News from March 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) held a hearing today examining the impact of emerging technology on retail, e-commerce, and delivery logistics.
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, ten 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, D.C. - Over the weekend, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) led a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL) on a two-day visit to Mexico City, Mexico, for the seventh round of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations. The delegation spent time meeting with the U.S. negotiating team and senior government officials from all three countries where they discussed the importance of delivering a new, modernized NAFTA.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 7, 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), released the following statement on the Senate Democrats' proposal to pay for infrastructure by reversing much of the tax relief law passed by Congress and raising taxes on Americans.
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Dr. Anthony Baldizzi (54, Largo) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy and receiving illegal kickbacks related to a federal health care benefit program. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) held a hearing today examining the impact of emerging technology on retail, e-commerce, and delivery logistics.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) held a hearing today examining the impact of emerging technology on retail, e-commerce, and delivery logistics.
By DOE 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 EPA Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent letters to the CEOs of five major e-commerce companies today requesting information on the companies’ efforts to address the sale of counterfeit products on their platforms. Pallone’s letters to Amazon, eBay, Newegg, Sears Marketplace, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: (OMAHA, Neb.) - The Drug Enforcement Administration will establish the Omaha Field Division - its 23rd division office in the United States - on July 8, 2018. The division will include Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
By Commerce 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: BOSTON - Luis Alberto Solano-Pimental, 51, was arrested yesterday in Rhode Island after eluding law enforcement for 20 years. He appeared in federal court in Boston before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer C. Boal, who ordered him detained.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for a drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Nathaniel Pittman, 27, previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Wood County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Fentanyl, the synthetic drug that is driving a nationwide overdose epidemic, is not only a killer. It’s also a shape shifter. Illicit chemists are constantly cooking up new forms of fentanyl, each with a slightly different chemical structure, stymieing law enforcement and putting users at greater risk.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) released the following statements today after Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma announced the Trump Administration has launched a new initiative - MyHealthEData - to put patients in control of their health care.
By DOE 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: BOSTON - A Chelsea man, dubbed the “Spelling Bee Bandit," was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for four bank robberies.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Lacking a Leader: Challenges Facing the SSA After Over 5 Years of Acting Commissioners" on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 in 1100 Longworth House...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent letters to the CEOs of five major e-commerce companies today requesting information on the companies’ efforts to address the sale of counterfeit products on their platforms. Pallone’s letters to Amazon, eBay, Newegg, Sears Marketplace, ...
