News from October 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building on the need to significantly...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building on the need to significantly...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
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:"
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Examining the Impacts of Diseases on Wildlife Conservation and Management." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today demanding responses to several outstanding oversight requests of the Trump Administration’s implementation...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at a joint hearing with Subcommittees Communications and Technology and Consumer Protection and Commerce titled, “Fostering a Healthier Internet to Protect Consumers."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a markup of H.R. 3713, legislation to amend current law to add Mount Vernon as a location where court shall be held in the Western District of Washington...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a markup of H.R. 3942, the Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to share technical expertise and computing resources to speed up the deployment of advanced nuclear technologies. The MOU centers on DOE’s new National...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building on the need to significantly...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - In keeping with the Administration’s priority of promoting strong energy development unhindered by duplicative steps and reviews, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it will begin accepting applications from the oil and gas industry for agency review of flow conditioner...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 70-year-old Brownsville attorney has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of failing to file a financial reporting form as required when operating a trade or business, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Guillermo Vega Jr. pleaded guilty May 23, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Dr. Roger A. Kasendorf, an osteopathic physician practicing in La Jolla, agreed to pay $125,000 to resolve allegations that he illegally prescribed opioids to his patients. The highly addictive and frequently abused opioids he prescribed included fentanyl, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jesus Santiago, 29, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer, to being a felon-in-possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at a joint hearing with Subcommittees Communications and Technology and Consumer Protection and Commerce titled, “Fostering a Healthier Internet to Protect Consumers."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Dozens of Minor Victims Who Were Being Actively Abused by the Users of the Site Rescued.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Antonio Munos, 47, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was charged in a criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today demanding responses to several outstanding oversight requests of the Trump Administration’s implementation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. -Adlie Penman, 40, of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison on Wednesday, by United States District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, after pleading guilty to one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Defendant Made Bomb Threats to Local Schools to Distract Law Enforcement.
