News from October 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Solutions for the U.S. Power Sector." The hearing is the fifth hearing in the Committee’s climate change series aimed at developing comprehensive legislation to achieve a 100 percent clean economy by 2050...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Autism Concepts, Inc., an Overland Park-based provider of therapy services for children with autism, has agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it submitted false claims to the TRICARE program, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Michael J. Blair, 21, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 51 months in prison for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Eighteen residents of Pittsburgh or the surrounding area and a Philadelphia man have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The indictment follows an eight-month wiretap investigation into heroin trafficking from Philadelphia to the Pittsburgh-area for further distribution.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to President Trump today urging the President to fulfill a promise he made last month in an Oval Office press conference that his Administration would ban all harmful flavored e-cigarette products, including those with mint and menthol.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service is initiating a planning process to prepare a foundation document for Parkers Crossroads Battlefield, recently recognized as an Affiliated Area of the National Park Service. The Battlefield welcomes all interested persons to participate in this effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment today charging SHANNON CALHOUN, 47, of Bridgeport, with unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Two years ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee onCommodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following remarks today at a full committee business meeting on the reauthorization of theCommodity Futures Trading Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - Peter Sotis, 55, of Delray Beach, Florida, was arrested yesterday based on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to violate and attempted violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), as well as smuggling of goods.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr Tuesday to call for transparency in the reported Department of Justice criminal inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: “The Boeing 737 MAX: Examining the Design, Development, and Marketing of the Aircraft."
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Montana/Dakotas State Office today released the December 2019 Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale List, which includes 20 parcels totaling about 18,879 acres. The sale is scheduled to occur online at www.energynet.com starting on Dec. 18, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Felix Figueroa, 39, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - ContextMedia Health LLC, which operates under the trade name Outcome Health (Outcome), a digital provider of medical information and advertising in doctors’ offices, has agreed to a resolution with the Department of Justice by which it will pay $70 million to victims of a fraud scheme that targeted its clients, lenders and investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - A Salyersville, Kentucky, woman, Kelsie Spencer, 25, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Robert Wier on Tuesday, following her conviction for tampering with a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham woman for embezzling over $680,000 from her former employer, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Hearing on the Nomination of Sean O'Donnell to be Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency."
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - This weekend, November 2-3, provides the last chance for visitors to drive to many iconic locations in Yellowstone. The West, South, and East Entrances and all roads, with one exception, will close to vehicle travel at 8 a.m. Monday, November 4, so the park can prepare them for the winter season and snowmobile and snowcoach travel, which will begin Sunday, December 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Case represents CNT's largest-ever single cocaine seizure and financial seizure of more than $700,000.
