News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup on legislation ranging from the federal spectrum to rural broadband.


Saturday marks temporary end of public viewing at Challis Wild Horse Off-Range facility; will resume in early Dec.

News Release: CHALLIS, Idaho -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials at the Challis Field Office have announced that public viewing at the Challis Wild Horse Corrals will end Saturday, Nov. 16. The horses are being prepared for adoption or fertility control treatments. Viewing will re-commence in early Dec.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Brett P. Giroir today urging the agency to investigate allegations that JUUL Labs, Inc. knowingly distributed approximately one million contaminated mint-flavored e-cigarette pods for consumer use.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup on legislation ranging from the federal spectrum to rural broadband.


Four Individuals Sentenced in Federal Court for Fraud

News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas announced that four individuals were sentenced by the United States District Court for their roles in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in south Arkansas. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearings in the United States District Court in El Dorado, Arkansas.


Acting Chairwoman Maloney Issues Statement on Appeals Court Ruling Rejecting President Trump’s Rehearing Request in Mazars Case

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to an appeals court ruling denying President Trump a rehearing in a case for his financial records...


News Release: Winter celebrations around the world are as varied and vibrant as the cultures they epitomize. One common thread through many of these celebrations is the presence of light. Light in its many forms is used to represent the hope for spring’s return, the importance of the sun in agricultural cycles, to welcome guests and remember loved ones, and symbolize the resiliency of the human spirit. Light brings people together.


News Release: Federal Presence in Eastern New Mexico also Augmented by Addition of HSI Special Agents to ICE ERO Office in Roswell.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Gilbert Joseph Swann, III, age 67, of Delta Borough, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Nov. 13, 2019, by a federal grand jury for exploitation of minors.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announces the guilty plea of TERRANCE NEALY, age 32, of Rockville Center, New York, to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. NEALY entered his plea on Nov. 13, 2019 before U.S. District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman.


News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Rodolfo Blanco, 45, of Langhorne, PA, was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment, followed by four years’ supervised release, and ordered to pay a $25,000 fine. United States District Court Judge Jeffrey Schmehl imposed the sentence.


Man Involved in Methamphetamine Conspiracy Sentenced to More Than Five Years’ Prison

News Release: A man who was involved in distributing pounds of methamphetamine throughout Northern Iowa was sentenced on Nov. 13, 2019, to more than five years in federal prison.


Plainfield Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Sexual Exploitation of a Child

News Release: Kevin Baker was a registered sex offender at the time of the offense.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology markup on legislation ranging from the federal spectrum to rural broadband.


Peterson, Costa Welcome Lifting of Chinese Ban on U.S. Poultry

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota, and Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California, released the following statements Thursday morning following an announcement from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the U.S. Department of Agriculture that China will lift its ban on the import of U.S.-produced poultry products...


News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of a superseding indictment charging Romen Rafael Perez (47, Sarasota), Pedro Perez-Garcia (51, Sarasota), and Juan Miguel Martinez-Garcia (33, Sarasota) with conspiracy, making a false statement to a firearms dealer, delivery...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee Markup of nine communications bills: Today this Subcommittee is focused on advancing legislation that will directly benefit consumers, small businesses, and our national security.


News Release: Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials.


News Release: SAN JOSE- A federal grand jury has indicted Monterey County doctor Deane Leo Crow, as well as Diane Lynn Crow, Erik Samuel Gonzales, Brittney Lynn Cardona, and Joe Anthony Bernal, for their respective roles in conspiracies to acquire and distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone, Schedule II opioids, announced...


News Release: DAYTON - A Butler County man has been charged with lying on ATF forms to illegally purchase the firearm used in killing Dayton Police Detective and DEA Task Force Officer Jorge DelRio on Nov. 4 during the execution of a search warrant on Ruskin Road in Dayton.