News from May 2019
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: STONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, May 1, 2019-Improved pest resistance and drought tolerance are among potential benefits of an international effort in which Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their collaborators have produced the clearest picture yet of the complex genomic history of the cultivated peanut.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Jerome Stancil (52, Jacksonville) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Three Alleged MS-13 Gang Members Indicted in Connection with Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Former West Virginia Jail Internal Affairs Officers Charged With Civil Rights Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Osvaldo Rivera-Amaro, 46, of Tonawanda, N.Y., who was convicted of attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to serve 46 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: This subject is of enormous importance to the nation, and especially for local communities near contaminated sites, such as those at Hanford. We know all too well the issues that the Office of Environmental Management (EM) handles. The threat of potential environmental disaster and pollution persists...
By DOE Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The State of Pipeline Safety and Security in America":
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives voted to not consider House Resolution 304, a resolution that would force House Democrats to hold convicted liar Michael Cohen accountable for his lies to the Committee. The resolution would require Chairman Elijah Cummings to transmit an official...
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DAVID TRAN, age 32, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today before the Honorable Jane Triche Milazzo to an indictment charging him with violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it is seeking public nominations for positions on 31 Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) nationwide. These citizen-based committees assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues. BLM-Utah is seeking up to six new members for the Utah Resource Advisory Council.
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today on the House floor during debate of H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which would prevent President Trump from withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement. H.R. 9 was favorably reported out of the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 4, 2019 by a vote of 29-19.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management will be conducting a prescribed fire project this spring on public lands north of the Stones-Bengard community at the north shore of Eagle Lake in Lassen County.
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: This subject is of enormous importance to the nation, and especially for local communities near contaminated sites, such as those at Hanford. We know all too well the issues that the Office of Environmental Management (EM) handles. The threat of potential environmental disaster and pollution persists...
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, May 8 at 10 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on H.R. 1603, the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019. The hearing is entitled, “Ban Asbestos Now: Taking Action to Save Lives and Livelihoods."
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 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 oversight of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday, ...
By EPA Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations hearing entitled, “DOE’s Mounting Cleanup Costs: Billions in Environmental Liability and Growing":
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Mark T. Moore, 38, of Loudon, N.H., was sentenced in federal court to 50 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 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 oversight of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday, ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announcement of a request for information on additional ideas for Section 1332 waivers. Previously, the Trump administration announced changes to their interpretation of the ACA provision that contradict the law as written.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Chaddis Demond McAfee, 37, of Philadelphia, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves, to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Jere T. Miles, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
