News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Defendant also Sentenced for Aggravated Identity Theft, a Firearm Offense, and a Narcotics Offense.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
Release: BISMARCK, N.D. - Just in time for the holiday travel season, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it now offers blended lanes at eight airports in North Dakota. Blended lanes provide TSA Pre✓® screening to eligible travelers and their carry-on luggage at smaller airports that...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay" Pak is asking citizens to join him in saluting law enforcement officers in the Northern District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Clairton, PA, has plead guilty to federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced bipartisan legislation to implement stronger cybersecurity protections for K-12 educational institutions across the country. Schools are...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Forrest Awbrey, 29, formerly of Fresno, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Fargo - Today in U.S. District Court, Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Jonathan James Hill, age 23, to 10 years in federal prison for the offense of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. Defendant Hill is an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe and the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) discussed USMCA, Phase 1 of the new U.S.-China trade deal, and impeachment proceedings this morning on Cavuto Coast to Coast on Fox Business Network and Balance of Power on Bloomberg TV.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: I recently heard from an 81-year old Iowan who is battling cancer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Boston - An East Bridgewater man was sentenced to 17 years in prison on child pornography charges.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today recognized the committee’s six fall interns as they conclude their time in the Senate.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Cooley Dickinson Hospital, a Partners HealthCare affiliated hospital based in Northampton, has agreed to pay $11,332 to resolve the allegation that it submitted claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary testing.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Last Saturday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), chairman of the House Energy and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Teresa Barringer Convicted of Failing to Pay Taxes, Wire Fraud, Making False Statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two men were arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, and charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Last Saturday, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, ...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai concerning the troubling lack of transparency, and an apparent lack of appropriate process, leading up to the FCC’s approval of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) applauded the passage by voice vote in the House of Representatives of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (HR 4998), their bipartisan bill to help secure America’s telecommunications supply chain...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) today released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4227, the Mapping Accuracy Promotes Services (MAPS) Act, and H.R. 4229, the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (Broadband DATA) Act, by voice vote...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An Indiana man and woman who were stopped on Interstate 44 en route to Chicago, Illinois, with approximately 36 pounds of methamphetamine in their vehicle, have pleaded guilty to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
