News from May 2019
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Middletown Township, N.J. - The demolition of the concession building at Beach Center at Area D of Sandy Hook has started. This building, and all of the beach centers at Sandy Hook, suffered extensive damage during Hurricane Sandy.
By EPA Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2020 DOE Budget."
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana announced that CHRISTOPHER LORELL ROBERTS, JR., age 41, a resident of Gretna, Louisiana, was charged today in a 29-count Indictment with wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, and tax evasion, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7201.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during consideration of H.R. 986, Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act...
By DOL Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) sent a letter to Secretary Alex Azar requesting a staff briefing on the medical treatment for children in U.S. Government...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: PLANO, Texas - Three medical professionals have been sentenced to federal prison over the last week in the Eastern District of Texas for the illegal distribution of opioids and other pharmaceutical controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy (DOE) announced an $8 million investment in innovative approaches to enhance the reliability and resilience of the nation’s energy infrastructure. The partnership opportunity will spur the development of next generation tools and technologies that are not available ...
By EPA Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: The Department of Energy’s 32-billion-dollar budget proposal serves as a reminder of the broad range of defense, science, energy and environmental activities the agency pursues to perform its important national and energy security missions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: A member of the Aryan Circle gang pleaded guilty today to committing an assault resulting in serious bodily injury to the victim in aid racketeering announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jeffrey B. Jensen of the Eastern District of Missouri.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following floor statement on H.R. 968, the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Fatal Shoot-out with Police Ended in Crime Spree.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the House passing H.R. 968, the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Larry Weeden, Jr., 39, of St. Louis, was sentenced on Wednesday to 151 months in prison for possession of one or more firearms as a previously convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl. He appeared before Federal District Judge Ronnie L. White.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU - Garrett Okubo, 52, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced today to 42 months of imprisonment for committing health care fraud. As part of his sentence, Okubo must pay $3.7 million in restitution, $3.7 million in forfeiture, and must serve three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - An information technology specialist has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for hacking into the servers of a north suburban company where he formerly worked as a contractor.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Lowering Prescription Drug Prices: Deconstructing the Drug Supply Chain:"
By EPA Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following floor statement on H.R. 968, the Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Lowering Prescription Drug Prices: Deconstructing the Drug Supply Chain:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that the former executive director of the Fenton housing authority, Gwen Jackson, 35, of Fenton, Louisiana, was sentenced to six months in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter for embezzling more than $33,000 from the housing authority. She was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and must pay $33,000 in criminal restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: CLEVELAND - Three people were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute THC. Indicted are Frank Altieri, 25, of Brooklyn, Florida; and David Bruell, 28, of Pepper Pike, Ohio, and James Campbell, 35, of Boynton Beach, Florida. They are each charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute tetrahydrocannabinol and one count of possession with intent to distribute tetrahydrocannabinol.
