News from April 2019
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: In the 20 townhalls I’ve held across my district, it seemed like inevitably someone would ask “can’t something be done about robocalls?" I share their frustration and remain committed to working with the Chairman to address these calls with action from Congress.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's oversight hearing on 2020 Census preparation.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy & Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Legislation to Stop the Onslaught of Annoying Robocalls:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dr. George P. Naum, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was found guilty today of illegally distributing controlled substances, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: EM sites across the DOE complex marked Earth Day this year through a variety of activities. Following is a roundup of their events on and around Earth Day, held April 22.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Tina L. Obermeier, RPh, 59, of Webster Groves, MO, entered a guilty plea to one count of Obtaining Controlled Substance by Fraud or Forgery before Senior United States District Judge E. Richard Webber today. Obermeier is scheduled to appear for sentencing on July 24, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Philadelphia man pleaded guilty today to his role in a gas pump skimming fraud scheme in Northern Virginia and elsewhere that resulted in the theft of thousands of credit and debit cards and a loss to financial institutions and the U.S. Postal Service of nearly $500,000 in actual losses and at least $3.5 million in intended losses.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Prescription Drug Coverage in the Medicare Program:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to illegally possessing an AM-15 rifle and ammunition.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: I’d like to thank our witness, Dr. James Matthews, Executive Director for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, more commonly known as MedPAC. MedPAC provides a valuable service to lawmakers in Congress, as an independent, non-partisan commission providing data analysis and policy recommendations to improve the Medicare system. We value this input and appreciate the work of the commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: The man who shot and wounded Tulsa Police Sgt. Mike Parsons during a traffic stop in July has been ordered to federal prison today, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Travelers should expect higher than usual numbers of passengers flying out of Portland International Jetport this spring and summer with nearly 5,000 travelers per day coming through the Transportation Security Administration’s checkpoint during the busiest days this summer. On non-peak days, closer to 3,000 passengers fly out of the airport.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Prescription Drug Coverage in the Medicare Program:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Donald Ray White, 69, Hannibal, MO, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $289,412.02 for embezzling monies from Antioch Baptist Church of Hannibal in which he was the treasurer in a scheme that lasted over two decades.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Two Monongalia County residents have admitted to their involvement in a drug distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - All safety, efficiency and economic indicators show that air travel in the United States is strong, according to the FAA Aerospace Forecast Fiscal Years (FY) 2019-2039. With aircraft operations expected to increase more than 25 percent over the next 20 years, the FAA is advancing major airspace modernization and infrastructure improvements to meet this tremendous projected growth.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell has sentenced Kirk David Blank (50, Largo) to nine years in federal prison for transporting child pornography. The court also ordered Blank to pay $10,000 in restitution to the victims of his offense and to forfeit the electronic devices that he had used in the commission of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man was arrested and charged today for allegedly robbing a New Jersey business owner at gunpoint in February 2019, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Richard Ronald Wells of Spokane, Washington pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges in connection with his role in a conspiracy to defraud an insurance company by staging an automobile accident...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 30, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the markup of H.R. 2375, the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act...
