News from March 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to fill the existing vacancies at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By Commerce 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: 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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Cortney S. Valentine, 40, and Nicolette P. Valentine, 37, husband and wife, both of Liberty, Utah, were sentenced Tuesday for bank fraud, false declaration under penalty of perjury and concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy case, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A letter signed by every Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee was sent to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today demanding that the text of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal bill be posted for the public to view for at least 30 days before a markup is held in the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: New Jersey Resident Pleads Guilty to Theft of Public Money.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Darius Crenshaw, 30, of Newport News, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for various violent crimes he committed he was a high-ranking member of the Black P-Stones gang in Newport News.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced James Thomas Bissell (32, Lehigh Acres) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and heroin; possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, hydrocodone, marijuana, alprazolam, and morphine; and possession of firearms as a convicted felon.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A letter signed by every Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee was sent to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today demanding that the text of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal bill be posted for the public to view for at least 30 days before a markup is held in the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) issued a detailed district-by-district staff report summarizing the progress made under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the potential negative impacts of repealing the law in all 435 congressional districts and the District of Columbia.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Grand Portage, MN: The Grand Portage National Monument Heritage Center will temporarily close for installation of new carpet in the lobby, museum, classroom, and bookstore areas of the building. It is anticipated that the installation process of approximately 5,700 square feet of carpet will begin on or around March 13, 2017 and take approximately three weeks. Please call ahead for operating hours when planning a visit from mid-March through mid-April.
By EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced James Thomas Bissell (32, Lehigh Acres) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and heroin; possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, heroin, hydrocodone, marijuana, alprazolam, and morphine; and possession of firearms as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DAVON DAVIS pled guilty today to wire fraud charges in connection with a scheme to defraud prospective car buyers over the Internet. DAVIS pled before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa M. Smith in White Plains federal court.
By Commerce 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 EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Salem man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud Home Depot of over $45,000.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today named Anita Bilbao to serve as BLM Utah Associate State Director, a key leadership position based in Salt Lake City.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Stephen G. Azzam, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today that Dr. Richard Duane Johns, 49, of Little Rock, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone without an effective prescription. Dr. Johns was responsible for illegally distributing at least 39,000 pills, with a street value of more than $1,000,000.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - A letter signed by every Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee was sent to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today demanding that the text of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal bill be posted for the public to view for at least 30 days before a markup is held in the Energy and Commerce Committee.
