News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Randolph man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing fentanyl.
By Commerce 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 Commerce 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: ALBANY, NEW YORK - James Haskins, age 43, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced on Friday, June 21 to 15 years in prison for possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine, and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
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: 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 EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Defendant Dr. John Van Wu agrees to forfeit his medical degree and never again apply for a medical license.
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), released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed regulations to reverse for the punishing policy known as “once-in-always-in."
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: DALLAS - Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 75 criminal aliens and immigration violators in North Texas and Oklahoma during a four-day enforcement action, which ended Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Union City, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Dennis Robertson, 43, of Hooksett, pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling labor union assets, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Monday, June 24, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Juan Carlos Díaz-Rodríguez with obstruction of a criminal investigation and making false statements, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The FBI is in charge of the investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gunnison Field Office is seeking public comment on nine Special Recreation Permit applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: OUTH BEND - Reginald Blackburn, age 26, of Mishawka, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to cocaine distribution.
By Commerce 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 DOE 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 Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: Bring along your canine friends and join Pecos National Pecos National Historical Park staff and volunteers for the launch of the BARK Ranger Program between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on July 7th at the E.E. Fogelson Visitor Center. Come learn about the park’s pet friendly trails and earn a free Pecos NHP BARK Ranger tag by agreeing to the BARK Ranger code;Bag pet waste; Always make sure the pet is leashed; Respect wildlife; Know where your pet can go.
