News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


Walden Remarks at Hearing on Goals for C-Band Utilization for 5G

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."


Pallone Opening Remarks at Communications and Technology Hearing on the C-Band

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:"


Three Charged with Fraud in Connection to Dayton Public Corruption Case

News Release: DAYTON - Three individuals are facing fraud charges in relation to a public corruption investigation in Dayton.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce hearing titled, “Reauthorizing Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act."


News Release: ATLANTA - Anne Gronek-Gibbs has been arraigned on federal charges of wire fraud for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Coca-Cola Company.


Walden Remarks at Hearing Considering Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act Reauthorizations

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce hearing titled, “Reauthorizing Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act."


News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A federal grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old resident of Harlingen for making threats to damage federal and religious buildings, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - On Nov. 1, the Bureau of Land Management Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is changing the hours and days its Visitor Center and Museum is open. The new hours and schedule are as follows.


Hanford Site Achieves Annual Waste Repackaging Goal

News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office cleanup contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) reduced 500 cubic meters of waste to just 122 cubic meters for safe interim storage at the Hanford Site to meet its waste repackaging goal for fiscal 2019.


Engel Floor Statement on Armenian Genocide Resolution

News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of his bill, H.R. 4695 the Protect Against Conflict by Turkey Act, which imposes sanctions on Turkey for its military invasion of northern Syria. The legislation passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support.


Four Chairs Statement on Resolution for Open Hearings on Trump’s Abuse of Power

News Release: Washington, D.C. (Oct. 29, 2019)- Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement...


Schakowsky Opening Remarks at Consumer Protection and Commerce Hearing on Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act

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:"


Montgomery County Karate Teacher Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Abusing Teenage Students

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Evan Burgess, 28, of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment followed by fifteen years of supervised release by the United States District Judge Timothy J. Savage. The defendant will be required to register as a sex offender as a result of this conviction.


Arizona Truck Driver Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Causing Bus Crash That Left One Man Dead on Fort Irwin Army Base

News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - An Arizona man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter in a fatal bus crash that happened after he parked his truck - without any lights or warning cones - in the middle of a highway on the Fort Irwin Army Base in the Mojave Desert.


Former UVA Football Player Convicted of $10 Million Fraud

News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury convicted a former University of Virginia football player late yesterday of his role in a $10 million fraud scheme.


Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns

News Release: WASHINGTON - A resident of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States with regard to tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Louisiana.


Baltimore felon arrested with fentanyl, heroin, surveillance drones and illegal firearm pleads guilty

News Release: BALTIMORE - Malik Moseley, 28, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to a federal charge for being a felon in possession of a firearm.


News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A federal grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old resident of Harlingen for making threats to damage federal and religious buildings, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.


News Release: BILLINGS-A former manager at the Signal Peak Energy coal mine in Musselshell County was sentenced today to two years of probation and ordered to forfeit an RV and a Rolex watch for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the company of about $2.3 million, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.


3 Pennsylvania Residents Indicted on Drug and Firearms Offenses

News Release: PITTSBURGH - Three Pennsylvania residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.