News from November 2017
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma’s announcement that the agency intends to make drastic changes to the Medicaid program...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Miami man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to distribute over 45 kilograms of narcotics, including heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and morphine, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: • Three counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances, including fentanyl, oxycodone, and tapentadol, each resulting in the death of a patient;.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a federal jury found a Lake Charles veterinarian and a Nebraska pharmacy guilty of conspiring to sell an unapproved opioid drug 40 times more powerful than morphine for the purpose of improving the performance of race horses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Timothy Raxter, 53, of Laconia, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, U.S. District Judge John. J. Tuchi sentenced Anthony Wayne Hamilton, 27, of Phoenix, Ariz., to 260 years in prison for a series of violent gas station robberies committed throughout the Phoenix area. Hamilton was found guilty by a federal jury on June 12, 2017, of 11 counts of Hobbs Act Robbery and 11 counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - New Savannah River Site (SRS) technology helps ensure safety by tracking the whereabouts of employees working in secluded spots such as deep woods and marshes near alligators, snakes, and other wildlife.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., November 7, 2017 - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of the “Strengthening the Economy with Critical Untapped Resources to Expand American Energy Act" or “SECURE American Energy Act." The bipartisan SECURE American Energy Act overhauls resource management practices on federal lands to promote expanded exploration, development, and production of oil, gas and wind energy.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing titled, “Discussion Draft, Energy Star Reform Act of 2017 and H.R. 3477, Ceiling Fan Energy Conservation Harmonization Act:"
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Response and Recovery to Environmental Concerns from the 2017 Hurricane Season."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - David E. Schultz, 50, of St. Louis County, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud. He appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. District Judge Ronnie White.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting that oversight hearings be held on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) concerning actions related to the review and management of toxic chemicals.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY), and Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD) today sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neal Chatterjee...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On November 7, 2017, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Michael W. Kennedy, a.k.a. Ian Curtis, 49, of Monticello, Minnesota, to 170 months in prison for distribution of visual depiction of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, announced United...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee today held a legislative hearing examining two bills that seek to promote energy efficiency, are a win for manufacturers, jobs, the environment, and most importantly, consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a man from El Salvador was sentenced to 12 months in prison last week for reentering the country after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Dylan Lee Hamrick, 24, of Belington, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 108 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine and possessing an altered firearm, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting that oversight hearings be held on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) concerning actions related to the review and management of toxic chemicals.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) fourteenth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, turned in 9,032 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This was the highest total ever collected during the previous 13 take back events.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Claire McCaskill and Chairman Ron Johnson are seeking details on what Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is doing to stop illegal opioids from being smuggled into the country at the borders.
