News from December 2019
By DOE Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on “Building Consumer Confidence by Empowering FDA to Improve Cosmetic Safety:"Today, we will discuss two legislative proposals that empower the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to more effectively regulate cosmetic and personal care products.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
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."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A California man is facing a substantial prison sentence after pleading guilty to illegally possessing explosive materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Lexington, Kentucky, man, Michael Tutt, 51, was sentenced to 142 months on Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for trafficking methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - Terrence Patrick Goggin pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to money laundering, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Special Agent in Charge Kareem Carter. The plea was accepted by the Honorable James Donato, U.S. District Judge.
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the New START treaty...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - Blake King, age 20, of Merrillville, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen upon his plea of guilty to robbery with a dangerous weapon of a person with custody of money of the United States, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch, II.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
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...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 26-year-old Brownsville woman has been ordered to federal prison after she admitted to possession with the intent to distribute more than 17 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: St. Louis - Antonio Bright, 37, of St. Louis, MO, was charged by a federal complaint for possession of firearms and drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Navy Contractor, Canada-based OceanWorks International Cooperation (“OceanWorks") was sentenced on Dec. 2, 2019, for a scheme to falsify facts in a disclosure to the Department of Commerce and the company’s president, Glen Omer Viau, 52, of British Columbia, Canada, was sentenced for unauthorized use of government property.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Subcommittee Republican Leader 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum and Adair County Attorney Melissa S. Larson announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Randall Lee Comly with gun and drug crimes, for which Comly faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. These charges stemmed from an October 2019 incident where Comly allegedly shot at, and attempted to kill, four law enforcement officers in Stuart, Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced Demarcus Davis, age 26, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 75 months in federal prison following his conviction of possessing a firearm by a convicted felon. The Court further sentenced Davis to 3 years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and ordered that the firearm involved be forfeited.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
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.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s (USDA) rule, which would make harmful changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Today, Republican Members on the Education and Labor Committee sent a letter to Chairman Scott condemning Committee Democrats’ prioritization of the partisan impeachment of President Trump over important Committee legislative solutions. Specifically, the letter slams Committee Democrats for ignoring ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Newton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for embezzling $1.6 million from elderly clients and failing to pay taxes on the embezzled funds.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
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...
