News published on Federal Newswire in May 2019

News from May 2019


Health Subcommittee to Hold Hearing  on Critical Health Care Extenders

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 health care extenders on Tuesday, June 4 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Investing in America’s Health Care."


News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Tuesday, May 28, 2019, G. Ford Gilbert, 71, of Carmichael, California received a 12-month sentence for conspiring to commit bribery of a state official, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. The judge ordered that the 12-month sentence be served by completing six months of incarceration in federal prison, to be followed by six months of home detention.


Scott Brunner Named Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego Field Office

News Release: Scott Brunner Named Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego Field Office.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores announced that a 62-year-old man who kidnapped and used a handgun to threaten a woman was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court. At the time of the crime, the man was subject to a domestic abuse restraining order and gained access to the Broken Arrow woman’s home by cutting a hole through an exterior wall.


Experience growth and change from the ‘Good Ol’ Days’ at Fort Scott National Historic Site

News Release: The Good’ Ol’ Days are back Saturday, June 1, 2019 at Fort Scott National Historic Site. With the completion of the transcontinental railroad 150 years ago, growth and change were once again on the doorstep of Fort Scott. Try your hand at using a telegraph or quill pens instead of texting, reminisce...


News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) released the following statement after House Republicans objected to passage of bicameral, bipartisan disaster relief legislation.


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 health care extenders on Tuesday, June 4 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Investing in America’s Health Care."


Reclamation awards 2019 water conservation program grants

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded four Water Conservation Field Services Program grants in the Pacific Northwest Region. The program provides technical and financial assistance to irrigation districts and other entities with water delivery authority to develop and implement water conservation...


U.S., Canada Energy Leaders Announce New Book on Nuclear Innovation in Clean Energy

Release: VANCOUVER, CANADA – Today, leaders from the United States and Canada are unveiling a new book, Breakthroughs: Nuclear Innovation in A Clean Energy System, at the Tenth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM10), a forum including ministers from 25 nations, occurring this year in Vancouver, Canada from May 27-29.


News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ryan Franklin, 30, of Shiprock, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to a charge of assaulting a woman in Indian Country resulting in serious bodily injury.


News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - On May 28, 2019, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jason Randazzo,46, of Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on May 23, 2019, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, to conspiracy to import into the United...


KC Woman Pleads Guilty to Firearms Conspiracy

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to her role in conspiracy to illegally transfer ownership of firearms.


News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Joel Malcom Salt, 29, of Umatilla, Oregon, was sentenced today to time served, having already served 22 months in custody, plus three years’ supervised release for strangling his significant other in the presence of their four children.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Beaver County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to violations of the federal firearms and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: Would you like the opportunity to provide feedback to Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area and Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument on park projects? Please join staff from both parks at a public comment meeting held at the Big Horn County Historical Museum in Hardin, Montana on June 1st...


Communications and Technology Subcommittee Announces Hearing on Media Marketplace

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 4, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “STELAR Review: Protecting Consumers in an Evolving Media Marketplace."


Sacramento man sentenced to 3 years in prison for selling a fertilizer as a fat-burning pill

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Scott Edward Cavell, 36, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to three years in prison for causing misbranded drugs to be introduced into interstate commerce.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 4, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “STELAR Review: Protecting Consumers in an Evolving Media Marketplace."


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents located, identified, and detained two individuals suspected in the murder of 73 year-old San Francisco resident Benedict Ching.


Holyoke Man Pleads Guilty to Crack Cocaine Offense

News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to distributing crack cocaine.