News from October 2019
By DOL Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: OSHA cited the Escatawpa, Mississippi-based company for failing to protect workers from cave-ins while inside a 7-foot-deep excavation, provide a safe means to enter and exit the trench, and inspect the trench using a competent person. OSHA also cited the company for failing to ensure employees wore reflective clothing while exposed to vehicular traffic.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the United States and Japan announced that the two countries have reached an agreement on a trade deal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A tax preparer and ex-California Franchise Tax Board employee was found guilty by a jury today of federal criminal charges accusing him of defrauding the IRS out of millions of dollars by declaring bogus withholdings used to fraudulently claim substantial tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Harlem man was sentenced to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release on Oct. 10 for conviction on domestic abuse charges, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against defendant, TERRELL RICHARDSON, of New Orleans, for being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C.§ 922(g)(1) on Oct. 10, 2019. RICHARDSON...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) are pressing the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and top opioid distributors for an update on recommendations of the report, Red Flags and Warning Signs Ignored: Opioid Distribution and Enforcement Concerns in West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Monserrate Morales, age 29, was sentenced yesterday to serve 33 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction on one felony count of Wire Fraud and one felony count of Bankruptcy Fraud. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Michigan Attorney Indicted for Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged in federal court with conducting an illegal sports gambling business and concealing the income in a bankruptcy proceeding.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), and Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) released a joint statement today on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) initial analysis of H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019. The CBO estimates a savings from Title I of the bill to Medicare of $345 billion between 2023-2029...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - William Waller Jr., a Las Vegas real estate broker and the owner of Burbank Holdings or Platinum Properties, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Tax Division and United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) newly-proposed lead and copper rule, which is meant to provide the first update in three decades to the federal government’s lead and copper water standards...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: “Thank you, Chairman Lewis, for calling this hearing today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: On October 7, 2019 United States District Court Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced four drug smugglers: Angel Castro Garcia; Pedro Dino Cedado Nunez; Manely Enriquez; and Mike Castro Martinez, all Dominican Republic nationals, for attempting to smuggle 182 kilograms of cocaine from the Dominican...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass-Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom will host a “State of the Seashore" program on Monday, October 21 from 6 to 8 pm at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham. Salt Pond Visitor Center is located at 50 Nauset Road at the intersection of Route 6. The program is free, accessible, and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A California man became the eighth parent to be sentenced today in connection with the college admissions case.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Amanda Louise Ellis, age 40, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced on August 8, 2019, to 12 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for False Statement in violation of Title 18...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement slamming the rushed Congressional Budget Office (CBO) partial score for the partisan Pelosi plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the partial trade deal with China that has been reached.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, Oct. 26, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga will present a 45-minute program focusing on Union General Ely Parker, a member of General U.S. Grant’s staff and a Seneca Indian. Program participants should meet at the south entrance of the Walnut Street Bridge, near 105 Walnut Street, in Chattanooga. It is recommended that participants bring chairs, as this will be a stationary program.
