News from July 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today issued the following statement regarding the 2015 Medicare Trustees Report. Read a summary of key findings from the report online HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A nine count federal indictment was unsealed today in the District of Puerto Rico charging 105 defendants with racketeering, drug trafficking, drive-by shooting murders and related firearm offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez for the District of Puerto Rico. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that EVELYN ODOMS, age 64, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to one count of aiding and abetting health care fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK), House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Senate Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee Chairwoman Shelley Moore Capito...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: Robert M. Hertz, age 51, of 2418 Catskill Street SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, pleaded guilty today to one count of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today issued the following statement regarding the 2015 Medicare Trustees Report. Read a summary of key findings from the report online HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Patricia Marie Sanderson, 49, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was convicted today of failure to pay payroll taxes, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade has scheduled a markup on Thursday, July 23, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following three bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power today unanimously approved a draft of its long-awaited energy package, an effort to modernize our laws to reflect America’s energy abundance and take full advantage of our potential to be an energy superpower in the 21st century.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: July 22, 2015 15-048. Julena Campbell or Amy Bartlett. (307)344-2015. e-mail us. A portion of the Grand Loop Road in Yellowstone National Park will be closed at night beginning Monday, July 27. The 5.4 mile closure is part of a multi-year road improvement project on the 16-mile stretch of road between...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Brian Newton (57, Port Orange) and Victoria Snow (55, Clearwater) guilty of 1 count of conspiracy, 13 counts of mail fraud, and 11 counts of wire fraud. Each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count. Sentencing has been set for October 9, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On July 16, 2015, Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, of Hixon, Tenn., shot and killed five individuals and wounded two more, including a Chattanooga Police Officer, at a Military Recruitment Center and Naval and Marine Reserve Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: “Public corruption is a scourge. Every New Yorker wants us to work as hard as possible to end it. But lies to law enforcement make the job of fighting corruption doubly difficult. Today, a jury unanimously found that Tom Libous, the second highest ranking New York Senator, told lie after lie to hide the truth from federal agents investigating corruption in Albany. Libous’s lies have been exposed, his crime has been proven, and Albany will be the better for it.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A Florida businessman has been charged in federal court with running a Ponzi scheme involving the sale of bogus investments in his real estate development company. RICHARD L. THOMPSON, 60, induced investors to purchase shares in his real estate development company, Latten Management LLC, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: “I thank Ranking Member Conyers and Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Jackson Lee for their hard work to address many of the issues facing the criminal justice system. I look forward to reviewing their legislation and finding areas of common ground in order to improve our nation’s criminal justice system."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1734, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015 with a bipartisan vote of 258 to 166. The bipartisan legislation was introduced by Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) and is a culmination of the committee’s bipartisan, bicameral work from previous Congresses to improve the regulatory framework by putting states in charge of implementing coal ash rules.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today issued the following statement regarding the 2015 Medicare Trustees Report. Read a summary of key findings from the report online HERE.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: Saint Mary, MONT. -Officials at Glacier National Park report that fire conditions and forecasted winds have prompted additional precautionary evacuations of the St. Mary area within Glacier National Park. These evacuations include the St. Mary Visitor Center and National Park Service administrative area. The St. Mary Campground, Rising Sun Campground, and the Rising Sun Motor Inn were previously evacuated.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jason Gregory Colley, 36, of Luray, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to tampering with evidence for moving the body of a drug overdose victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU - Jennifer McTigue, age 48, of Honolulu, today pled guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, as well as committing wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. McTigue pled guilty in federal district court before Senior District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall a day after jury selection for her trial was to have commenced.
