News published on Federal Newswire in December 2019

News from December 2019


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Legislative Hearing on a bill to create a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force."


Walden Remarks at Hearing Examining Efforts to Protect Public Health During Flu Season

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing examining efforts to protect public health during flu season.


News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


E&C Leaders Praise House Passage of Anti-Robocalls Bill

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed their anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, by an overwhelming vote of 417-3...


Walden Remarks at Hearing on Improving Safety of Cosmetic Products

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Health hearing titled, “Building Consumer Confidence by Empowering FDA to Improve Cosmetic Safety."


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing examining efforts to protect public health during flu season.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on ““Flu Season: U.S. Public Health Preparedness and Response:"


Justice Department Announces Landmark Money Mule Initiative

News Release: Justice Department Announces Landmark Money Mule Initiative.


Wyoming Director of Game & Fish Testifies Before Senate on Chronic Wasting Disease

News Release: Barrasso welcomes Mr. Freeburn and Mr. Nesvik to the committee. Nesvik's testimony.


Two drug traffickers linked to fatal overdose in Bellingham arrested in Skagit County

News Release: Investigators seize phony oxycodone pills containing fentanyl.


News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of S. 151, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act...


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SEAN STEWART, a former senior investment banker at two different New York-based investment banks, was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff for illegally tipping...


Wisconsin Man Sentenced for Sending Unauthorized Emails

News Release: St. Louis, MO - Christopher Crivolio, 47, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was sentenced to a four year term of probation for knowingly using, with the intent to commit harassment, the means of identification of another person. Crivolio appeared before U.S. District Court Judge John A. Ross who ordered him to pay $44,847.76 in restitution within 15 days as well as a $2,000 fine.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on ““Flu Season: U.S. Public Health Preparedness and Response:"


E&C Leaders Praise House Passage of Anti-Robocalls Bill

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed their anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, by an overwhelming vote of 417-3...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a legislative hearing on a bill to create a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...


#FewerCures Facts?Crenshaw Joins Walden to Discuss Unleashing American Innovation to Lower Drug Costs

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is joining Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) for a video series aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi’s partisan plan for fewer cures.


News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Ontario man was arrested today for allegedly playing a key role in an international drug-trafficking organization that was responsible for shipping more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine across the globe.


E&C Leaders Praise House Passage of Anti-Robocalls Bill

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed their anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, by an overwhelming vote of 417-3...