News from April 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Ways & Means Committee passed H.R. 1957, the Taxpayer First Act of 2019, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that redesigns the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the first time in more than 20 years to better serve taxpayers. Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA),...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J.-An Indian national removed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) for immigration violations and turned over to Indian authorities is wanted in his home country on attempted murder, criminal conspiracy, extortion, forgery, cheating, theft, abetment use and possession of illegal firearms, and transmission of information by using the internet to form an organized crime syndicate.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A City of Paterson police officer was sentenced today to six months in prison for concealing the assault of an attempted suicide victim by another police officer at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Priced Out of a Lifesaving Drug: The Human Cost of Rising Insulin Prices:"
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 9, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Environmental Protection Agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) had the following prepared remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on “Lessons from Across the Nation: State and Local Action to Combat Climate Change:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An Easthampton attorney was arrested on March 31, 2019, and appeared in federal court in Springfield yesterday to face charges for various financial fraud offenses and lying to federal agents.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: As you and I have discussed, Republicans are ready and willing to work with you on policies to continue America’s leadership role in developing innovative technologies to produce energy with little or no emissions. Republicans are ready and willing to work with you on conservation, innovation, adaptation and preparation policies that help the environment and don’t harm consumers.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 9, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This morning, under the leadership of Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA), the Ways & Means Committee passed H.R. 1994, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019, legislation that expands opportunities for Americans to increase their retirement savings and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The second of two Florida men charged with participating in a conspiracy to, on multiple occasions, traffic multi-kilogram shipments of cocaine through the U.S. Postal Service from Puerto Rico into Rhode Island has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on oversight of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
Release: Congressman Pete Visclosky (IN-01), Chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the U.S. Air Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who was caught with methamphetamine at his residence last summer pled guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Davon Travis-Jones Keith, 26, entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted for allegedly committing five armed robberies in December 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Milton woman was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with her ownership and management of Northern Herb, a black-market marijuana delivery service that operated in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A West Virginia man and an Alexandria man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute heroin in and around Northern Virginia.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: As you and I have discussed, Republicans are ready and willing to work with you on policies to continue America’s leadership role in developing innovative technologies to produce energy with little or no emissions. Republicans are ready and willing to work with you on conservation, innovation, adaptation and preparation policies that help the environment and don’t harm consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Mehboob Mansurali Charania has been sentenced for his involvement in a transnational criminal organization that victimized over 340 people in the United States through a fraudulent India-based call-center scheme, resulting in over $200,000 in losses.
