News from July 2019
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on the passage of the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act through the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Hemp Production and the 2018 Farm Bill."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that Robert Arnold Koester, 52, a photographer from Yamhill County, Oregon, has been charged with six counts of production of child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Energy Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement on the passage of energy bills through the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a full committee markup on 26 bills.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 3375 ) was favorably reported, as amended, to the full House of Representatives by a vote of 48-0. Pallone introduced the bill with Ranking Member Greg...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Washington - A new online tool can help farmers and ranchers find information on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) farm loans that may best fit their operations. USDA has launched the new Farm Loan Discovery Tool as the newest feature on farmers.gov, the Department’s self-service website for farmers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI are asking anyone who may have had inappropriate contact with the defendant to call 303-629-7171.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with several committee Republicans, sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar seeking information on how much Puerto Rico receives in Medicaid funding, what processes, if any, are in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA- On Monday, July 15, 2019, Nadine Nzuega Robinson, age 39, from Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with a scheme to obtain federal tax refunds by fraud using the identification information of dozens of University of Iowa employees, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The BLM Cody Field Office will host a public meeting at the Outlaw Trails parking lot on July 29 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the proposed expansion of the Cody Shooting Range Complex. Working with local communities to enhance access to public lands for recreation and other multiple-uses is a BLM priority.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
Release: Austin, Texas - This morning, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted three loaded firearms--two carried by the same passenger--in carry-on bags at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) security checkpoints.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brandon Diggs, age 29, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 16, 2019, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 188 months’ imprisonment and to serve six years supervised release for trafficking in heroin and unlawfully possessing a handgun as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases, including “El Chapo" and “El Rapido," was sentenced today by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan to life imprisonment plus 30 years to run consecutive to the life sentence for being a principal leader of a continuing criminal...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the passage of bills to combat illegal robocalls, protect consumers, improve energy systems and delivery, strengthen America’s public health programs, and shield Americans from surprise medical bills through the Energy and Commerce Committee.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 3375 ) was favorably reported, as amended, to the full House of Representatives by a vote of 48-0. Pallone introduced the bill with Ranking Member Greg...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 38-year-old Mexican national who was trying to escape from law enforcement and nearly struck a Border Patrol (BP) agent in the process has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - A 2017 indictment charging Nelson Pablo Yester-Garrido, age 62, from Cuba, with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of high-grade marijuana and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that conspiracy, was unsealed today. If convicted on all counts, Yester-Garrido faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: American farmers, workers and businesses stand to benefit greatly from the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Allegedly Paid and Received Kickbacks in Connection with Medically Unnecessary Prescriptions for Pain Creams.
