News from March 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, March 13, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Lowering the Cost of Prescription Drugs: Reducing Barriers to Market Competition."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On March 5, 2019, Mickey Roy Anderson, Sr., 30, of Parker, Ariz., and a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, was convicted by a jury of first degree murder, burglary of a residential structure, and use of a firearm during crimes of violence by a federal jury in Phoenix. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes, and Anderson will be sentenced on May 20, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs issued its (FOA) with approximately $100 million in available funding.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Beyond the important contributions to our economy, U.S.-flag ships, U.S.-licensed mariners, and U.S. shipbuilders are vital to our national security. The U.S. military relies on U.S.-flag commercial vessels crewed by American Merchant Mariners to carry troops, weapons, and supplies to the battlefield.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - City of Atlanta contractor Lohrasb “Jeff" Jafari has been charged in a 51 count federal indictment with conspiratorial bribery, bribery, tampering with a witness, tax evasion, money laundering, and structuring.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Arrest Made in Gallup Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted a Chicago man on sex trafficking charges for arranging a commercial sex encounter for a 16-year-old girl that ended in the child’s murder in a south suburban garage.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Ridgeview, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on March 5, 2019, by U.S. District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - A defendant was sentenced today in the first federally indicted carfentanil prosecution in the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic leaders of the House and Senate today unveiled the Save the Internet Act that will keep the internet open and free. The legislation will reverse the disastrous repeal by Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in late 2017 of critical net neutrality protections.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - LEILANI HILLIS, 60, of Rockford, the former director of operations of a Rockford non-profit organization, pleaded guilty Monday before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to one count of mail fraud and one count of tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va.-United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that two defendants were sentenced on drug charges in federal court in Beckley. Jacqueline Pauley, 29, of Sophia, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine, and Darla Reed, 40, of Alderson, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - An Oklahoma man was sentenced in federal court today for the armed robbery of a hotel in Columbia, Mo., on May 31, 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs issued its FY 2019 Phase II Release 2 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) with approximately $100 million in available funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Kerns, who had previous drug-related convictions, was involved in the distribution of nearly three pounds of meth.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening statement at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Inclusion in Tech: How Diversity Benefits All Americans:"
By EPA Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, March 13, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Lowering the Cost of Prescription Drugs: Reducing Barriers to Market Competition."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - Jake M. Damron, 27, of Loveland, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 200 months in prison for sexually exploiting a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Nahshon Nance, 21, of Syracuse, New York was sentenced today to serve 46 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, in connection with his plea of guilty to possessing a.45 caliber revolver as a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Grant ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after Democrats introduced their net neutrality legislation...
