News from November 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah), Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Republican colleagues introduced legislation designed to reform water policy in the West. H.R. 5217 - the Water Optimization for the West Act (WOW), puts common-sense...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) led a Committee markup to advance key Natural Resources priorities, including four bills that protect 1.3 million acres of wilderness in California and Colorado. The bills’ passage is the most recent step in the Committee’s ongoing efforts to protect public lands, promote access for all Americans and combat the climate crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that BRYAN JOSEPH, age 39, of Harvey, Louisiana, pled guilty on Nov. 20, 2019 to distributing heroin in Jefferson Parish.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA), chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence woman arrested in November 2018 when federal agents seized more than three kilograms of fentanyl and heroin during a court-authorized search of her home is facing a federal prison sentence and deportation after pleading guilty in federal court today to possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Texas Man Convicted for Role in Murder Outside Parole Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Fired the Gun Out a Car Window After Leaving a Club.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - To support increased production of Alaskan energy resources and greater energy security for the nation, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public input on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a new integrated activity plan (IAP) for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The Notice of Availability will publish in the Federal Register on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that a jury at the federal courthouse in Selma, Alabama convicted Jessie James Turner, Jr. of being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18 USC Section 922 (g)(1), on Nov. 14, 2019, after a...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar and Administrator Verma...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Dear Leader McConnell, Chairman Shelby, Chairman Kennedy, Leader Schumer, Vice Chairman Leahy, and Ranking Member Coons...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- Aaron Antonio Evans, 29, of Lexington, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison on Thursday, by United States District Judge Karen K. Caldwell, after pleading guilty to trafficking more than 10 grams of acetylfentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Former Private Prisoner Transport Officer Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Assaulting an Individual During a Transport.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine federal payments to local governments provided through the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) and Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) programs.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today issued the following statements after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for an updated Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The publication kicks off a 60-day public comment period that ends Jan. 21, 2020.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 21, 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 Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regarding emergency planning requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Julio Recio, Citizen of the Dominican Republic, is Extradited from Spain to Serve Sentence for Drug Crime Committed in 1999.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Grand Teton National Park’s special-use permit fee schedule will be adjusted for 2020, including fee increases for weddings and commercial filming. Permit fees for boating, backcountry and other uses will remain unchanged.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Shahjahan Sultan, M.D., 37 of Madison, Mississippi and Thomas Edward Sturdavant, M.D., 56, of Kingsport, Tennessee, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to conspiring to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
