News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The U.S. Justice Department today awarded a Nevada non-profit organization, the Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence, an $800,000 grant to improve arrest outcomes in domestic violence cases in Clark County and other areas of Nevada, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1624, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY). This bipartisan, commonsense legislation will help protect employees from cancelled health...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Mexico has extradited an American citizen who formerly lived in West Hills to face federal charges related to the illegal trafficking of the world’s largest freshwater fish, a South American species known as Arapaima gigas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - German company Master-Equipment has been charged with manufacturing, selling, and smuggling realistic American federal law enforcement badges into the United States. The charges arise out of an investigation of a phony DEA badge use by Daniel Harbison, a Georgia resident who was sentenced to federal prison after impersonating a DEA agent in June 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 11: 0 a.m. Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Hearing on: H.R. ___, the “Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2015" . Witnesses: · Ms. Elizabeth Milito, Senior Executive Counsel, NFIB Small Business Legal Center. · Mr. Cary Silverman, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, all 18 Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter requesting that Chairman Jason Chaffetz “issue a subpoena compelling Valeant Pharmaceuticals to turn over documents the company is withholding from Congress relating to massive price increases earlier this year for two drugs used by hospitals and other providers to treat serious heart conditions."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Four people who worked at a Rancho Cucamonga business that offered bogus loan modification programs to thousands of financially distressed homeowners - victims who lost more than $7 million when they paid for services that were never provided - were sentenced today to federal prison, with one of the leaders of the scheme being ordered to spend 20 years in custody.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, all 23 Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter urging the Republican majority to “stop using this Committee to level baseless and politicized attacks on Planned Parenthood and on women’s health" under the guise of a legitimate investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who participated in a heroin distribution scheme in 2013 was sentenced today to 40 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Domenico Chianesi II, 35, previously pleaded guilty in federal court in Huntington in December of 2014 to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement regarding the Republican majority’s decision to form a new subcommittee, within the jurisdiction of the Energy and Commerce Committee, to continue to investigate unsubstantiated claims made against Planned Parenthood...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and 91 other House Democrats sent a letter to President Obama today urging him to veto any appropriations or defense bill that includes policy riders designed to undermine the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Earlier this year, Grijalva led a similar letter to House and Senate defense authorizers asking them to drop anti-ESA riders during their negotiations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Newark was chosen one of five cities that will join the Department of Justice’s Violence Reduction Network (VRN), a comprehensive approach to reducing violent crime in communities around the country, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Today, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Budget denounced the budget reconciliation language expected to come before their committees in the coming days. Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby" Scott...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Joseph Lowry, 21, of Rochester, NY, was charged by criminal complaint in connection with his possession of a firearm stolen from a residence at 1070 Lake Avenue in Rochester. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, all 23 Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter urging the Republican majority to “stop using this Committee to level baseless and politicized attacks on Planned Parenthood and on women’s health" under the guise of a legitimate investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - Several alleged members of the Gangster Disciples have been indicted federally for their roles in the attempted murder of five teenagers in South Memphis.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - U.S. District Court Judge Colin S. Bruce today sentenced Valeriano J., aka ‘Billy,’ Zarate (zah-RAH'-te), 41, of Cissna Park, Ill., to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess more than five kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute. Following release from prison, Zarate was ordered to remain on supervised release for 10 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - In the largest settlement of its kind involving allegations of drug diversion at a hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has agreed to pay the United States $2.3 million to resolve allegations that lax controls enabled MGH employees to divert controlled substances for personal use. In conjunction with this record monetary settlement, MGH has agreed to implement a comprehensive corrective action plan to prevent, identify, and address future diversions.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Today, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Budget denounced the budget reconciliation language expected to come before their committees in the coming days. Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby" Scott...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, all 23 Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter urging the Republican majority to “stop using this Committee to level baseless and politicized attacks on Planned Parenthood and on women’s health" under the guise of a legitimate investigation.
