News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Court Finds Guns Were Possessed in Connection to Drug Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Alison Rachel Morgan, age 28, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Tampering with a Witness in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1512(b)(1), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rodney Miles, age 29, of Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2019, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to 40 months’ imprisonment followed by three years on supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard program waiver process for exemptions to small refineries.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a slate of bipartisan measures by voice vote, including the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act; Funding Instruction for Safety, Health, and Security Avoids Fishing Emergencies Act, and a resolution expressing support for designation of October 28th as “Honoring the Nation’s First Responders Day."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Edward Magruder, 49, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty yesterday to a federal narcotics charge for the unlawful possession and intent to distribute heroin. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, and Timothy M. Dunham, Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Division, FBI Washington Field Office.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement applauding House passage of five bipartisan Energy and Commerce bills to advance public health.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the conviction of TEVIN JAY MAURSTAD, 24, on six counts of drug trafficking and firearm charges. Following a two-day bench trial before Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota, MAURSTAD was found guilty of conspiracy ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing titled, “Repurposing the C-Band to Benefit all Americans."
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs issued their FY 2020 Phase II Release 1 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) with approximately $97 million in available funding. The following DOE program offices are participating in this FOA...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that William Barratt, age 39, of Sugarloaf Township, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Oct. 28, 2019, to receiving child pornography before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Protecting the RFS: The Trump Administration’s Abuse of Secret Waivers:"
By USDA Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the establishment of the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program. This program, as required by the 2018 Farm Bill, creates a consistent regulatory framework around hemp production throughout the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard program waiver process for exemptions to small refineries.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today called on the Trump administration to detail how and why it has presided over an unprecedented rise in the number of uninsured children in the United States, and what...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard program waiver process for exemptions to small refineries.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing entitled “Reauthorizing Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act:"
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Darren M. Kamnitzer, 45, of Blacklick, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 300 months in prison for producing child pornography.
