News from April 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combatting the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Professional and Academic Perspectives."
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will examine legislative language to create a 21st century energy and manufacturing workforce. Witnesses to be announced.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today heard oral arguments in two cases challenging EPA’s proposed rule to regulate carbon dioxide from existing power plants. The legal challengers, which include 15 states, argue EPA is acting outside its statutory authority by attempting to regulate...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that four defendants have been charged by criminal complaint with distributing and passing counterfeit currency. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combatting the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Professional and Academic Perspectives."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Otis McGee, 28, of Choctaw, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, Jr. to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. McGee pled guilty to the charge on Jan. 29, 2015. The crime occurred on the tribal lands of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama- A mother and son were sentenced in federal court yesterday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Modesto Barajas De Chavez, 50, originally from Mexico but living in Deatsville...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing on a draft of the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act (TROL Act). The subcommittee is continuing its work from last Congress to craft legislation that protects businesses and consumers from abusive patent demand letters, while preserving the ability of patent holders to legitimately protect their intellectual property.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss options for improving post-acute care (PAC) for Medicare patients. Subcommittee members reviewed bipartisan proposals and ideas to strengthen Medicare and promote higher quality care for seniors by modernizing post-acute care payment policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Andre Allan Forbes, 32, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced yesterday, for crack cocaine trafficking, possession of a firearm by convicted felon and witness tampering.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Cohen Brothers Inc., Middletown, Ohio; Metal Shredders Inc., Miamisburg, Ohio
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Daniel J. O’Hern, 65, a Mashpee resident and former New York pediatrician, pleaded guilty yesterday to distribution and possession of child pornography. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for July 21, 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combatting the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Professional and Academic Perspectives."
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss options for improving post-acute care (PAC) for Medicare patients. Subcommittee members reviewed bipartisan proposals and ideas to strengthen Medicare and promote higher quality care for seniors by modernizing post-acute care payment policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A jury today convicted Joseph A. Ferriero, the former chairman of the Bergen County Democratic Organization (BCDO), in connection with a racketeering scheme involving fraud and soliciting and accepting bribes as a party official, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, was appointed to the joint Senate-House conference committee to finalize the Budget Resolution. Stabenow is a senior member of the Senate Committee on the Budget.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Combatting the Opioid Abuse Epidemic: Professional and Academic Perspectives."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: Valentin Valdés-Ayala Guilty of Bankruptcy Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that criminal charges were filed late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Scranton against a former official of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 1338, for stealing almost $9,000 in union funds over a two-and-a-half year period.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), made these remarks following reports about a man who flew a gyrocopter through restricted airspace and landed on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol...
