News from October 2017
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 25, 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), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the discussion draft of the Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Florida man today of running a 15-year insurance fraud scheme that involved at least 27 fires in two states.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Defendant possessed over a thousand videos.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions recognized 202 department employees for their distinguished public service today at the 65nd Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony. Nineteen other individuals outside of the department were also honored for their work. This annual ceremony recognizes individuals...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today held a hearing conducting oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) featuring testimony from all five commissioners. During the hearing, #SubCommTech members examined a range...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing titled, “Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission:"
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee hearing on “Federal Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis: A Status Update on CARA and Other Initiatives:"
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Guatemalan citizen Wednesday who was wanted in his home country on charges of homicide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Glenn Chin, the supervisory pharmacist of New England Compounding Center (NECC) was convicted today by a federal jury of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud, and false labeling in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of bank robbery, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) will hold a Democratic Forum at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 in the Library of Congress with public health and gun violence prevention experts to explore public health solutions to gun violence in America.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
Release: “We are pleased by the level of interest resulting from the proposed rule Secretary Perry sent to FERC. As intended, the proposal has jumpstarted a long overdue conversation about grid resiliency.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), is currently holding a hearing on federal efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Securing Consumers’ Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce."
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced today that USDA is making resources available to help rural people and communities recover from the effects of California wildfires.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) will hold a Democratic Forum at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 in the Library of Congress with public health and gun violence prevention experts to explore public health solutions to gun violence in America.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley encourages the public to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. This biannual event will be held form 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at thousands of collection sites around...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dr. Jerrold N. Rosenberg, 63 of North Providence and Jamestown, R.I., the operator of a now-defunct pain management practice in Rhode Island, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I., today to conspiring to solicit and receive kickbacks in connection with his prescribing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Oct. 23, 2017, United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Richard Chalmers, age 41, of Pittston, Pennsylvania to 96 months’ imprisonment for his role in a drug conspiracy.
