News from June 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled: “Protecting and Restoring America’s Iconic Waters."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced over $24 million in funding for 77 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). With matching funds from the private sector, these projects will advance the commercialization ...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Robocalls are plaguing American consumers, scamming individuals and undermining our communications systems. Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are marking up bipartisan robocall legislation today to cut the line on robocalls once and for all. Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup on H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Technip’s Former Consultant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the FCPA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Today, we are here to address a major concern of consumers - those annoying and illegal robocalls. The rising tide of illegal robocalls was once a nuisance, but it has grown to threaten the way consumers view and use their telephones. If we don’t get a handle on them, I am fearful robocalls will undermine our entire phone system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joshua A. Schohn, 29, of Akron, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two Detroit men were sentenced to federal prison for heroin trafficking crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Salvadoran national pleaded guilty in federal court in Worcester yesterday to passport fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow(D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled “The State of the Derivatives Market and Perspectives for CFTC Reauthorization."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Four people were indicted for two separate armed robberies in Elyria this spring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Fargo - First Assistant United States Attorney Nicholas W. Chase announced that on June 24, 2019, U.S. District Judge James M. Moody, Eastern District of Arkansas, sitting by designation, sentenced Calvin Keith Delorme, age 30, Belcourt, ND, to 30 years confinement in a federal prison on the charge of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child Under 12 Years, to be followed by lifetime supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-On June 24, 2019, Bob Ibenne Ugwa, 50, of Portland, pleaded guilty to cyberstalking and anonymous telecommunications harassment after making repeated threatening and harassing telephone calls to seven individuals over an eight-year period.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Today, we are here to address a major concern of consumers - those annoying and illegal robocalls. The rising tide of illegal robocalls was once a nuisance, but it has grown to threaten the way consumers view and use their telephones. If we don’t get a handle on them, I am fearful robocalls will undermine our entire phone system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Arson was sentenced on June 17, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry Chairwoman Abigail Spanberger of Virginia delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee hearing on “Managing for Soil Health: Securing the Conservation and Economic Benefits of Healthy Soils.".
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A bipartisan group of Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Norman E. “Ned" Sharpless, M.D., today requesting briefings on two key agency actions related to the opioid epidemic. The Committee leaders are seeking...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American Families."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two Detroit men were sentenced to federal prison for heroin trafficking crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Fentanyl dealer Dennis Darnell Sturdivant, 39, of Charlotte, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler today, and pleaded guilty to drug trafficking conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute Fentanyl, and distribution and possession with intent to distribute Fentanyl...
