News from July 2016
By EPA Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today approved H.R. 5210, the PADME Act, by voice vote. The bipartisan legislation, which includes two committee provisions, will make a series of reforms to strengthen Medicaid and Medicare, and takes responsible steps to ensures patients will continue to have access to durable medical equipment (DME) they have relied on and will continue to need.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | July 5, 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the father-and-son operators of two Independence, Mo., stores have been indicted by a federal grand jury for distributing synthetic marijuana, also known as K2, and for accepting food stamps as payment for K2.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced today the former operator of two companies located in Franklin, N.C. to 135 months in prison on federal securities fraud and money laundering charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Barry Carlton Taylor, 64, of Franklin, was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and to pay nearly $2.2 million as restitution to his victim investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Devin Wright, 25, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced to eight months in prison for participating in a wire fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the availability of legislative text to be considered by the House and Senate opioid conferees at their Wednesday meeting. The conferees are scheduled to meet July 6, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Matthew S. Melvin, age 34, from Shelburne, Vermont, has been arrested and indicted on identity theft and related charges. Melvin made his initial appearance in federal court on June 30, 2016 for his arraignment on the ten-count indictment. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy ordered Melvin released on various conditions of pre-trial release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Tuesday to more than 15 years in federal prison for robbing two Wichita gas stations, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. Also Tuesday, a co-defendant in the same case pleaded guilty.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Wellfleet, MA -On August 25 the National Park Service turns 100. Along with other national park areas across the country, Cape Cod National Seashore is celebrating the achievements of the past 100 years and is embracing the upcoming century of stewardship of America's lands and stories. One of the lesser-told...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the availability of legislative text to be considered by the House and Senate opioid conferees at their Wednesday meeting. The conferees are scheduled to meet July 6, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Kevin James Fox, 60, of Limestone, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production and receipt of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 50 years, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - One defendant was sentenced and one pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate marijuana in the Sierra National Forest in Madera County with the intent to distribute, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building upon the Energy and Commerce Committee’s #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today approved H.R. 5210, the PADME Act, by voice vote. The bipartisan legislation, which includes two committee provisions, will make a series of reforms to strengthen Medicaid and Medicare, and takes responsible steps to ensures patients will continue to have access to durable medical equipment (DME) they have relied on and will continue to need.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: The Lonely Dell access road at Lees Ferry will reopen on Wednesday, July 6. The road closed in October after flooding in the Paria River eroded the banks along the road. Now that the banks supporting the road have been stabilized, visitors can use the parking area and toilet facilities at this popular historic site again.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former member of the Planning Commission for the City of Westminster is scheduled to be arraigned today on charges of soliciting and receiving a $15,000 bribe to help a person obtain a liquor license.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Government Impersonators Targeting Montana Residents. The FBI Salt Lake City Division has recently received numerous reports of increased efforts by scammers to target residents, specifically in communities along northern Montana’s Hi-Line, with unsolicited telephone calls in which the caller claims...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Real estate agent Christopher A. Kwegan, age 59, of Randallstown, Maryland pleaded guilty today to charges arising from the fraudulent purchase of a Baltimore City property using fraudulent loan documentation and a straw purchaser.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore will host two family-friendly events this summer on Ocracoke. ‘Concert in the Park’ will be held on Monday, July 11th and Monday August 8th, on the grassy picnic area adjacent to the National Park Service boat docks, alongside Silver Lake Harbor in the village of Ocracoke.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) today announced that its June hearing examining ways to strengthen our national trauma system has been rescheduled. The hearing will now take place on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Mark Warner (D-VA), members of the Senate Banking Committee, sent letters to two systemically important derivative clearing organizations (DCO)-CME, Inc. and Ice Clear Credit LLC -requesting information on the firms’ recovery and resolution plans.
