News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


Seven Charged with Crimes Related to the Manufacture and Distribution of Pills Laced with Fentanyl and Other Controlled Substances

News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 27-count superseding indictment last Thursday against two brothers and five others, adding charges, including firearms and money laundering to an indictment first filed in May that charged them with a conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and other controlled substances, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


Detroit Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Conspiracy

News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit, Michigan man pled guilty today to a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Gerald Robinson, 26, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to possession with intent to distribute oxycodone and Xanax.


Fort Wayne Man Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison

News Release: For Receiving Materials Depicting The Sexual Exploitation Of A Minor.


Carper: Auto Companies Supporting the Trump Administration’s Illegal Rule Are Heading Down a Dead-end Road

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on the motion to intervene filed today by Global Automakers, General Motors, Toyota and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in support of the Trump ...


News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Bruce Aaron Boulton, age 49, of Woodville, Mississippi, to 51 months in federal prison following his conviction for mail fraud and wire fraud. The Court further sentenced Boulton to three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment, and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $584,142.70.


Delaware man convicted again on child pornography charges

News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - A federal jury convicted a Delaware man Oct. 24, on charges of possession and attempted receipt of child pornography. The conviction follows an investigation by the Delaware State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce, consisting of Delaware State Police, the Department of Justice, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) announced that he will retire from the House at the end of the 116th Congress...


News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Theresa Louise Harris, 56, of Champion, Michigan, was sentenced to serve 24 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for cyberstalking numerous victims in and around Marquette, Michigan. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker also imposed a two-year period of supervised release and a $10,000 fine.


Pallone and Eshoo on House Passage of Five Health Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today upon passage of five bills on the House Floor today to improve our nation’s health care system...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) announced that he will retire from the House at the end of the 116th Congress...


Pallone and Eshoo on House Passage of Five Health Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today upon passage of five bills on the House Floor today to improve our nation’s health care system...


Pallone and Guthrie Introduce Legislation to Support Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) introduced H.R. 4866, the National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2019. The bipartisan legislation would allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to partner with universities...


News Release: ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO - Hubbell Trading Post, Arizona, in partnership with Western National Parks Association (WNPA), takes their show on the road with a Navajo Rug Trunk Show to White Sands National Monument on Saturday, November 2 and Sunday, November 3.


News Release: Ordered to Pay More than $2.6 Million in Restitution.


News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be conducting prescribed fires throughout the Roseburg area on BLM-administered lands beginning Oct. 28, 2019, and continuing as conditions permit through the Spring of 2020. These prescribed fires are to reduce activity fuels generated by timber harvest operations, where fuels have been piled and covered at landings and along roadsides in multiple locations.


Pallone and Guthrie Introduce Legislation to Support Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) introduced H.R. 4866, the National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2019. The bipartisan legislation would allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to partner with universities...


TSA and Virginia DMV remind travelers who fly out of Washington Dulles International Airport to get their REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses

Release: STERLING, Va. - This month marks the one-year countdown until all travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license or other acceptable form of ID if they want to fly domestically starting October 2020.


Department of Energy Awards Strategic Petroleum Reserve Lease to ExxonMobil

Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy announced on Oct. 16, 2019, that ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) has been awarded the new lease of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s Saint James Marine Terminal and Bayou Choctaw 36-Inch Pipeline (St. James Facility).


News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) introduced H.R. 4866, the National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2019. The bipartisan legislation would allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to partner with universities...


News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools (SIS) program and Shelby County schools in Tennessee held a nationwide kickoff today highlighting new 2020 Census classroom activities for students to learn about the importance of having everyone in their families counted in the census next March.