News from July 2017
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today called on President Trump to immediately staff up the Centers for Disease...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting an investigation into Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry’s potential misuse of appropriated taxpayer funds when he wrote an opinion piece for an Ohio newspaper critical of the Affordable Care Act. Yesterday, press reports noted that DOE used its official Twitter account to promote the opinion piece.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Digital Commerce & Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the extension of Special Needs Plans (SNPs) under Medicare Advantage.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: With congressional efforts to overhaul the nation's broken tax code moving forward in earnest, creating a tax system that ensures American businesses, both large and small, can successfully compete in today’s international markets remains a top goal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Rigaud Colin (49, Apopka) has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and making a false claim to the United States. He faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Powering America: A Review of the Operation and Effectiveness of the Nation’s Wholesale Electricity Markets:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One Beaver County resident and one Allegheny County resident have each been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal indictment1 was unsealed today charging former Mayor Vaughn Spencer, 70, of Reading, for alleged violations of federal public corruption laws, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment charges Spencer with 9 counts of bribery, 1 count of honest services...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released on the following statement on the Senate Republicans’ failure to repeal health care without a replacement plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: “Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this or any amendment to defund or undermine the Congressional Budget Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Wednesday, July 26, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Michael Ray Emry, 55, of John Day, Oregon, to 30 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release. Emry had previously pleaded guilty on Jan. 23, 2017 to unlawfully possessing a fully automatic.50 caliber machine gun that was not registered to him.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its second hearing as part of its recently announced “Powering America" series. Last week, #SubEnergy kicked off the series with a review of electricity markets. Today, subcommittee members heard from all seven Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent Service Operators (ISOs) to get their take on the status of wholesale electricity markets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today charging the former Vice President for Employee Relations for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (FCA) with criminal violations of the Labor Management Relations Act, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Three brothers and a nephew of the reputed leader of the Melendez drug trafficking organization from South Laredo have been sentenced for their roles in the conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record during today’s Subcommittee on Health hearing titled, “Examining the Extension of Special Needs Plans:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One Beaver County resident and one Allegheny County resident have each been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Eunice man was sentenced last week to nine months in prison for entering a Eunice bank and taking more than $5,000 from two teller stations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $725,000 from two different employers, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
