News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: California Man had previously been convicted of a similar fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua Hood, 34, of Clarksburg, was sentenced to 240 months in prison for transmitting images of child pornography, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved fifteen energy bills that advance the committee’s efforts to protect and create jobs, modernize our energy infrastructure, keep energy accessible and affordable, and strengthen our energy security.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Thursday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on connecting patients to new and potential life-saving treatments. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: In advance of their first idea forum today, the chairs of the Task Force on Health Care Reform released their mission statement. This mission statement, laying out the goals of the task force, marks the next step in the development of a bold, pro-growth agenda that Republicans will present to the country in the coming months.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved fifteen energy bills that advance the committee’s efforts to protect and create jobs, modernize our energy infrastructure, keep energy accessible and affordable, and strengthen our energy security.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: The White House’s Precision Medicine Initiative is marking an important milestone today - its first anniversary. The initiative seeks to launch “a bold new research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease." The initiative aligns with the committee’s work to deliver #CuresNow - ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: The White House’s Precision Medicine Initiative is marking an important milestone today - its first anniversary. The initiative seeks to launch “a bold new research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease." The initiative aligns with the committee’s work to deliver #CuresNow - ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that a federal jury has convicted TIMOTHY JONES, a/k/a “Lucci," “King Lucci," “Lucci Loco," age 25, from Memphis, for his role in sex trafficking two minors into the New Orleans area for the purposes of those minors engaging in prostitution. The jury convicted...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today outlined his principles for tax reform in a speech to the Tax Policy Center at the Brookings Institution. Key excerpts can be found below, followed by the full text of Wyden’s remarks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Defendant Submitted Forged Prescriptions for Oxycodone, Other Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Ex-Wife and Two Sons Also Pleaded Guilty to Their Roles in Thefts.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Senator Barbara Boxer Shines Light on Dangerous Special Interest Provision in House FAA Bill at Press Conference
By State Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement prior to Secretary of State John F. Kerry’s testimony at a Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2017 international affairs budget...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the committee held a hearing with Acting Secretary of Education John King on implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $25,000 civil settlement with Dr. Richard Bravman, Dr. John Langston, and their Cape Cod dental practice, Bravman, Langston, and Associates, LLC in connection with the practice’s flawed recordkeeping of controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: Eight Individuals Arrested for Bribery, Conspiracy, Health Care and Mail Fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: The White House’s Precision Medicine Initiative is marking an important milestone today - its first anniversary. The initiative seeks to launch “a bold new research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease." The initiative aligns with the committee’s work to deliver #CuresNow - ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing to review the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s analysis of the Puerto Rico situation and the Obama Administration’s plan to address the crisis.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today approved fifteen energy bills that advance the committee’s efforts to protect and create jobs, modernize our energy infrastructure, keep energy accessible and affordable, and strengthen our energy security.
