News from May 2019
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) issued the following joint statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final rule that would deny patients necessary and lifesaving health care based on religious beliefs and erode nondiscrimination protections...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Admitted Committing Armed Robbery and Dealing Drugs.
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 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 hearing on Thursday, May 9, at 10:00 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Lowering Prescription Drug Prices: Deconstructing the Drug Supply Chain."
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Grand Teton National Park will celebrate World Migratory Bird Day with a bird-watching caravan on Saturday, May 11. Park Ranger Naturalist Andrew Langford plans to visit areas throughout the park that provide great opportunities to locate, identify, and record birds as part of the North American Migration...
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, May 9 at 10:15 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building with Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry on President Trump’s DOE budget request for fiscal year 2020. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2020 DOE Budget."
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is recognizing eight organizations for their leadership in the Better Buildings Initiative’s Advanced Rooftop Unit (RTU) Campaign. Since the Campaign’s inception in 2013, more than 350 participants have impacted 160,000 rooftop units, saving $110 million and more than 1 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) annually.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rhonda Henderson, 48, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to making false statements to Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced Saber A. Shehadeh, 76, of Sacramento, to four years and nine months in prison for an arson fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Julion Adamski Parker, a/k/a Julian Iden Lima, 27, of Chester, pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and making a false statement during the acquisition of a firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: The Defendant also Sexually Abused Eight Children Over a 35 Year Period.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Former U.S. Army Range Operations Manager Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy.
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after H.R. 9, the Climate Action Now Act, passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 231-190. H.R. 9 was favorably reported out of the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 4, 2019 by a vote of 29-19.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The final tally is in from the 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2019. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 89,366 pounds or over 44 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted...
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on the Trump administration to maintain protections for access to care in Medicaid. Their request follows guidance and proposed rule changes from the Trump administration weakening protections and making it more difficult for vulnerable Americans in the program to access health care.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging eight individuals with conspiracy to distribute heroin on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Fredericksburg man was sentenced today to six and a half years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on the Trump administration to maintain protections for access to care in Medicaid. Their request follows guidance and proposed rule changes from the Trump administration weakening protections and making it more difficult for vulnerable Americans in the program to access health care.
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 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. 9, the Climate Action Now Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Westerville man is being arraigned this afternoon on charges related to creating child pornography of his alleged sexual abuse of a five year old.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 26-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown.
