News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Oct. 20, 2017, United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Alex Trent VanderVeer, 21, of Knoxville, Iowa, heather Jean Reekrto 136 months in prison for enticement and attempted enticement of a minor to engage in illicit sexual activities, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. VanderVeer will serve 30 years of supervised release following imprisonment and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
Release: PHILADELHIA - Demand for travelers interested in enrolling in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) TSA Pre✓® program has been so strong that a temporary application center will open at Philadelphia International Airport in addition to the several permanent enrollment centers already open in the region.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) today introduced H.R. 4191, the HHS Cybersecurity Modernization Act, legislation to address cyber threats to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Securing Consumers’ Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce:"
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), a senior member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and ranking member of the Environmental and Public Works Committee, met with the Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló, and former Governor Pedro Rosselló to discuss ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating the federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing titled, “Oversight of FirstNet: State Perspectives:"
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Division announced today that 42,426 pounds of prescription drugs were collected across Pennsylvania and Delaware by the DEA and its partners during the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event this past Saturday, October 28th.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year-old man from Houston has entered a guilty plea to all counts as charged - distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the long-awaited removal of a sandbar island in the Big Horn River. During the spring, the sand bar led to serious floods caused by ice jams. These floods caused significant damage in the city of Worland, WY.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Affordable Care Act has failed to live up to its promises since day one. As this year’s open enrollment for Obamacare begins, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today released...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today held a hearing to examine consumer data security practices, trends, and areas for improvement across the credit reporting industry.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) today introduced H.R. 4191, the HHS Cybersecurity Modernization Act, legislation to address cyber threats to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Robert Fowler Aided Chad Harmon. Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A Rural Retreat man, who aided another man with a counterfeiting scheme, provided a firearm to him, and possessed stolen firearms was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon, announced...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
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By DOE Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Securing Consumers’ Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce:"
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher Curry, 39, Madison, Wis. was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to four years in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine on Feb. 24, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Stephen Graziano, 25, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 36 months incarceration for distributing synthetic marijuana, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks at a full Committee hearing at which Thae Yong-ho, a high-ranking North Korean defector, offered testimony...
