News from August 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee members recognized “National Dog Day" last Friday by sharing pictures with their loyal canine friends. Whether a family pet or service animal, there’s no question that dogs really are “Members’ best friend." Here are some of our favorite Congressional companions from around the committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two doctors who each operated medical offices in Lynwood have been arrested on federal drug charges that allege they issued prescriptions for narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose. The doctors - Sonny Oparah, 75, of Long Beach, and Edward Ridgill, 64, of Ventura - surrendered...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following concerns about soaring out-of-pocket costs for EpiPens, Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf regarding generic drugs at FDA and ensuring we have a competitive prescription drug market. The letter identifies a series...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is launching a new prize competition seeking methods to prevent rodents from burrowing into canals, levees and earthen dam embankments. Winners of this prize competition will share $20,000.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee members recognized “National Dog Day" last Friday by sharing pictures with their loyal canine friends. Whether a family pet or service animal, there’s no question that dogs really are “Members’ best friend." Here are some of our favorite Congressional companions from around the committee.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee members recognized “National Dog Day" last Friday by sharing pictures with their loyal canine friends. Whether a family pet or service animal, there’s no question that dogs really are “Members’ best friend." Here are some of our favorite Congressional companions from around the committee.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following concerns about soaring out-of-pocket costs for EpiPens, Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf regarding generic drugs at FDA and ensuring we have a competitive prescription drug market. The letter identifies a series...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: The boat docks at Rainbow Bridge National Monument have been reopened following repairs.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing to stand up for the public’s interest, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Mark Rosekind to extend an ongoing comment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Barbara McQuade today announced that her office has put together a team of specialists to assist former patients and family members of Dr. Farid Fata in completing the restitution claim form. Fata was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for providing medically unnecessary chemotherapy...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Joshua Leroy Cooper, 32, of Knoxville, Tenn., was sentenced on Aug. 29, 2016, by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 140 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Martin Rhys-Jones, 52, a citizen of the United Kingdom, who was convicted of laundering money derived in a wire fraud conspiracy, was sentenced to 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant was also ordered to pay $2,897,130 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: A Miami Gardens, Florida, resident pleaded guilty today to multiple criminal charges in connection with a sophisticated global cell phone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and “cloning" their phones to make fraudulent international calls.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: WILLOWS, Calif - The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management are in the early stages of developing a management plan for the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (BSMNM) and invite the public to participate in Community Conversations about the monument. The conversations are an opportunity for the public to express what they value in the management of the BSMNM.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: FBI Jacksonville Announces New Leadership. Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Michelle Klimt has announced her retirement from the FBI following 26 years of dedicated service. Klimt has led the FBI Jacksonville Division since 2013. Klimt was the first female selected to lead the Jacksonville Division, following...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing to stand up for the public’s interest, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Mark Rosekind to extend an ongoing comment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: Controlled substances are strictly regulated in the United States because of their potential for abuse and the danger they pose if improperly used. The CSA establishes a closed system of controls over the handling of controlled substances by registrants, including hospitals, pharmacies and rehabilitation facilities. Violations of the CSA concerning dispensing and administering, distribution, recordkeeping, and other related activities can result in civil penalties.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Heather Bresch, the CEO of Mylan, requesting documents and communications regarding the increasing price of EpiPens.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: Friday, September 2 - Longs Peak: Experience the Keyhole Route.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Four people were sentenced today for firearm and identity theft charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
