News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Henderson, Nevada Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) will deliver the following remarks this morning, expressing his concern with the policy and rushed process of Speaker Pelosi’s plan, which is being considered at the full committee markup.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Raylaine Knope, 43, was sentenced to 336 months imprisonment today in the Eastern District of Louisiana for obtaining forced, unpaid household labor and services from D.P., an adult woman with cognitive disabilities, as well as for conspiring to obtain D.P.’s forced labor and misprision...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga.- A Columbus man with a prior felony conviction was sentenced to 130 months in prison after pleading guilty to three firearm charges, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Anthony Kimbrough, 24, of Columbus, Georgia previously pleaded guilty...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the full Committee voted to favorably advance H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, and four bills to strengthen Medicare coverage for beneficiaries...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: A Latin Counts gang member was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider, Special Agent in Charge James Deir of the ATF’s Detroit Division, and Chief James Craig of the Detroit Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment today against Gildardo Barrios, 40, and Marisa Munguia, 40, both of Chowchilla, and Maria Barrios-Alvarez, 44, of Stockton, charging them with multiple counts of distributing narcotics, including methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin. Barrios and Barrios-Alvarez were also charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a committee markup of H.R. 3, Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks opposing the Democrats' Congressional Review Act to eliminate the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. The Congressional Review Act resolution failed 41 to 53. It was a bipartisan vote in favor of the ACE rule and against the Clean Power Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 48-year-old Mexican national who resided in McAllen and Houston is now a fugitive from justice, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee 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 legislative hearing on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Reauthorizing Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 39-year-old Ore City, Texas man has been indicted for child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - An Indianapolis man was indicted Thursday for conspiring to launder money illegally obtained from victims of elder financial exploitation.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - Nine individuals have been charged in an alleged drug trafficking ring following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York’s Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST), as well as the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). This case was initiated following overdoses in the Bronx and Westchester.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, a former Del Rio Sector U.S. Border Patrol agent assigned to the Uvalde Station admitted to producing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Charlestown man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing fentanyl out of a Chelsea apartment.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Chronic Wasting Disease, a fatal, infectious disease in members of the deer family.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s announcement that he will depart the Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the results of the October 2019 Federal Grand Jury B extended.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Jamaal Abu Talib Hameen (59, Jacksonville) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. A jury had found Hameen guilty on March 1, 2019.
