News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, and Tax Evasion was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following statement after the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (H.R. 3375 ) was reported to the full Energy and Commerce Committee by voice vote...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kristine G. Baker to accepting multiple bribes and tax fraud in connection with a multi-district investigation spanning the Western and Eastern Districts of Arkansas and the Western District of Missouri.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore.-The Bureau of Land Management’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will be connecting kids to public lands and America’s natural and cultural heritage with a variety of programs and workshops in July.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Thelmiah Lee, 68, of Southeast Washington, D.C., pled guilty last week to charges stemming from his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits from the District of Columbia, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee today released the following statement on the Department of Labor’s proposed rule to create a system of duplicative, lower-quality “industry-recognized apprenticeship...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing its proposed rule for five Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) chemicals - a class of toxic chemicals subject to explicitly stricter standards under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Leadership at the Oak Ridge Site met with the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board (ORSSAB) recently to educate members about the federal budget process, EM’s near-term plans, and the path for the site’s future cleanup.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: 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 information on the...
By Commerce 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 DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on, “Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American Families:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: 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 information on the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: MACON - A three-day conference instructing educators, law enforcement officers, and first responders on the latest threats facing our schools, and how best to respond, will begin on Tuesday, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District, in a joint announcement made...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kyle Caton, age 31, of Saratoga County, New York, pled guilty today to receiving child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kevin M. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo Field Office.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on, “Reauthorizing Vital Health Programs for American Families:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Ryan Taylor, 19, of Lake Charles, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays to serve 26 months in federal prison for firearm theft from a licensed firearm dealer.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) and Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN), chairman of the EPW Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, sent a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Kristine Svinicki calling on the commission to initiate a process to develop a Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for the construction and operation of advanced nuclear reactors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Carlos Conde has been sentenced for violating the Clean Water Act by instructing employees at the Apollo Industries chemical processing plant in Smyrna, Georgia, to wash carburetor fluid into a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson Pleads Guilty to Bribery and Tax Fraud Charges in Multi-District Investigation.
