News from March 2018
By EPA Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, as the survivors of the horrific mass shooting in Parkland, Florida continue to advocate for common-sense gun safety, all 24 Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) urging him to hold hearings as soon as possible to address gun violence in America.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - After nearly a two-year investigation into a drug trafficking operation that spanned multiple states, nine people, including two MS-13 gang members, have been indicted on a variety of federal charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - 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 hearing on “Review of Emerging Tech’s Impact on Retail Operations and Logistics:"
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would reauthorize the Department of Homeland Security. The bill improves national security, provides for better accountability and strengthens cybersecurity. The Department has not been reauthorized...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Darrell Lee McLemore, age 55, of Porum, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 4 years of probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $48,075.00 for False Statement, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 1383a(a)(2). The charge arose from an investigation by the Social Security Administration’s Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two count indictment charging Raynard Clayton, 34, of Akron, with interstate communications of threats and witness tampering, said U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Seeks Assistance in Locating Missing Navajo Nation Man.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: During today’s Judiciary Committee markup, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) called for the House Judiciary Committee to address gun violence in America.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “The Future of Transportation Fuels and Vehicles:"
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during consideration of H.R. 1917, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns (BRICK) Act of 2017...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Following House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy’s request for a briefing, yesterday members of the House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee met with FBI Deputy Director...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 520, the “National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act." Introduced by Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV), the bill improves and streamlines the federal permitting process to promote domestic production of critical minerals.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, as the survivors of the horrific mass shooting in Parkland, Florida continue to advocate for common-sense gun safety, all 24 Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) urging him to hold hearings as soon as possible to address gun violence in America.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing examining the future of transportation fuels and vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Louisiana Woman Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Jeffrey Wertkin was sentenced this afternoon to 30 months in prison for obstruction of justice and transportation of stolen property, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse; Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Fraud Detection Office Special Agent in Charge...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Reauthorization of Animal Drug User Fees: ADUFA and AGDUFA."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of embezzlement by a bank employee United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced up to $10.4 million, subject to availability of appropriations, in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects. DOE seeks projects under funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001826, Developing Technologies to Advance the Understanding of State of Stress and Geomechanical Impacts within the Subsurface.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced Wednesday the indictment of Alexander Joseph Jordan, 21, of Little Rock, for possessing the deadly biological toxin ricin.
