News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup of 18 bills...


BLM Resource Advisory Council to meet in Montrose

News Release: MONTROSE, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet Thursday, December 12 in Montrose at the BLM Uncompahgre Field Office, 2505 S Townsend Avenue, Montrose, CO 81401.


Walden and Upton: Democrats Are Putting Politics Over Safety of Americans

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement slamming Democrats for putting politics over pipeline safety.


Kansas City Man Involved in Fatal Shooting Sentenced for Drug Trafficking, Illegal Firearm

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man who was involved in a fatal shooting during a drug deal was sentenced in federal court today for drug trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) applauded Committee passage of the “SAFER Pipelines Act of 2019" (H.R. ____), which was favorably reported, as amended, to the full House of Representatives by a vote of 30-21...


Committee Hears from State Governors on Need for Section 401 Reform

News Release: Barrasso welcomes Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon and Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to the committee.


General Manager of Columbus Home Health Care Agency Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud

News Release: General Manager of Columbus Home Health Care Agency Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud.


News Release: SENTENCING - Michael Webb. On Nov. 14, Michael Webb, 51, was sentenced to life in federal prison for the kidnapping of an 8 year old girl in Fort Worth. Webb took the child from her mother’s arms in May of 2018 and held her captive for hours in a hotel room. This case was investigated by the Federal...


Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to hold Markup

News Release: Washington, DC- The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a Full Committee markup this Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, at 10:00 am in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following measures...


Correctional Officers Charged with Falsifying Records on August 9th and 10th at the Metropolitan Correctional Center

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Guido Modano, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, New York Field Office (“DOJ OIG"), and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office...


News Release: Former Lake Charles Police Officer Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Civil Rights Violation.


News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Darryl Cleon Forbes (26), a Jamaican citizen, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Malik Lott, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of two counts of Hobbs Act Robbery, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.


Pallone on Passage of Reversing Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act (H.R. 2339), which he originally introduced in April, was favorably reported, as amended, to the full House of Representatives by a vote of 28-24.


News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that HECTOR SANTIAGO, also known as “Bebo," 25, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 69 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement slamming Democrats for putting politics over pipeline safety.


Walden Remarks at Full Committee Markup Considering 18 Bills

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a full committee markup considering 18 bills for advancement to the House of Representatives.


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kioni M. Dogan, 39, of Stockton, was sentenced today to four years in prison for criminal conspiracies to submit false claims for federal income tax refunds and to commit mail fraud in connection with California state unemployment insurance benefits, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Alaska Doctor Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud

News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DR. ANDREW J. VAN ATTA, age 37, from Wasilla, Alaska, pled guilty to wire fraud.


Former Jacksonville, Oregon Residents Sentenced for Interstate Distribution of Marijuana, Money Laundering

News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Two former Jacksonville, Oregon residents were sentenced today in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Southern Oregon to Georgia, Illinois, and North Carolina, and launder the proceeds.