News from January 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues to share Hawaiian culture, stewardship programs and opportunities to explore the Kahuku Unit throughout February 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A South Carolina man who participated in the sale of 17 firearms, including five assault rifles, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in a scheme to illegally sell weapons in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Environment and Climate Change hearing on “Promoting American Innovation and Jobs: Legislation to Phase Down the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons:"
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “A Public Health Emergency: State Efforts to Curb the Opioid Crisis:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Mark Edward Zywotko (47, Cape Coral) to 60 days in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for committing mail fraud in the perpetration of a fraudulent scheme to overharvest more than 50,000 pounds of Gulf reef...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “A Public Health Emergency: State Efforts to Curb the Opioid Crisis:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jonathan Beasley, 28, of Jackson, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan II to 60 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi. Beasley was also ordered to pay a $1500 fine.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today regarding their concerns...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) today requesting assistance in conducting robust oversight of Tennessee’s pending request...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are renewing an investigation into the role of top opioid manufacturers in the ongoing opioid...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury in Boston returned the fourth superseding indictment charging one of the 15 parents implicated in the college admissions case with tax offenses.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - An EM crew recently finished deactivating a facility at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site after safely removing asbestos-containing material.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today regarding their concerns over reports of increasing...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man convicted of trafficking methamphetamine, including selling the drug at his tattoo parlor, was sentenced today to 15 years and eight months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A woman from Los Angeles pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to transporting 60 pounds of methamphetamine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: . ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) -- A suburban Chicago man was sentenced yesterday in federal court before U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly to 96 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for one count ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to illegally entering the United States for the eighth time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: MIAMI - Eric Lin, 35, of Clarksburg, Maryland, pled guilty today in South Florida to a felony charging him with knowingly and intentionally transmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(c). Lin made repeated on-line threatening communications that targeted Hispanics.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA) are renewing an investigation into the role of top opioid manufacturers in the ongoing opioid...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on Jan. 13, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
