News published on Federal Newswire in July 2016

News from July 2016


News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Joshua Bickmore, 29, of Guilford, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to distribution of heroin.


Federal Jury Finds Armed Career Criminal from Albuquerque Guilty of Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm and Ammunition

News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.


Game-changing Mancos Shale Reserves in Colorado Handicapped by Regulatory Uncertainty

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the opportunities and challenges in developing the Mancos Shale of western Colorado, which constitutes the second largest gas reserve in the U.S. behind the Marcellus Shale.


Man Sentenced For Participating In Prescription Fraud Scheme

News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that Geoffrey McIntosh, 36, was sentenced by United States District Judge Paul Barbadoro to serve 100 months in federal prison for his participation in an oxycodone distribution scheme.


Corker Opening Statement at Hearing on "Review of the 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report"

News Release: Today, we will examine the recently released 2016 State Department Trafficking in Persons Report.


Springfield Man Sentenced for Firearm Possession

News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man previously convicted of rape was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Springfield today in connection with unlawfully selling a firearm and ammunition.


Pallone Slams Misleading GOP Attacks on Lifeline At FCC Oversight Hearing

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission:"


NIST Leads Federal Effort to Save Lives and Property from Windstorms

News Release: Congress recently designated the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to be the lead agency for the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (NWIRP), giving it the primary responsibility for planning and coordinating the collaboration of federal agencies charged with achieving "major measurable reductions in the losses of life and property from windstorms."


News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) regarding its anti-doping efforts heading into the Olympic Games in Rio next month. The letter was signed by full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO).


Florence Man Sentenced to Five Months in Prison for Federal Domestic Violence Violation

News Release: HUNTSVILLE - A federal judge today sentenced a Florence man to five months in prison for assaulting a former girlfriend living on Redstone Arsenal, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.


San Ildefonso Pueblo Man Sentenced for Federal Child Sexual Abuse Conviction

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Juan Pena, 72, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of San Ildefonso who resides in Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 24 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his child sexual abuse conviction. Pena will be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence.


Pallone Calls for Continued Improvements to Nation’s Trauma System

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Health Hearing titled, “Strengthening our National Trauma System: "


Ahead of Rio Summer Games, Bipartisan E&C Leaders Press International Olympic Committee on Anti-Doping Efforts

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) regarding its anti-doping efforts heading into the Olympic Games in Rio next month. The letter was signed by full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO).


Wyden Statement on Approval of EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., welcomed today’s approval of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework.


Pallone Calls for Continued Improvements to Nation’s Trauma System

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Health Hearing titled, “Strengthening our National Trauma System: "


Federal Inmate Sentenced To Additional 15 Months In Prison For Possessing Weapon

News Release: Concord, N.H.-Emily Gray Rice, United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that Parrish Powell, 27, previously of Mount Vernon, New York, was sentenced for possessing a weapon at a federal correctional institution in July 2015. United States District Judge Landya B. McCafferty imposed a sentence of 15 months’ imprisonment and a mandatory $100 special assessment.


News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces the premiere of its new park movie Generations on Saturday Aug. 27, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. (ET) at Bandy Creek Visitor Center. The film, which lasts approximately 15 minutes, will be shown every half-hour, with live musical interludes by Standing...


Hatch Calls on Senate to Support Historic Opioid Legislation

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called on Senate Democrats to act on historic legislation to address the nation’s opioid abuse and addiction problem and vote to send the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) conference report to the President’s desk.