News from March 2017
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was confirmed to be the Secretary of Energy by a vote of 62-37.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 44-year-old Brownsville man has entered a guilty plea in Corpus Christi federal court to possession with the intent to distribute 14 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Louisville, Ky. man, who previously admitted to bribing a former public official, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in an international, multi-million-dollar software piracy scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record on the importance of reauthorizing the generic and biosimilar user fee agreements and urged Congress to address rising prescription drug costs at a Health Subcommittee hearing this morning titled, “Examining FDA’s Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Programs:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Stephen Daniel Sanchez, 41, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jewel D. Woods, 19, of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court today to 36 months incarceration for distribution of heroin, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We write today in support of and to expand on the concerns raised in a February 2nd letter from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce related to the independence and integrity of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Like our House colleagues, we seek a commitment from...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee started the week recognizing #RareDiseaseDay, where we honored every patient living with a rare disease via video. The same day, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hosted a hearing featuring Olympic athletes Adam Nelson and Michael Phelps to examine the international anti-doping system. We rounded out our week with the Health Subcommittee hosting a hearing on the reauthorization of important user fee programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Feb. 21, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a draft amendment to the Headwaters Forest Reserve Management Plan that would allow the agency to further restore second-growth forests within the reserve.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee introduced three bills to update U.S. cybersecurity policies and protect consumers. In recent years, millions of Americans have had their personal data stolen and high profile attacks-like the denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Dyn last year-have raised serious questions about our cybersecurity laws and our ability to prevent similar attacks in the future.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, Marc Broidy, the founder, Principal and Chief Executive Officer of Broidy Wealth Advisors, LLC, pleaded guilty to investment adviser fraud for defrauding his clients by withdrawing $640,000 in excess management fees, and misappropriating more than $865,000 worth of stock...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: 13 Defendants Charged with Seven Murders, Including the 2016 Murders of 15 Year-Old Nisa Mickens, 16 Year-Old Kayla Cuevas and 18 Year-Old Jose Pena.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two Eagle Butte, South Dakota, individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of an Unregistered Firearm and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Nashua man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with defrauding investors in a purported water resource company and laundering money obtained through various online fraud schemes.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm former Texas Governor Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As part of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s ongoing oversight to ensure efficient Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) operations; committee members, in June of 2015, requested that the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the NRC’s budget development process and fee collection determination in order to increase agency accountability.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record on the importance of reauthorizing the generic and biosimilar user fee agreements and urged Congress to address rising prescription drug costs at a Health Subcommittee hearing this morning titled, “Examining FDA’s Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Programs:"
