News from May 2019
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: West Palm Beach Man Sentenced to Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Child Pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement regarding the report released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Democrats’ proposed “Medicare for All" plan.
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House and Senate Democrats introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act -comprehensive legislation to strengthen protections for workers’ right to organize a union and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. As wage inequality continues...
By EPA 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 DOE Newswire | May 2, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the signing of two long-term orders authorizing the export of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Tellurian Inc.’s Driftwood LNG export facility to be built in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, and Sempra Energy’s Port Arthur LNG export project to be built in Port Arthur, Texas. The signing is part of the EU-U.S. Energy Council High-Level Business to Business Energy Forum held in Brussels.
By US DOT Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after the Trump Administration finalized a rule that rolls back critical Obama-era safety standards for offshore oil and gas drilling. The Obama-era “Well Control Rule" was informed by Deepwater Horizon task force recommendations and adopted in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Threatened Family Members of the President, Members of the Jewish Community and other Public Figures.
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $10 million across nine small businesses for ten Phase II contracts through the DHS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
By EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, May 2, 2019, William “Ed" Henry, 48, of Hartselle, Alabama, was sentenced to two years’ probation for aiding and abetting the theft of government property. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $4,000.00, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
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 DOE Newswire | May 2, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, following his trip to Brussels, Belgium for the U.S.-E.U. Energy Council High-Level Business to Business Forum, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry visited London, England. While in London, the Secretary joined NNSA Administrator and Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty and other UK and American officials to honor the cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom on Nuclear Security and Non Proliferation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A California company that offers on-line test preparation courses related to licensing examinations for professional purposes, including engineering, architectural, and designing, has agreed to pay a total of $50,000 and take remedial action to resolve complaints that it failed to provide captioning for its online exam preparation courses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Laurinburg man who sold firearms and cocaine was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: Mississippi Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of illegally possessing firearms and attempting to tamper with evidence, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: KANAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it is seeking public nominations for five citizens’ advisory councils affiliated with specific sites on the BLM’s National Conservation Lands and for the North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) Science Technical Advisory Panel (STAP).
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An East Bridgewater man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with fentanyl trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 1, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for using his position as an employee of the U.S. Army Contracting Command New Jersey (ACC-NJ) in connection with his role in two conspiracies in construction projects at Picatinny Arsenal (PICA) and Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakehurst (Ft. Dix), U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
