News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: (BUFFALO, NY) - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Division, announced that Corey Bradberry, Jr., 35, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter R. Rendina, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, New York Field Division (“USPIS"), announced today that MARK MUSHKIN was arrested today and charged with mail fraud for operating a multi-year, multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud small businesses. MUSHKIN is expected to be presented this afternoon in the Central District of California.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today introduced H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Benefits of Tax Reform on the Energy Sector and Consumers."
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Innovation and America's Infrastructure: Examining the Effects of Emerging Autonomous Technologies on America's Roads and Bridges." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tomorrow, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will deliver keynote remarks at the Washington Examiner’s “Examining Opioids" breakfast event.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: LUFKIN, Texas - A 32-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
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 hearing titled, “Innovation and America's Infrastructure: Examining the Effects of Emerging Autonomous Technologies on America's Roads and Bridges."
By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection markup of H.R. 6032, the SMART IoT Act...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced increased collaboration with stakeholders to reduce regulatory barriers on the development of hydrogen infrastructure. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Daniel Simmons announced a new Request for Information (RFI) to foster this united effort with industry.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup of four communications bills...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Four House Democratic committee leaders wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today demanding answers on their involvement in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to ask a federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - John T. Skidmore and Danielle Archambault, both of Clarksburg, West Virginia, were sentenced today for drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today advanced four bipartisan bills to the full committee that improve the nation’s broadband infrastructure and strengthen public safety communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: (CHICAGO) - More than 50 individuals, including an alleged Mexico-based drug trafficker and a Wisconsin-based courier, are facing criminal charges as part of a joint federal and state investigation into heroin and fentanyl sales in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Wisconsin man was charged in an indictment yesterday with the crimes of producing and possessing child pornography and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today issued the following opening statement during the Committee’s meeting to consider and markup the bipartisan Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 - also known as the 2018 Senate Farm Bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection markup of H.R. 6032, the SMART IoT Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup of four communications bills...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Washington - Penick Produce Company Inc., operating out of Vardaman, Miss., has posted a $75,000 cash surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
