News published on Federal Newswire in March 2019

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 2, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office...

President Trump Signs Executive Order for Resilience Against Electromagnetic Pulses

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Mar. 26, 2019, President Trump signed an Executive Order (E.O.) establishing the first ever comprehensive whole-of-government policy to build resilience and protect against electromagnetic pulses, or EMPs – temporary electromagnetic signals that can disrupt, degrade, and damage technology and critical infrastructure systems across large areas.

Department of Energy Announces $130 Million for Early-Stage Solar Research Project

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $130 million for new research to advance early-stage solar technologies. These projects will help to achieve affordable and reliable energy to enhance America’s economic growth and energy security.

DOE Announces $70 Million for Cybersecurity Institute for Energy Efficient Manufacturing

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $70 million for a Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute to develop technologies that will advance U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, energy efficiency, and innovation. This Institute will focus on early-stage research for advancing cybersecurity in energy efficient manufacturing.

Walden: We believe in net neutrality. But, net neutrality is not Title II

News Release: I’d just like to reiterate here at the beginning that I remain committed to a bipartisan solution to preserving a free and open internet. I believe it is achievable and I want to express to my friends on the other side of the aisle that our offers to work together are genuine and have been made in good faith.

Rolling Site Closures Will Impact Summer Visitors at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2019

News Release: Beginning July 8, 2019 the Federal Highway Administration, in conjunction with the National Park Service, will be resurfacing and restriping all National Park Service managed asphalt surfaces within the boundaries of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. This includes, but is not limited to, all National...

Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on the Rising Cost of Insulin

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 2, at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office...

House Democrats Unveil Legislation to Strengthen Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions and Lower Health Care Costs

News Release: House Democratic leaders today unveiled a sweeping bill that would protect people living with pre-existing conditions, lower health care costs for consumers, and reverse the Trump Administration’s harmful actions to sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions & Making...

Walden: We believe in net neutrality. But, net neutrality is not Title II

News Release: I’d just like to reiterate here at the beginning that I remain committed to a bipartisan solution to preserving a free and open internet. I believe it is achievable and I want to express to my friends on the other side of the aisle that our offers to work together are genuine and have been made in good faith.

10 Defendants Charged in Federal Drug and Gun Investigation Centered on West Side of Chicago

News Release: CHICAGO - Ten individuals are facing criminal charges as part of a federal drug and gun investigation in Chicago.

Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz Statement at Military Installations and BRAC Overview Budget Hearing

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2019

Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's military installations and BRAC overview budget hearing.

Former Union Official Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement

News Release: BOSTON - A former union official pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to embezzlement from Local B-935 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).

President Trump Signs Executive Order for Resilience Against Electromagnetic Pulses

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On March 26, 2019, President Trump signed an Executive Order (E.O.) establishing the first ever comprehensive whole-of-government policy to build resilience and protect against electromagnetic pulses, or EMPs - temporary electromagnetic signals that can disrupt, degrade, and damage technology and critical infrastructure systems across large areas.

BLM to Host Wild Horse and Burro Adoption in Fruita

By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2019

News Release: FRUITA, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a wild horse and burro adoption event on March 29 - 30, offering 26 wild horses gathered from the Little Book Cliffs Herd Management Area (HMA), two wild horses from the Piceance-East Douglas HMA, and two burros.

J-CODE announces 61 arrests in its second coordinated law enforcement operation targeting opioid trafficking on the Darknet

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, members of the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement team announce the results of Operation SaboTor, a coordinated international effort targeting drug trafficking organizations operating on the Darknet. This is J-CODE’s second coordinated action and follows the success of last year’s Operation Disarray.

House Health Committee Leaders Blast Trump Administration’s Refusal to Defend the ACA, Imperiling Health Care for Millions

News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) issued the following joint statement today after the Trump Administration wrote to the Fifth Circuit urging the court to uphold the district court ruling in Texas v. United States striking down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Carper, Whitehouse Joint Statement on the Refusal by Office of Government Ethics to Certify Financial Disclosure for Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 26, 2019

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), continued to raise serious concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (IG) after the Office of Government ...

Two members of trafficking organization convicted on money laundering and drug charges

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that that a federal jury has convicted Martha Aguirre, 47, of Orange, Calif., and Juan Alfaro, 54, of Hacienda, Calif., of narcotics conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison.

Pallone Remarks at Net Neutrality Subcommittee Markup

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act of 2019...

South Bay Doctor Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Distributing Hydrocodone and Committing Health Care Fraud