News from September 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) from today’s hearing entitled, “Pricing and Technology Strategies to Address Congestion on and Financing of America’s Roads":
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-Missoula resident Tiffany Rose Ramirez, who admitted to methamphetamine trafficking charges, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing, “Legislating to Connect America: Improving the Nation’s Broadband Maps." Walden praises progress being made in this front...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee legislative hearing entitled, “Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 53-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for his participation in a scheme to defraud Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (DPSG), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - With colder weather approaching, individuals are beginning to think about gathering firewood. Firewood cutting permits are required to gather firewood from BLM managed public lands. Permits for cutting firewood within the Carson City District, which includes Storey, Carson City, Lyon, Douglas, and Mineral Counties, as well as portions of Washoe, Churchill and Nye Counties, are available at the BLM Carson City District Office and two additional locations.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a field hearing on Thursday, Oct. 3, in Chicago, Illinois on the public health threat posed by gun violence. The hearing will be held at Kennedy King College.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 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 "Legislating to Connect America: Improving the Nation's Broadband Maps:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Department Cites Success in Combatting Violent Crime; Bureau of Justice Assistance Director Announces $28 Million in Grants to Improve Public Safety.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) reintroduced a bill to protect the North Atlantic right whale, one of the most endangered species of whales. The Scientific Assistance for Very ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Fillmore, Utah - The Swasey Fire started at 2:46 p.m. on Saturday, September 7, 2019. The Swasey Fire is located in the Swasey Mountain Wilderness Study Area, managed by the Fillmore Field Office. The Swasey Mountain WSA is in northwestern Millard County, approximately 35 miles west of Delta, UT. The fire is currently smoldering in heavy downed fuels. The cause of the fire is lightning.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement in response to the tentative settlement reached by Purdue Pharma in a federal opioid lawsuit.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 53-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for his participation in a scheme to defraud Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (DPSG), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement in response to the tentative settlement reached by Purdue Pharma in a federal opioid lawsuit.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, on Sept. 19, 2019. The bill, introduced by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton in January, would...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -. WASHINGTON- Today, Ranking Republican of House Natural Resources Committee Rob Bishop (R-Utah) spoke on the House Floor in opposition to a plethora of liberal legislation aimed at derailing our domestic energy production and strong economy. House Democrats are set to consider radical...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A man identified as a member of the Heath Street Gang was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with distributing crack cocaine in a public housing development.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A letter carrier from West Memphis was sentenced Wednesday for his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy that federal authorities have charged as Operation "Money Don’t Sleep." Hayward Cleavon Shaw, 44, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James M. Moody. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today’s sentencing.
