News from May 2019
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: As we examine a bill today from Ms. Bonamici, one of my colleagues from Oregon’s congressional delegation, I must say that I am of many minds on the legislation.
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1328, the Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Businesses Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand (ACCESS BROADBAND) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Previously Convicted Sex Offender Paid a 14-Year-Old Girl for Sex, and Produced a Video of the Victim Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Dr. Devendra I. Patel, aka Devendrakumar I. Patel, a northern Nevada cardiologist was sentenced Tuesday to three years and one month in federal prison for prescribing highly addictive pain pills Oxycodone and Hydrocodone at a high rate to his patients without a medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing today of an Indictment charging TODD CAPSER with defrauding...
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1328, the Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Businesses Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand (ACCESS BROADBAND) Act.
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following joint statement after the House passed two bills that make updates to the Orange and Purple Books at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by increasing accuracy and transparency of the two databases that guide development decisions for generic and biosimilar manufacturers.
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 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) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with...
By EPA Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1503, the Orange Book Transparency Act of 2019, and H.R. 1520, the Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Duane Kurt Makela on charges he committed five bank robberies in the San Francisco Bay Area, announced Adam A. Reeves, Attorney for the United States acting under authority conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield on Monday, May 6, 2019, to his role in a firearms, narcotics, and money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger, has announced that on May 7, 2019, a grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Wisconsin returned a 13-count indictment charging Archie G. Overby, 70, formerly of Waupaca, Wisconsin, now living in Plano, Texas, with bank fraud in violation of Title 18, United...
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) announced a joint research agreement with ExxonMobil. Over ten years, ExxonMobil will invest up to $100 million in the two DOE Laboratories to advance...
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park invites you to a special program at 7 p.m. Friday, May 17, at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. On this special day, America will celebrate endangered species success stories, including the protection and recovery of the American bald eagle and Rocky’s own peregrine falcon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A tax preparer and former California Franchise Tax Board employee was arrested today on a 26-count federal grand jury indictment alleging he schemed to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by declaring fictitious withholdings used to fraudulently claim tax refunds of more than $5 million.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is now accepting applications for the 2019 summer Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program. (See link below.) Nine YCC enrollees will be recruited. These positions will be located at Spring Canyon, Fort Spokane, and Kettle Falls. Please indicate on your application...
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1503, the Orange Book Transparency Act of 2019, and H.R. 1520, the Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Tuesday to serve 24 months of federal probation on federal gambling and tax charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, the defendant agreed to pay more than $117,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Nigerian Man Pleads Guilty to Role in $8.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme and Related Money Laundering.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held an oversight hearing on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works Program. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
