News published on Federal Newswire in May 2019

News Release: ATLANTA - Carlos Montemayor, the head of the U.S. arm of the cocaine transportation and distribution network of Edgar Valdez-Villareal, a/k/a La Barbie, has been sentenced to federal prison on charges of cocaine trafficking and money laundering.

Murkowski: CCUS as a Key to Help Address Climate Change

News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to examine the Department of Energy’s carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) programs. As part of the hearing, the committee also received testimony on S. 1201, the Enhancing Fossil Fuel Energy Carbon Technology Act or EFFECT Act, which is sponsored by Ranking Member Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.

Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Announces Hearing on Car Safety Technology & Summer Driving Dangers

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on technology to make cars safer on Thursday, May 23, at 10...

Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Announces Hearing on Car Safety Technology & Summer Driving Dangers

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on technology to make cars safer on Thursday, May 23, at 10...

Walden: Democrats are putting politics over bipartisan policy to lower drug prices

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following floor statement on H.R. 987, which combines bipartisan bills to lower drug costs with partisan bills to bail out Obamacare.

Engel Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on The Dangers of Reporting on Human Rights

By State Newswire | May 16, 2019

News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following opening remarks at the hearing "The Dangers of Reporting on Human Rights"...

Walden: Democrats are putting politics over bipartisan policy to lower drug prices

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following floor statement on H.R. 987, which combines bipartisan bills to lower drug costs with partisan bills to bail out Obamacare.

Walden offers MTR on H.R. 987 to advance bipartisan legislation to lower drug prices, fund pediatric cancer research

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The bill Democrats have on the floor today, H.R. 987, combines bipartisan bills to lower drug costs with partisan bills to bail out Obamacare.

Walden Remarks at Subcommittee Markup of 10 Energy Bills

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy markup of 10 energy related bills.

Pallone Floor Remarks on Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 987, the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act...

Walden: Democrats are putting politics over bipartisan policy to lower drug prices

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following floor statement on H.R. 987, which combines bipartisan bills to lower drug costs with partisan bills to bail out Obamacare.

Pallone on EPA OIG’s Finding that Pruitt Inappropriately Spent Agency Funds

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General’s report regarding the excess travel expenses of former Administrator Scott Pruitt...

Pallone Floor Remarks on Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of H.R. 987, the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act...

O&I Subcommittee to Hold Hearing with Bipartisan Group of Former EPA Administrators on June 11

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 11 on the mission and future of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Minnesota Man with Multiple Prior Felony Convictions Pleads Guilty under Project EJECT to Illegally Possessing a Firearm

News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Bobby Joseph Stallworth, 59, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, entered a guilty plea today before Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Portage Woman Sentenced To 15 YEARS In Prison For Producing Child Pornography

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -Rachel Marie Burrell, 30, of Portage, Michigan, was sentenced for sexual exploitation of a child, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Burrell was sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release and was ordered to pay fines and other monetary penalties.

Hancock County addiction center co-owner sentenced for illegally selling suboxone