News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


Officers Seize 144 Pounds of Meth from KC Man Charged with Drug Trafficking

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man has been charged in federal court with drug trafficking after investigators seized 144 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in automobile wheels inside his shed.


News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, today made the following statement regarding President Trump’s announcement that certain portions of U.S. assistance to the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras will resume...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a joint Communications and Technology and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing entitled “Fostering a Healthier Internet to Protect Consumers:"


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Sabotage: The Trump Administration’s Attack on Health Care."



News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of cocaine base, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Effective immediately, the Bureau of Land Management has reduced Stage II fire restrictions to Stage I for all of Imperial County and parts of Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Inyo, Mono, and Kern counties.


California Entrepreneur Sentenced in College Admissions Case

News Release: Defendant conspired to falsify son’s college applications by claiming minority status, and that neither parent attended college, in order to bolster her son’s college prospects.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Sabotage: The Trump Administration’s Attack on Health Care."



Pallone Opening Remarks at Joint Subcommittee Hearing on Section 230 and Content Moderation

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a joint Communications and Technology and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing entitled “Fostering a Healthier Internet to Protect Consumers:"


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Tyler Oliver, of St. Louisville, Ohio, has admitted to a drug distribution charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Mexican National Invovled In Poly-Drug Distribution Ring Is Sentenced To More Than 15 Years In Prison

News Release: To date, 17 Defendants Involved in the Drug Conspiracy Have Been Sentenced To Prison.


Alabama Man Pleads Guilty to Enticing a Minor for Sex

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Alabama man pleaded guilty in federal court today to enticing a 16-year-old victim, whom he met through the “Game of War" application on her cell phone, to engage in illegal sexual activity.


Second area man sent to prison for child pornography charges

News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 68-year-old Brownsville man has been ordered to prison following his convictions of distributing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick. Arnoldo Villagomez pleaded guilty Jan. 4, 2018.


Georgia Man Who Trafficked Dozens of Guns into Connecticut Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, announced that JIVON JOHNSON, 32, of Snellville, Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 84 months of imprisonment...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Legislation to Reverse the Youth Tobacco Epidemic:"


Upshur County residents indicted on drug and counterfeit charges

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Garry William Moran, II, and Johnna Dee Courtney, both of Buckhannon, West Virginia, were indicted today by a federal grand jury on methamphetamine and counterfeit charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Subcommittee Chairman Krishnamoorthi Issues Statement Following Favorable Response to Call for E-Cigarette Companies to Stop Advertising

News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued the following statement after two of the four companies responded favorably to the letters calling on e-cigarette companies to cease all advertising in the United States in the interest of safeguarding the health and well-being of our youth...


Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site accepting applications for 10th year of Youth Leadership Academy

News Release: The Youth Leadership Academy, sponsored by Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site and the National Park Service, begins its tenth year and is accepting applications from high school students from greater Little Rock/Central Arkansas through Friday, November 29. Applicants must be a current...