News from April 2016
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Patchogue, NY- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 441,999 visitors to Fire Island National Seashore in 2015 spent $18.7 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 218 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $23.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL J. VATTER pled guilty today to wire fraud in connection with state pension benefits before U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel in White Plains federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Man Pleads Guilty to Lying and Concealment in Connection with the Mother Emanuel AME Church Shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: A Lake Worth resident is charged with distributing fentanyl, a controlled substance that was ingested and caused the death of another individual.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announced its first proposed rule on implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), which was signed into law last April. The bipartisan legislation permanently repealed the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), reforming how doctors get paid for treating Medicare patients.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and 32 Republican committee Members sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt regarding a new agency rule that will affect how health care plans are designed and sold on the Obamacare exchange.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a Member Day Hearing on Tax Legislation. The hearing is an opportunity for Members on both sides of the aisle to present their ideas to improve the tax code. It will take place on Thursday, May 12th at 10:00 AM in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: ADRIAN, Oregon - The Bureau of Reclamation is permanently closing the Owyhee Dam Boat Ramp May 31 due to safety concerns. A temporary closure has been in effect since 2015. The boat ramp is located about 1 mile upstream of Owyhee Dam, which is located on the Owyhee River in Oregon, about 50 miles west of Boise, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the filing of a criminal complaint and arrests of Yanique Chantel Coach (25, Orlando) and Dwayne Breary (31, Ft. Lauderdale) for conspiracy to commit mail fraud. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Donald Keith Smith on April 29, 2016 to serve a term of imprisonment of 60 months followed by 3 years of supervised release for committing a Bank Robbery of the Regions Bank in Daphne, Alabama on Oct. 29, 2015 in violation of 18 USC § 2113(a). The defendant had previously pled guilty before the Court on Jan. 22, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two Rosebud, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Sexual Abuse.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Calls for Transparency and Public Input on EPA Advisory Panels
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former U.S. Postal employee from Burlington County, New Jersey, today admitted his role in a conspiracy to steal income tax refund checks from the U.S. Mail, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a legislative hearing examining two energy bills to improve our nuclear power landscape. Nuclear energy generates 20 percent of our electricity and produces zero greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, ...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a legislative hearing examining two energy bills to improve our nuclear power landscape. Nuclear energy generates 20 percent of our electricity and produces zero greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that Hollister, Inc., a manufacturer of disposable health care products, and Byram Healthcare Centers, Inc., a supplier of medical products, have agreed to pay $11.44 million and $9.3 million, respectively, to resolve allegations that they engaged in a kickback scheme designed to increase sales and profits.
By State Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) today announced that they have introduced comprehensive legislation to address the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. An additional bipartisan group of 14 members,...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact by Force of a Child was sentenced on April 25, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley and Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator partnered to hold roundtable discussions, a tour and other events for National Reentry Week.
