News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: A Toledo grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Yahya Farooq Mohammad today, charging him with soliciting the murder of a federal judge, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade for the Eastern District of Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Byron McCollum, age 67, of Lake Worth, Florida, was sentenced today to serve 32 years in Federal prison for the June 2, 2015 armed robbery of Regions Bank on Veterans Parkway in Columbus, announced U.S. Attorney G.F. “Pete" Peterman, III. The Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Court Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. -William Albert Ulmer, aka “Bill Ulmer," 49, of West Dickinson, North Dakota, was sentenced today to three years in prison for traveling with a stolen passport and aggravated identity theft charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. also sentenced Ulmer to three years of supervised release after he is released from prison.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed landmark bipartisan legislation to reform our nation’s mental health system by a vote of 422-2. H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, was introduced by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) following an extensive subcommittee investigation into the nation’s failing mental health care system.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: After an 18-month-long investigation, the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee and the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold hearings this week on the Obama Administration’s unlawful funding of the cost sharing reduction (CSR) program, which was established under the Affordable Care Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Springfield, Mo., man - the eighth and final co-defendant - has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Springfield area.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following statement for the record at the opening of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) Conference Committee...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Art on the Rim, the 7th annual Art Show to be held at Crater Lake National Park, is scheduled for July 9thand 10that the Rim Village Community House from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm both days. The artwork being featured was created by the park's recent Artists-in-Residence. The park Artist-in-Residence program...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks during Floor consideration of H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on July 5, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Text of Legislation. * S. 524, House and Senate Conference Draft . Amendments. * . Opening Statements. * . Documents. * Meeting Notice . * Background Memo . * Order of Recognition, Statements . * Proxy Form . Related Items: Upton Announces Opioid Conference Committee Meeting NEXT WEEK
By EPA Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Energy and Power Subcommittee Ranking Bobby Rush delivered the following opening remarks at the hearing titled, "A Review of EPA's Regulatory Activity During the Obama Administration: Energy and Industrial Sectors":
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio today, 45-year-old Eduardo Rocha, Sr. (aka “Lalo"), was sentenced to life in federal prison for his leadership role in an undocumented alien smuggling ring operating in Carrizo Springs, TX, that tortured victims while waiting for ransom payments announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden and Dimmit County Sheriff Marion Boyd.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On July 6, 2016, Tamisha Mc Bean, 32, of St. Thomas, pleaded guilty in federal court on St. Thomas, to conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Co-defendants Demincia Dore, 30, of St. Thomas, and Kishma Weeks, 26, of St. Croix, pleaded guilty on June 30, 2016 and July 5, 2016, respectively, to the same charge. Sentencings for all three defendants are scheduled for Nov. 3, 2016.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After this morning’s meeting of House and Senate opioid conferees, bicameral leaders announced that a conference report has been filed. The conference report will be considered by the House Rules Committee tonight, and is expected to be on the House floor on Friday.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Support continues to build for a comprehensive opioid package following this morning’s meeting of House and Senate opioid conferees who gathered to consider legislative text for the conference report to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. The draft legislative...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Gregory Lee Butler, Jr., a/k/a Greg Baly, age 22, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to the federal indictment charging him with obstruction of firefighters during a civil disorder, in connection with a fire at CVS during the civil disturbance in Baltimore on April 27, 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Energy and Power Subcommittee Ranking Bobby Rush delivered the following opening remarks at the hearing titled, "A Review of EPA's Regulatory Activity During the Obama Administration: Energy and Industrial Sectors":
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed landmark bipartisan legislation to reform our nation’s mental health system by a vote of 422-2. H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, was introduced by Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) following an extensive subcommittee investigation into the nation’s failing mental health care system.
