News published on Federal Newswire in January 2019

News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal jury has convicted Jesse Robert Coop, 41, for the Armed Business Robbery of a CVS Pharmacy, brandishing a firearm during of a crime of violence, and conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute various controlled prescription drugs. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty verdict today.

Hastings Man Sentenced for Failing to Register

News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Michael Brandon Richardson, 29, formerly of Hastings, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 2 years in prison by Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for failing to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). After his release from prison, Richardson will serve five years on supervised release and still be required to register.

Carper Statement on NRC Post-Fukushima Rule

By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2019

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement on the post-Fukushima rule finalized today by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC has decided to change course from the proposal and instead of requiring nuclear reactors to withstand seismic and flooding risks beyond their current design, the NRC has made these actions voluntary.

Pallone & Rush Blast NRC’s Final Rule for Nuclear Reactor Safety

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill) released the following statement today blasting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) final rule intended to implement safety lessons learned from the 2011 accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant...

Pallone and Doyle Question FCC on Potential Effort to Game Judicial Lottery

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today requesting information about what communications may have taken place between FCC...

FBI Announces the Arrest of an Alleged Aventura Bank Robber

News Release: FBI Announces the Arrest of an Alleged Aventura Bank Robber.

Pallone Announces Hearing on Government Shutdown

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced a full Energy and Commerce Committee hearing next Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, at 10 am in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the ongoing Trump federal government shutdown. The Chairman made the announcement at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 116th Congress. Following, are the Chairman’s prepared remarks announcing the hearing...

Pallone Announces Hearing on Government Shutdown

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced a full Energy and Commerce Committee hearing next Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, at 10 am in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the ongoing Trump federal government shutdown. The Chairman made the announcement at the Committee’s Organizational Meeting for the 116th Congress. Following, are the Chairman’s prepared remarks announcing the hearing...

Berkeley County man admits to filing false tax return

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jay D. Dehaven, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, has admitted to filing a false tax return, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Chairwoman Roybal-Allard Floor Statement on H.J. Res. 31, Continuing Resolution For Homeland Security Through February 28

By Homeland Newswire | Jan 24, 2019

News Release: House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of H.J. Res. 31, a Continuing Resolution to reopen the Department of Homeland Security through February 28 and ensure that Homeland Security employees receive back pay.

Atlanta is a "No Drone Zone" During Super Bowl LIII

By US DOT Newswire | Jan 24, 2019

News Release: The airspace around Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta is a “No Drone Zone" for Super Bowl LIII, on Feb. 3, 2019, and during three days leading up to the event.

Federal inmate admits to threatening the President

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nathan Allen Danforth, a federal inmate at FCI Hazelton, was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration, to be served consecutively to the sentence he’s currently serving, after admitting to threatening the President of the United States, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

DOE Announces $40 Million for Grid Modernization Initiative

Release: SEATTLE – Today, Department of Energy (DOE) Under Secretary of Energy Mark Menezes announced $40M in FY19 funding for the Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI). The GMI, a crosscutting initiative involving all the applied energy offices, focuses on working with public and private partners to develop new ...

McCaul & Engel Introduce Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2019

By State Newswire | Jan 24, 2019

News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) introduced H.R. 739, the Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2019, to ensure American leadership on the world stage in keeping the Internet open, reliable and secure.

Bishop Commends DOI Actions to Minimize the Shutdown’s Impact on Domestic Energy Production

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today,House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah)sent a letter to the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Acting Secretary David Bernhardt commending the swift action taken tocurtail impacts from the partial shutdown to domestic energy production. BothRepublican and Democratic House Natural Resources Committee staff also received prompt briefings on the matter.

Pallone and Doyle Question FCC on Potential Effort to Game Judicial Lottery

By EPA Newswire | Jan 24, 2019

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today requesting information about what communications may have taken place between FCC...

Pallone and Doyle Question FCC on Potential Effort to Game Judicial Lottery

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today requesting information about what communications may have taken place between FCC...

Wyden, Grassley Release Bill to Crack Down on Big Pharma Games