News published on Federal Newswire in October 2017

News Release: BOSTON - A Captain with the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in connection with helping Carlos Rafael, the owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses in the U.S., smuggle the profits of his illegal overfishing scheme to Portugal.

Bipartisan Committee Leaders Request Documents and Briefing from Whitefish, LLC

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...

Senate Democrats to EPA: Show Your Work on Clean Power Plan Repeal

By US DOT Newswire | Oct 26, 2017

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, 19 Senate Democrats, led by Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt asking for more information on the agency's decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan. The proposal, released by the agency earlier this month, relies heavily on skewed scientific and mathematical data in order to justify repealing the Clean Power Plan.

Crime Alert: Two Bank Robberies Suspected to be Committed by the Same Person at the Same US Bank in Aurora

News Release: Crime Alert: Two Bank Robberies Suspected to be Committed by the Same Person at the Same US Bank in Aurora.

#SubCommTech Announces FirstNet Oversight Hearing

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight of FirstNet: State Perspectives."

Bradenton Man Convicted For Illegally Possessing A Firearm

News Release: Tampa, Florida- Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Alvoid Kennon (39, Bradenton) guilty of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 17, 2018.

Scranton Woman Sentenced For Role In Drug Conspiracy

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Oct. 24, 2017, United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Magdalena Alvarez, age 55, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to six months home confinement for her role in a drug conspiracy.

#SubEnergy to Examine Federal and State Response and Recovery Efforts from Recent Series of Hurricanes

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The 2017 Hurricane Season: A Review of Emergency Response and Energy Infrastructure Recovery Efforts."

E&C Leaders on President Trump’s Public Health Emergency Declaration for #OpioidCrisis

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after President Trump formally declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency...

E&C Leaders on President Trump’s Public Health Emergency Declaration for #OpioidCrisis

By EPA Newswire | Oct 26, 2017

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after President Trump formally declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency...

Walden, Upton, and Shimkus Announce New #SubEnergy & #SubEnvironment Chief Counsel

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House 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 announced Mary Martin as the new Chief Counsel for both the Energy and Environment Subcommittees.

Wyden Presses for Strong Action Against Illegal Chinese Hardwood Plywood Imports

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called for the International Trade Commission to forcefully respond to illegally subsidized Chinese hardwood plywood, which is flooding the U.S. market and crushing U.S. mills and jobs.

Scranton Woman Sentenced for Role in Drug Conspiracy

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Oct. 24, 2017, United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Magdalena Alvarez, age 55, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to six months home confinement for her role in a drug conspiracy.

Pallone & Conyers: Trump’s Opioid Announcement Is Meaningless without Additional Funding

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) today released the following statement in response to President Trump’s declaration that our nation’s opioid crisis is a public health emergency...

Man Sentenced To 6 1/2 Years In Prison For Illegal Marijuana Grow Operations At Two Las Vegas Houses

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced Wednesday to 78 months in prison for maintaining two Las Vegas houses that he converted into illegal indoor marijuana grow operations, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.

Maryland Man Sentenced for Medicaid Fraud, Tax Evasion

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Maryland man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for conspiring to defraud Medicaid and evading both his personal income taxes and his company’s employment taxes.

Pallone Opening Remarks at Forum on Public Health Solutions to Gun Violence in America

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at Democratic Forum titled, “Exploring Public Health Solutions to Gun Violence in America:"

#SubEnergy to Examine Federal and State Response and Recovery Efforts from Recent Series of Hurricanes

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The 2017 Hurricane Season: A Review of Emergency Response and Energy Infrastructure Recovery Efforts."

Report to IRS Whistleblower Program Leads to Guilty Plea from L.A. Man who Failed to Report to IRS over $3 Million in Overseas Income