News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: South Dakota residents discard 1,634 pounds of unwanted and potentially dangerous medication at spring Take Back Day event.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 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), secured commitment from the Army Corps of Engineers to work with Wyoming on flood prevention during an oversight hearing on their civil works program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Enriched DOJ Factors to evaluate Corporate Compliance and Ethics Programs released.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A member of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods street gang has been found guilty by a jury for the second time of racketeering offenses that included the slaying of a man in front of the victim’s 2-year-old son.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today the alleged owners and operators of a website known as DeepDotWeb (DDW) have been arrested on charges of money laundering conspiracy relating to millions of dollars in kickbacks they received for purchases of fentanyl, heroin, and other illegal contraband by individuals referred to Darknet marketplaces by DDW. The website has now been seized by court order.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: As we examine a bill today from Ms. Bonamici, one of my colleagues from Oregon’s congressional delegation, I must say that I am of many minds on the legislation.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1328, the ACCESS BROADBAND Act, by voice vote...
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) relies upon the cooperation of local airport and airline officials to expeditiously remove dangerous criminals from our communities. ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations’s (ERO) mission is to identify, arrest and remove aliens who present a danger to national security or are a risk to public safety.
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following joint statement after the House passed two bills that make updates to the Orange and Purple Books at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by increasing accuracy and transparency of the two databases that guide development decisions for generic and biosimilar manufacturers.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 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), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Oversight Hearing on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Program."
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, May 15 at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office...
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 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), welcomed Lynn Budd, director of the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security to the committee. Budd was testifying before the committee at a hearing titled “Oversight Hearing on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Program."
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1503, the Orange Book Transparency Act of 2019, and H.R. 1520, the Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019...
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 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 entitled, “Ban Asbestos Now: Taking Action to Save Lives and Livelihoods."
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Antonio Oswaldo Burgos, 48, of Portland, was sentenced to four months in prison, Monday for attempted bribery of a public official after trying to bribe a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force, Arapahoe, and Douglas County Sheriff’s Offices Are Investigating Multiple Bank Robberies.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, introduced the Interim Stay Authority to Protect Whistleblowers Act. In the event there are...
By Homeland Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: The Electronic Recovery and Access to Data (ERAD) Prepaid Card Reader is currently being used by state and local law enforcement in 48 states, by federal law enforcement agencies, and by international law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement officers use the ERAD Prepaid Card Reader to determine if...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS - Shawn Thomas Conrad, a former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee, admitted during a hearing today to possessing child pornography last year, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JORGE AGUILAR-PEREZ, age 25, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegally re-entering the United States in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
