News from December 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a year-end spending package that included a number of Energy and Commerce Committee legislative priorities. Among the committee efforts included in the bill are an increase in NIH and FDA funding by $2 billion, lifting the 40-year-old ban on oil exports, permanently reauthorizing the World Trade Center Health Fund for 9/11 first responders, and several public health initiatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Billy Joe Merchant, age 43, of Granite City was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 to 70 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Jahraun Malachi Brodhurst, 24, a native of St. Croix, was arraigned on Thursday, Dec. 17, before U.S. Magistrate Judge George Cannon on a superseding indictment charging him with one count of transporting and shipping a firearm with an obliterated serial number and two counts of unlawfully mailing a firearm, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Brodhurst was arrested on December 4, 2015, in Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig R. Gestring, who is handling the case, stated that federal law enforcement first encountered Ray because of his role in a mail fraud scheme involving forged United States treasury checks. In February 2015, the defendant was convicted of mail fraud and forging treasury checks.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) in a to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General Arthur Elkins Jr., strongly questioned the timing and substance of interviews...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Edward Durante Charged with Defrauding At Least 100 Investors of More Than $14 Million.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Today the FAA made available online the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) training video. The video, now available online only, should be used by airports with a Part 139 certificate and their local ARFF departments. The DVD has three modules: Aircraft Forcible Entry, Fire Fighting with the High ...
By State Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today praised Senate passage of the Electrify Africa Act of 2015 (S.2152), legislation that will leverage private sector resources ...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released proposed rules to better inform adult consumers of the health risks associated with indoor tanning, which is known to contribute to skin cancer, including melanoma. These new, critical safety measures will also prevent minors, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: The PATH Act presents Congress a historic, bipartisan opportunity to implement permanent and responsible tax relief for American families, workers and job creators. Specifically, The PATH Act cuts taxes for American families, provides business incentives to invest in job creation, and suspends one of Obamacare’s most egregious taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Ohio Cardiologist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Overbilling Medicare and Others of $5.7 Million for Unnecessary Procedures.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Ferriday woman was sentenced Thursday to five months in prison and five months of home confinement for stealing more than $100,000 of Veterans Affairs (VA) Death and Indemnity funds which were meant for her deceased aunt.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - 21st Century Oncology LLC, has agreed to pay $19.75 million to the government to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing federal health care programs for laboratory tests that were not medically necessary, the Justice Department announced today. 21st Century is a nationwide provider of integrated cancer care services that is headquartered in Fort Myers, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A man who admitted committing identity theft was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Inhofe Statement on Senate EPW's Top Accomplishments for 2015
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that communities may now apply to be designated a Promise Zone under the third and final round competition. Read the new notice seeking Promise Zone applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing stolen mail and to credit card fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement regarding the language in the omnibus bill repealing the country of origin labeling requirements for beef and pork products.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: Republican and Democratic lawmakers introduced today legislative proposals that will ensure retirement advisors serve their clients’ best interests and preserve access to quality financial planning. The proposals reflect a set of bipartisan principles members introduced in response to a Department of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Attorney General Loretta Lynch appointed Billy J. Williams as United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, effective on Dec. 12, 2015. U.S. Attorney Williams will serve in an interim capacity pursuant to the Attorney General's authority to appoint under 28 U.S.C. Section 546.
