News from October 2019
By EPA 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: LOS ANGELES - A Hawthorne man was found guilty by a jury today of 14 federal felonies for intentionally driving his family off a wharf and into the water at the Port of Los Angeles in a scheme to collect money on insurance policies he had taken out on their lives.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Rules Committee released text of impeachment procedures for the House Judiciary Committee that are part of impeachment procedures that will be voted on by the full House. The Judiciary impeachment procedures provide clear safeguards for the President during the impeachment inquiry. They include, among other things, the ability to attend hearings, question witnesses, and present evidence to the Judiciary Committee.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The largest and most visible remaining structures at Oak Ridge’s East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) are coming down. Demolition is now underway on the Centrifuge Complex as employees work to achieve EM’s goal to finish major cleanup at the site by the end of 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A six-count superseding indictment filed in U.S. District Court today charges DR. RONALD TAI YOUNG MOON, JR., of Vestavia Hills, with additional counts of producing and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: LAPWAI, Idaho - Do you have family heirlooms, photographs, textiles or books you want to preserve for future generations? Learn how to care for these items at Nez Perce National Historical Park’s Caring for Your Collections program Saturday Nov. 23, 2019 from 10 a.m.-noon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Demetrios Stavrakis, a/k/a Jimmy, age 53, of Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland, for an arson conspiracy to damage his business by setting it on fire in order to obtain insurance proceeds. The verdict was returned late on Oct. 28, 2019.
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man is set to appear in federal court Wednesday on charges of robbing two businesses, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Four people face up to life in prison on recent drug charges involving meth following the return of several Laredo federal indictments, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Two men face charges for trafficking a large amount of marijuana and ammunition, while four others were allegedly involved in the transportation of illegal aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Guam Ambulance Company Executives Plead Guilty to Medicare and TRICARE Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme.
By EPA 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 Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: To improve approaches for analyzing very large quantities of data, computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have released broad specifications for how to build more widely useful technical tools for the job.
By Commerce 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: 'I Should Have Stayed in the Bushes' He Tells Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Owner of Tulsa Software Company Sentenced to Prison for Employment Tax Fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - J. Scott Kirk, an employee at the Savannah River Site (SRS), recently earned the first-ever Nuclear Service Award from a nuclear advocacy group for his achievements advancing technology in the field.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Waterbury Police Chief Fernando C. Spagnolo today announced that 15 individuals have been charged with federal narcotics offenses related to the distribution of heroin and fentanyl in and around Waterbury.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A former governor of the third-largest state in Mexico was extradited to the U.S. Tuesday to face charges for his role in a transnational money laundering scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing entitled “Repurposing the C-Band to Benefit All Americans:"
