucky rolling mill that would be the largest new aluminum plant built in the United States in decades. United Company Rusal PLC (Rusal), a Russian subsidiary of En+, will obtain a 40-percent...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: In order to mitigate heat-related incidents and promote visitor safety, Tonto National Monument will reduce summer hours to hike to the Lower Cliff Dwelling from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. starting on June 1, 2019 and ending on Aug. 31, 2019. Visitors who wish to hike to the Lower Cliff Dwelling should...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - A Madison County man has pled guilty to committing violent crimes in aid of racketeering, distribution of marijuana and firearms violations. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: A Marion man was indicted in federal court for lighting a fire in the Walmart in Kenton, which caused an estimated $3.5 million in damage.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office is issuing fire restrictions for BLM-managed public lands effective May 20, due to potential wildland fire danger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Ali Kourani Was Trained by Hizballah’s External Terrorist Operations Component and Gathered Intelligence in New York City in Support of Attack-Planning Efforts.
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and committee members Sens. John Boozman (R-AR), Mike Braun (R-IN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Roger Wicker ...
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee markup on ten energy bills.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced NORMAN LYDELL FORD, 45, of Plymouth, North Carolina, to 120 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 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 of 10 energy related bills.
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after Democrats spiked an opportunity to lower drug prices by combining bipartisan bills to lower drug costs with partisan bills to bail out Obamacare...
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today said he is seriously concerned about the direction of the Department of the Interior (DOI) following Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s testimony yesterday, his first before the Committee since taking the top post. Bernhardt revealed his total...
By State Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following opening remarks at the hearing "Democracy, Development, and Defense: Rebalancing U.S.-Africa Policy"...
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on technology to make cars safer on Thursday, May 23, at 10...
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee markup on ten energy bills.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty for His Role in Scheme to Defraud Medicare by Soliciting Kickback Payments for Two New Orleans-Area Physicians.
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), top Democrat on the EPW Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter along with a detailed timeline to the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Missoula-A Missoula man who admitted distributing methamphetamine and other drugs and to having multiple firearms was sentenced today to eight years in prison and to five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
