News from March 2018
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS), Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS), Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Anchorage man, who is currently a fugitive, was sentenced yesterday in federal court for possessing images of child pornography.
By State Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump accepted an invitation to meet with Kim Jong Un at a place and time to be determined.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1119, Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act, by a vote of 215-189.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rejecting Idaho’s proposal that would have permitted the sale of state based plans that fail to provide required consumer protections...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a Minerva Maestre, 49, of Dunkirk, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroder to possessing with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -A former staff employee of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives was sentenced today to serve a year and a day in prison for the circulation of private, nude images and videos of the member and the member’s spouse, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Matthew R. Verderosa, Chief of the United States Capitol Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was found guilty by a jury yesterday for robbing two jewelry store employees at gunpoint and stealing more than $450,000 in cash and jewelry, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Stating that tobacco products like JUUL and other e-cigarettes are gaining widespread popularity among America’s youth, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb today voicing concerns that the delays to the May 2016 final deeming rule will lead to more kids and teens getting addicted to these products.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal investigation in Kansas has tied drug traffickers to an international money laundering scheme, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A New York-based oxycodone trafficker was convicted yesterday following a three-day trial in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Lexington defendants charged with drug trafficking, money laundering offenses.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (D-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (D-IL) today urging the Republican leaders to call Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt before the Committee to testify on the Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget proposal.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) today held a hearing examining seasonal influenza and the effectiveness of this year’s influenza vaccine. #SubOversight also explored why this year’s vaccine had reduced effectiveness against one strain of influenza type A, called H3N2.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Colorado man was sentenced in federal court today for the sexual exploitation of a 13-year-old Springfield, Mo., victim.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1119, Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act, by a vote of 215-189.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS), #SubOversight Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was found guilty by a jury yesterday for robbing two jewelry store employees at gunpoint and stealing more than $450,000 in cash and jewelry, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS), Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), ...
