News from June 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 7, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Federal, State, and Local Agreements and Economic Benefits for Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) released a final regulation on valuating royalties from oil, natural gas and coal produced on federal and tribal lands. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Louisiana Woman Sentenced to 192 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Commit Sex Trafficking of a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - An Adams man was charged in a superseding indictment today in connection with a plot to engage in terrorist activity inspired by and in the name of ISIL.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park rangers will implement a selective sobriety checkpoint July 4th in an effort to assure the safety of park visitors and residents. The checkpoint will be at the junction of South Entrance Road and Center Road from 7 pm to 11 pm.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Thursday, July 7, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Charles Dennis Bolden, Sr., age 69, of Baltimore, a former employee at the Quarantine Road Landfill (Landfill), pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit two separate criminal schemes: one in which Department of Public Works (DPW) employees sought and accepted cash payments from...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ryan McGowan, 34, of Elk Grove, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 18 months in prison and a $7,000 fine for dealing firearms without a license and for conspiracy to make a false statement on a firearms record, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Thursday, July 7, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Last week marked the culmination of a multi-year, bipartisan, bicameral effort to reform dated legislation that affects American consumers, manufacturers, and the environment on a daily basis. After a number of hearings at the Energy and Commerce Committee and strong votes in the House and Senate, the final product, which was signed into law on June 22, is something everyone can be proud of.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 28, 2016, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Jeremy J. Neumann (age: 37) of Neenah, Wisconsin, charging him with arson of a building in violation of Title 18, United States Code...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - An Ocala, Florida, cardiologist, Dr. Asad Qamar, and his practice, the Institute of Cardiovascular Excellence (ICE), will pay $2 million, plus release any claim to $5.3 million in suspended Medicare funds, to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they improperly billed Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Johnny Rounds, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy involving murder and drug dealing and operating a continuing criminal enterprise, was sentenced to 300 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jesus Alberto Medina-Montes, age 24, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to a term of time served after being convicted of illegally re-entering the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 7, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Federal, State, and Local Agreements and Economic Benefits for Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal."
By EPA Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement regarding the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s revelation that 300,000 Honda and Acura airbags have a higher risk of exploding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jason Yelder, 33, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Robert Ervin, 20, of Marlborough, New Hampshire, was sentenced on Thursday in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire on federal charges of distributing heroin, possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it, and possessing a firearm as a regular user of heroin, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice. The Court imposed a four-year term of imprisonment, to be followed by a period of supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 7, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Federal, State, and Local Agreements and Economic Benefits for Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal."
