News published on Federal Newswire in October 2015

News from October 2015


A Patient Oriented Approach for the 21st Century

News Release: The United States currently is using a regulatory framework for drugs and devices that was developed during the 20th century when iron lungs were still in use, the polio vaccine was just being discovered, genomics were just a science fiction dream, and personalized medicine meant your doctor made house...


Markup Notice: #SubEnvEcon to Vote WEDNESDAY  On Bill to Boost Rural America Drinking Water

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building off the momentum of last week’s hearing examining rural water issues, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a markup for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, to consider S. 611, “The Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water...


Rochester Woman Arrested On Gun Charge

News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas E. Gregory, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on July 29, 2015, Starling was the get-away driver after her boyfriend, Johnny Blackshell, along with Ramel Robinson, unlawfully entered the residence at 1070 Lake Avenue and stole a gun safe...


Markup Notice: #SubEnvEcon to Vote WEDNESDAY On Bill to Boost Rural America Drinking Water

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building off the momentum of last week’s hearing examining rural water issues, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a markup for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, to consider S. 611, “The Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building off the momentum of last week’s hearing examining rural water issues, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a markup for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, to consider S. 611, “The Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water...


RESCHEDULED HEARING NOTICE: Subcommittee on Health

News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has rescheduled this week’s hearing on “Examining the Regulation of Diagnostic Tests and Laboratory Operations." The hearing will now be held Nov. 17, 2015, at 2 p.m., in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building off the momentum of last week’s hearing examining rural water issues, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a markup for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, to consider S. 611, “The Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water...



News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building off the momentum of last week’s hearing examining rural water issues, the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a markup for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, to consider S. 611, “The Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water...


Whitfield Introduces Congressional Review Act Resolutions to Protect Jobs from EPA Overreach

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today introduced two resolutions under the Congressional Review Act disapproving of two final rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new and existing fossil-fuel...


News Release: Justice Department Files Suit Against Pittsfield Charter Township, Michigan, Over Denial of Zoning Approval for Islamic School.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Irvington, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 114 months in prison for brandishing a firearm while stealing a car in Newark, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


OSHA's regional emphasis program focuses on reducing illness and injury at Southeastern chicken processing facilities

News Release: ATLANTA - Poultry workers are twice as likely to suffer serious injuries and six times more likely to get sick on the job than other private sector workers, facts that are leading federal safety and health inspectors to act in four Southeastern states to reduce musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic stressors affecting industry workers.


News Release: Laurel, Maryland - The United States Park Police is investigating a fatal car crash that occurred northbound on the Baltimore Washington Parkway at the ramp to westbound 198 in Laurel, Maryland. At about 2 pm the United States Park Police received a call for an overturned vehicle from a contract crew...


News Release: SAVANNAH, GA -KIM H. BIRGE, 61, the former Chief Clerk of the Chatham County Probate Court, was sentenced Friday by United States District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr. to serve 6 years in federal prison for a scheme to steal money that was entrusted to the Probate Court. Birge pled guilty in July to mail fraud.


Arizona Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Heroin Trafficking Charges in New Mexico

News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.


Former Davis, Ill. Resident Pleads Guilty To Failure To Register As A Convicted Sex Offender

News Release: ROCKFORD - A former Davis, Ill. resident pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to a charge of failure to register under the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA"). MARK STEPHEN CURTIS, 29, who moved from North Carolina to Davis, Ill. during September...


Investment Advisor Sentenced in Connection with Rothstein Case

News Release: An investment advisor connected to the Rothstein case was sentenced this afternoon to 30 months in prison.


News Release: In Waco, 23-year-old Emmanuel Bailey of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, faces up to ten years in prison after pleading guilty this morning to admitting to transporting an individual across state lines for the purposes of prostitution announced, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a federal jury in Columbia South Carolina needed only 45 minutes on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, to convict Juan Fuentes-Morales and Ruben Ceja-Rangel on 8 charges related to the armed abduction of a St. Mathews man that...