News published on Federal Newswire in September 2018

News from September 2018


Pallone Remarks at Media Marketplace Hearing

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 hearing on “State of the Media Marketplace:"


Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras Agrees to Pay More Than $850 Million for FCPA Violations

News Release: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (Petrobras), a Brazilian state-owned and state-controlled energy company, entered into agreements with U.S. and Brazilian authorities and agreed to pay a combined total of $853.2 million in penalties to resolve the U.S. government’s investigation into violations of...


ADVISORY: Walden to Keynote White House 5G Summit

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will be a keynote speaker at tomorrow’s White House summit on 5G. Chairman Walden will deliver remarks regarding the committee’s efforts to secure America’s lead in the race to next-generation wireless technologies.


Ranking Member Nadler Statement for a Hearing on Sports Betting in America

News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee hearing on sports betting in America...


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States District Judge Susie Morgan sentenced JONATHAN WHIPPLE, age 33, a resident of Luling, to 27 months in the Bureau of Prisons for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of the Federal Gun Control Act announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.


Operator of Fall River Glass Company Charged with Failing to Pay Required Employee Taxes

News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a Fall River-based glass company was charged in an indictment in connection with failing to pay the IRS taxes he withheld from his company’s employees.


Detroit Doctor Sentenced to more than 11 Years in Prison for $8.9 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

News Release: Detroit Doctor Sentenced to more than 11 Years in Prison for $8.9 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme.


Ozark National Scenic Riverways Plans for Upcoming Managed Youth Deer Hunt

News Release: Van Buren, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways will be hosting a managed youth deer hunt on October 6 and 7 in the Big Spring area. The Big Spring campground, the Peavine Pavilion area, and all hiking trails within the Big Spring area will be temporarily closed from Friday, October 5, until the morning...


Pallone Remarks at Media Marketplace Hearing

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 hearing on “State of the Media Marketplace:"


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters today to three federal agencies regarding the shipment of fentanyl and its analogues from China, and the trafficking of fentanyl and its analogues over the Southwest border by Mexican cartels into the United States.


News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today with newly Senate-confirmed Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER) Karen Evans. WHY: “I’d like to learn today what other pieces are necessary...


News Release: Los Angeles Fugitive Wanted for Armed Sexual Assault Added to the FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.


News Release: TAMPA, Fla., - Aureliano Cuero-Cuero aka "Chavo," 38, of Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine on board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Cuero-Cuero pleaded guilty on May 23, 2018. According to court records, ...


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 Energy hearing on “DOE Modernization: The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response:"



Department of Energy Announces $30 Million for Transformational Carbon Capture Technologies

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing up to $30 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) under the second closing of the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE’s) Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies funding opportunity announcement.


News Release: The United States Attorney, Richard W. Moore, announces that the following men entered guilty pleas to federal gun crimes.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters today to three federal agencies regarding the shipment of fentanyl and its analogues from China, and the trafficking of fentanyl and its analogues over the Southwest border by Mexican cartels into the United States.


News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today with newly Senate-confirmed Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER) Karen Evans. WHY: “I’d like to learn today what other pieces are necessary...


News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing to review a new discussion draft of H.R. 1318, the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2017, authored by Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO). The discussion draft would create a new...