News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Arlington political consultant who served as the treasurer of multiple Political Action Committees (PACs) pleaded guilty today to lying to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) about approximately $32,500 in payments of PAC money that he directed to himself and a close friend.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A grand jury in the District of Massachusetts has returned additional charges against 11 of the 15 parents charged in the college admissions case.
By State Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 598, the Georgia Support Act...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 13 projects to receive a total of $28 million to advance wind energy nationwide. While utility-scale, land-based wind energy in the United States has grown to 96 gigawatts, significant opportunities for cost reductions remain, especially in the areas of offshore wind, distributed wind, and tall wind.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 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 a hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Repurposing the C-Band to Benefit all Americans."
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the committee passed H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: On Oct. 28, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will begin a pavement preservation project that will place a layer of asphalt pavement overlay on top of the existing pavement along a 4.5 mile stretch of North Carolina Highway 12 (NC 12). The project will begin at the north entrance to Cape Hatteras...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Christopher Paige, Jr., 38, of Bellows Falls, was sentenced yesterday to a 102-month prison term following his guilty pleas to one count of possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of a substance containing...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) are raising concerns to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about the Navigator program established under the Affordable Care Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of receipt and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. -The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division kicks off Red Ribbon Week Wednesday, Oct. 23, as agents across the five state division visit schools and provide drug awareness and drug safety education to students from kindergarten through high school. Agents in the Omaha area will visit schools in the Elkhorn, Gretna, Millard, Omaha, Ralston, Springfield Platteview and Sterling school districts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: Awards Total More Than $85.3 Million Across the Nation to Address School Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Two defendants pleaded guilty today to their participation in a massive fraud scheme involving a solar energy company in Benicia, that defrauded investors of approximately $1 billion, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Those losses resulted from investment transactions in solar energy hardware valued at approximately $2.5 billion.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry Chair Abigail Spanberger of Virginia delivered the following remarks today at the Subcommittee's hearing on conservation benefits of precision agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Christopher Paige, Jr., 38, of Bellows Falls, was sentenced yesterday to a 102-month prison term following his guilty pleas to one count of possessing with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of a substance containing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser Encourages Citizens to Dispose of Expired and Unwanted Opioids.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 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 a hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Repurposing the C-Band to Benefit all Americans."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio filed a record number of violent crime indictments in Fiscal Year 2019 as part of a strategy to help drive down homicides and fatal overdoses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and Justin King, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that Dr. Robin Ann Cox was arrested today on federal charges. A federal grand jury in the Western...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 10:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123...
