News from December 2019
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 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 Senate passed their anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, by unanimous consent. The House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 417-3 earlier this month...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) today expanded a bipartisan investigation into surprise...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
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 Senate passed their anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, by voice vote. The House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 417-3 earlier this month...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND-Edward T. Bell, 30, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by Judge Simon to 87 months imprisonment following his guilty plea to possession of firearms by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CAREEMA LEWIS, 33, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to three years of probation for stealing mail while employed by the U.S. Postal Service. Judge Bolden ordered Lewis to perform 100 hours of community service while she is on probation.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
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 Senate passed their anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, by voice vote. The House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 417-3 earlier this month...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Ira Lee Wilkins, 38, of Tulsa, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court for being a felon in possession of a Hi-Point C9 9 mm pistol and associated ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
Release: WARWICK, RI - The number of passengers expected to fly this holiday through T.F. Green Airport is expected to be high and those travelers need to be well-prepared for arrival at the airport. Travelers are advised to arrive at the security checkpoint two hours before their flight because the terminal will be active and congested.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A federal grand jury returned a third superseding indictment against two residents of Pittsburgh, PA, on charges of violating the federal narcotics, firearms and money laundering laws, United States Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a former supervisor of a tribal government department was sentenced on Dec. 12, 2019, by U.S. Magistrate Judge William D. Gerdes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that Hultgren Construction, L.L.C., of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, appeared in federal court for sentencing following its conviction for Willful Violation of the Occupational, Safety, and Health Act Causing Death to an Employee. U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier presided over the sentencing hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - A federal indictment was returned today against Jalen Exavier Simms, 24, of Saint Louis, for his role in the June 3, 2019 death of victim Jabari Clark. The indictment specifically charges Simms with one count of the attempted carjacking of victim Clark’s 2012 Dodge Ram truck and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of that carjacking that resulted in victim Clark’s death.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
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 Senate passed their anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, by voice vote. The House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 417-3 earlier this month...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) are calling for bipartisan cooperation from Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats to stop the diversion of 9-1-1 fees for unrelated, non-emergency purposes. In a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Walden and Latta stress the need to act promptly to address this threat to public safety.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed Juan Ruiz-Espinosa, on Dec. 17, to his home country of the Dominican Republic where local authorities took him into custody
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court on bank robbery and Hobbs Act robbery charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND-Edward T. Bell, 30, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by Judge Simon to 87 months imprisonment following his guilty plea to possession of firearms by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has published a new funding opportunity for sponsors of congressionally authorized Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse projects to request cost-shared funding for the planning, design, and/or construction of those projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Kansas, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than 450 kilograms of cocaine in the metropolitan area.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) today expanded a bipartisan investigation into surprise...
