News published on Federal Newswire in December 2020

News from December 2020


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed four health care bills this week...


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed four energy bills...


Pallone and Eshoo on House Passage of Four Health Care Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed four health care bills this week...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for the 116th Congress Greg Walden (R-OR), Republican Leader for the 117th Congress Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement on House passage of four health bills.


Pallone & Doyle Praise House Passage of Resolution Reaffirming a Commitment to Media Diversity

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H. Res 549, a resolution reaffirming the House’s commitment to diversity in media...


News Release: Effective Jan. 21, 2021 Colonial National Historical Park will modify its entrance fees to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs to enhance the visitor experience and align with the standardized National Park Service (NPS) entrance fee structure used by other parks in their category, based on park size and type.


News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for the 116th Congress Greg Walden (R-OR), Republican Leader for the 117th Congress Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on House passage of a resolution to reaffirm the House’s commitment to media diversity.


Engel Statement on EU’s Adoption of Human Rights Sanctions Framework

News Release: Washington - Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement on the European Union’s adoption of a human rights sanctions framework modeled after the Magnitsky Act...


Former Member of Boston Latin Kings Chapter Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy

News Release: Defendant admitted to participating in a June 2019 shooting.


North Adams Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Distributing Fatal Drug To Young Afghanistan Veteran, And Then Incinerating His Body To Destroy Evidence

News Release: KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN - On 7 December 2020, Damiane Buehrer, 43, was sentenced to serve 30 years in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for distributing a fatal dose of the deadly synthetic opioid carfentanil to Tyler Herendeen, then a resident of Hillsdale County.


E&C Republican Leaders’ Statement on House Passage of Media Diversity Resolution

News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for the 116th Congress Greg Walden (R-OR), Republican Leader for the 117th Congress Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on House passage of a resolution to reaffirm the House’s commitment to media diversity.


E&C Republican Leaders’ Statement on House Passage of Health Bills

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for the 116th Congress Greg Walden (R-OR), Republican Leader for the 117th Congress Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement on House passage of four health bills.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed four energy bills...


New York Man Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Sprint Corporation

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of New York, NY was sentenced in federal court to charges of fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: The following is the text of a joint statement by the Governments of the United States of America and Jamaica.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for the 116th Congress Greg Walden (R-OR), Republican Leader for the 117th Congress Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement on House passage of four health bills.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement after the House of Representatives passed four health care bills this week...


Randolph County man admits to methamphetamine charge

News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jesse David Tolson, of Elkins, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - In a False Claims Act Settlement signed this week, two eastern Ohio psychiatrists and their practice group have agreed to pay more than $500,000 to the United States for submitting false claims to Medicare.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee that oversees civilian security, democracy and human rights, today introduced a bipartisan resolution calling on the ...