News from May 2019
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2019
Release: KALISPELL, Mont. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Montana predicts that summer 2019 will be the busiest on record with an average increase of 9% in the number of travelers who will depart Montana’s four largest airports between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: CONTACT: Barbara Burns. PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gabriel Murillo, 44, of San Bernadino County, California, pleaded guilty to attempted online enticement of a minor before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg woman pled guilty to aggravated identity theft in connection with illegally obtaining a firearm, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Erica Nicole Blake, 36, entered her guilty plea before Senior United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Parkersburg Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Climate Change and the Agriculture Sector."
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, May 16 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Subcommittee will mark up legislation to improve energy efficiency, energy sector jobs and infrastructure security.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Hearing on Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills" on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Aliso Viejo man pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges stemming from a vehicular assault that severely injured an employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the federal building in Laguna Niguel.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney renewing a request from last year for documents regarding nondisclosure agreements imposed on White House staff and whether these gag orders include legally-required language safeguarding the rights of federally-protected whistleblowers to report waste, fraud, and abuse to Congress.
By Homeland Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced the introduction Tuesday of legislation to improve the collection of sexual violence data at key federal agencies. The legislation will implement...
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, May 21, at 10 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Kevin Clinton, age 62, of New Carlisle, Indiana was convicted on 4 counts of mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, May 21, at 10 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: CONCORD- Jean Fouad Yazbek, 63, of Norwood, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Four men sought to maintain and increase their positions in a violent Chicago street gang when they committed fatal shootings on the city’s Northwest Side, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Attempted to Murder Pedestrian in August 2017.
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Five House Committees sent letters to the White House and the Department of Justice demanding documents in response to a request made more than a month ago regarding the Trump Administration’s sudden decision to reverse its legal position in court and assert that the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be held unconstitutional.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Department of Justice Reaches Agreement to Resolve Americans With Disabilities Act Investigation of West Virginia’s Children’s Mental Health System.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - William Lamont Holder, age 54, of Hanover, Maryland, pleaded guilty on May 14, 2019 to a federal wire fraud charge for stealing between $550,000 and $1.5 million of wine from his clients, primarily private collectors and commercial establishments.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced that it reached an agreement with the State of West Virginia to resolve its conclusion that there is reasonable cause to believe the State violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by unnecessarily institutionalizing children with serious...
