News from July 2016
By Commerce 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: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Bennie Kyle, 61, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for distributing cocaine near Fairmont State University, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The state of Connecticut announced today that its CO-OP would shutter, forcing its approximately 40,000 participants to find new coverage. The announcement makes 14 out of the original 23 Obamacare CO-OPs that have closed its doors at a total cost to taxpayers of nearly $1.5 billion. The closures come at an increasingly rapid rate - 11 of the CO-OPs have collapsed since last September.
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 US DOT Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Statement of. The Honorable Andrè Carson. Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. July 6, 2016. Good morning. Welcome to today’s hearing about the use of independent leasing authority. On behalf...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Williamsport, Md. - To honor the National Park Service's 100th anniversary this August, the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (NHP) will be touring selected parks with their Centennial Band including the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O Canal) National Historical Park.Join us at the C&O Canal at...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: The House Judiciary Committee has announced a markup for Thursday, July 7, 2016. Below is the Committee’s schedule for the week of July 5-8, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Today, Jay Scott Soderling was sentenced to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay $345,697 in restitution, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf.
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Vivian Marie Williams, 51, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy to submit false claims for income tax refunds and to identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Steve G. Singo, 35, of Weirton, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for receiving, possessing, and distributing images of child pornography, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - John VonFricken, age 51, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 3 years of probation and 3 months of weekend incarceration at the Rensselaer County Jail for defrauding a union health plan of $54,000, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: YORK, Pa. - The sexual assault of a home health care worker has resulted in a willful citation against one of the nation's leading providers of pediatric home health and therapy services for medically frail and chronically ill children, after it failed to protect its employees properly from the dangers of workplace violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina has settled claims of health care fraud with Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, LLC (“Drayer"). Drayer has locations in South Carolina and 14 other...
By State Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks in support of the Global Food Security Act of 2016 (S.1252 )...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Ahead of Wednesday’s public meeting of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) conference committee, Democratic conferees are urging their Republican counterparts to support the addition of $920 million fully paid for by bipartisan offsets for states to provide critical resources to respond to the nation’s opioid and heroin epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On July 5, 2016, Keenan Powell-Ryder, 20, pleaded guilty in District Court to possession with intent to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By Commerce 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 EPA Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The state of Connecticut announced today that its CO-OP would shutter, forcing its approximately 40,000 participants to find new coverage. The announcement makes 14 out of the original 23 Obamacare CO-OPs that have closed its doors at a total cost to taxpayers of nearly $1.5 billion. The closures come at an increasingly rapid rate - 11 of the CO-OPs have collapsed since last September.
By EPA 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.
