News from November 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued the following statement in response to press reports that President Donald Trump is planning to reverse course on his pledge to ban flavored e-cigarettes...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
Release: HARRISBURG - The number of passengers expected to fly this Thanksgiving holiday is expected to be record-breaking with more than 26.8 million passengers and crew members traveling through security screening checkpoints nationwide from Nov. 22 through Dec. 2. Travelers flying from Harrisburg International Airport need to be well prepared and need to get to the checkpoint two hours before their scheduled flight as the airport will be active and congested.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Beatrice, Nebraska - Go back in time this holiday season and see a beautiful tapestry of winter traditions of those who lived on the plains at the beginning of the Homestead Era. Homesteading brought a variety of cultural and ethnic traditions to the United States. The Homestead Act was an invitation...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 12-count superseding indictment charging Donte Walker, a/k/a Slim, 28, of Buffalo, NY, with murder while engaged in a continuing criminal enterprise and narcotics conspiracy, tampering with a...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nolan Rogers, 32, of Lisbon, CT, who was convicted of possession of fentanyl, was sentenced to time served and one year supervised release by U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A Portland couple pleaded guilty today in federal court to defrauding a local elderly couple of approximately $1.8 million in a scheme lasting more than two years.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report today recommending that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) take additional action to prevent fraud and implement an antifraud strategy for the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) high-cost program, which provides $4.5 billion annually to support broadband service in high-cost areas.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
Release: WARSAW, POLAND - We are pleased to announce that on Nov. 18, 2019, in Warsaw, Poland, the Government of the Republic of Poland, with support from the Government of the United States, hosted the Polish-U.S. Nuclear Industry Forum. Poland’s Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Patrick W. Carlineo, Jr., 55, of Addison, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to threatening to assault and murder a United States official, and being a felon in possession of firearms. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report today recommending that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) take additional action to prevent fraud and implement an antifraud strategy for the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) high-cost program, which provides $4.5 billion annually to support broadband service in high-cost areas.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, announced a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that concludes our nation's Superfund sites are woefully underprepared to withstand the worsening impacts of climate change, putting human health and the environment at risk.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND-Jason Cheek, 42, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after his plea of guilty to three counts of bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ahmad Nassar, 33, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to four years in prison for aggravated identity theft, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and access device fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Note to editors: A map, new photos and video clips are available on Flickr.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Dan Lipinski (D-IL), and Chairman...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, November 20 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in 1300 Longworth, the House Ag Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit will host an expo focused on broadband technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A member of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods street gang was sentenced today to life -- plus an additional 10 years -- in federal prison for racketeering offenses that included the murder of a man in front of the victim’s 2-year-old son.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two former residents of Southwestern Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee 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 an oversight hearing on Thursday, December 5, of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Maksim Zaslavskiy was sentenced by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie to 18 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to commit securities fraud. The conspiracy stemmed from two Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) - REcoin Group Foundation, LLC (“REcoin")...
