News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that Wallace Byers, age 59, of Miami, Florida, pled guilty to three counts of wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson. As a result of his conviction, Byers faces a significant term of imprisonment, a fine, and a period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Jesus Lopez, 27, of Lowell, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to distributing a controlled substance, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing today, “Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable: Legislation to Negotiate a Better Deal for Americans."
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that Better Buildings, Better Plants partners have cumulatively saved $6.7 billion in energy costs and more than 1.3 quadrillion British thermal units (BTUs). More than 220 organizations now partner with DOE through Better Plants; DOE welcomed 22 new companies to the program this year. These partners have more than 3,200 facilities and represent roughly 12% of the U.S. manufacturing energy footprint.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks on e-cigarette related lung illnesses and deaths at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing, “Sounding the Alarm: The Public Health Threats of E-Cigarettes."
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing today, “Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable: Legislation to Negotiate a Better Deal for Americans."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Kidnapper Michael Webb has been found guilty of abducting an 8-year-old girl and holding her captive for eight hours, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today slammed Speaker Pelosi’s partisan drug plan and called on Democrats to focus on bipartisan solutions to lower drug costs for consumers. During the Health Subcommittee hearing, Walden said the Pelosi plan puts “politics over progress" and undermines bipartisan negotiations at the Energy and Commerce Committee to deliver real results for Americans.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's hearing on "Investments in Medical Research at Five Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Joseph Francis Brodie, Jr., 50, of Merrimack, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to drug trafficking charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo and Postmaster General Brennan...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today slammed Speaker Pelosi’s partisan drug plan and called on Democrats to focus on bipartisan solutions to lower drug costs for consumers. During the Health Subcommittee hearing, Walden said the Pelosi plan puts “politics over progress" and undermines bipartisan negotiations at the Energy and Commerce Committee to deliver real results for Americans.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) today released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report outlining the cybersecurity...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Grijalva Letter to Sec. Bernhardt Requesting Documents on BLM Reorganization September 25 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Dominican man who pleaded guilty in the Court of Common Pleas, in the County of Philadelphia, to raping of a child, is among the 45 foreign nationals arrested during a recently concluded five-day surge conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: LAKE HAVASU, Ariz. - Effective Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 at 6 a.m., the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will lift all fire restrictions on public lands administered by the Colorado River District, which includes Lake Havasu, Kingman and Yuma Field Offices. Due to widespread precipitation causing a rise in fuel moisture, it has been determined that the likelihood of wildfire has lessened to the degree that the restrictions can be rescinded.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement after President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed a trade agreement between the United States and Japan.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a committee business meeting.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: 21 Total Individuals Indicted for Roles in Drug Conspiracy.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held a business meeting to consider a number of items: Aurelia Skipwith, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Katherine Lemos, to be a Member and Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard ...
