News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Massachusetts Men Plead Guilty To Transporting An Individual For Prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sherri J. Slaven, 51, of Ellenboro, West Virginia, was sentenced today for health care fraud and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $133,968.83, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Twenty-Five Individuals Indicted for Wire Fraud.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Employer's name: Peak Roofing Inc. in Abilene, Texas
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George Price will host a "State of the Seashore" program on Wednesday, November 4 at 6:30 PM at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham. The program is free, accessible, and open to the public.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today convened a meeting with Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist, and investor, to discuss the importance of energy innovation. The two were joined by Sens. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Last weekend, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined over 600 folks for Kalamazoo’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. Over 100 teams braved the morning chill to raise over $60,000 and help boost awareness and research for breast cancer. According to the American...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Inhofe Statement on NRC Issuing a New Operating License
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Karen Kimble, a/k/a “Karen Kimble-Mamah" and “Karen Mamah," age 40, of Owings Mills, Maryland, to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for six counts of wire fraud, five counts of subscribing to...
By State Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed H. Res. 293, as amended, which is a bipartisan resolution authored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) that expresses concern over anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within the Palestinian Authority. Passage of the resolution comes after this morning’s Committee hearing entitled “Words Have Consequences: Palestinian Authority Incitement to Violence.".
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday, the Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), reviewed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ plan to update and strengthen the Medicare Part D Medication Therapy Management Program (MTM). The original goal of the program was to encourage senior patients...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. -Seventy-five bison are on their way to new homes across the Midwest as part of an agreement with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to form conservation, or satellite, herds with bison from Wind Cave National Park. The Wind Cave herd is known for its brucellosis free status, high levels of genetic diversity, and lack of cattle gene introgression.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent letters to the daily fantasy sites DraftKings and FanDuel requesting information on how the companies monitor their participants so that sports leagues can ensure their players and officials are in compliance with league policies.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment and the Economy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a legislative hearing examining S. 611, the Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act. The bill, which passed the Senate by Unanimous Consent, is the companion to H.R. 2853 - a bill introduced by Subcommittee Vice Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS).
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced they were issuing the operating license of the Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 in Tennessee...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: The Eastern Interconnection States’ Planning Collaborative (EISPC) has released a white paper on that examines operational, economic, and policy pressure points affecting pressures on the nation’s existing fleet of nuclear generating stations, and suggests options for states concerned about near-term...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Oct. 29, 2015, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Regulation of Diagnostic Tests and Laboratory Operations."
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Last weekend, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined over 600 folks for Kalamazoo’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. Over 100 teams braved the morning chill to raise over $60,000 and help boost awareness and research for breast cancer. According to the American...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man, Timothy George Alex, has been sentenced by United States District Judge Sharon Gleason to serve 108 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to sell large quantities of cocaine and heroin. Upon being released from prison, Alex will be on supervised release for five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Recidivist Child Sex Offender Convicted of Child Pornography Charges.
