News from June 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today welcomed the FDA’s creation of an Oncology Center of Excellence. The announcement came as part of Vice President Biden’s cancer moon shot initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - A 26-year-old, Vinton, Virginia resident, who was convicted of federal sex trafficking charges following a jury trial in October 2015, was sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This morning, Ways and Means Committee Chairman and leader of the Tax Reform Task Force Kevin Brady (R-TX) will join Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), and House Republicans to unveil the sixth and final plank of “A Better Way “: the Tax Reform Task Force Blueprint.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Abraham Horlando Ramirez-Ramirez, 32, of Guatemala, was arrested and charged by complaint for re-entering the United States after being deported. The charges carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today welcomed the FDA’s creation of an Oncology Center of Excellence. The announcement came as part of Vice President Biden’s cancer moon shot initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Helping Disguise Foreign Contributions during 2012 Presidential Election.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADAM M. SIMPSON, 29, a former member of the U.S. Navy who was stationed in New London, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of enticing minors to perform sexually explicit acts during online video chats.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: PISCATAWAY, Md. - The National Park Service and Maryland Department of Natural Resources are preparing to transfer operational responsibility of Fort Washington Marina later this year, and are inviting members of the public to learn more at a public meeting at 7 p.m. on July 11. Both agencies are committed to ensuring a smooth transition and uninterrupted visitor services at Fort Washington Marina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charge of embezzlement, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Despite House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders granting the Obama administration one final chance to provide basic information regarding the Transitional Reinsurance Program, the administration has once again declined to cooperate and share information. Over the last several months, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Lew: We write to express our grave concerns over the potential impact of the proposed debt-equity regulations under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 385 (the “proposed regulations"), released by the Treasury Department on April 4, 2016. In fact, the recent letter sent to you dated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Steven Hameed, 57, and Darnell Young, 48, both of Chester PA, pleaded guilty today to all charges against them relating to a multi-year conspiracy to file false deeds on homes throughout Delaware County and file false tax forms against judges, law enforcement, and other government employees to try to intimidate and harass them in the course of their official duties, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - James Hill, 34, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Hill also was ordered to forfeit $5,100.00 to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Berrien County, Georgia, Sheriff Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force Against Arrestees.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today welcomed the FDA’s creation of an Oncology Center of Excellence. The announcement came as part of Vice President Biden’s cancer moon shot initiative.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: INHOFE ANNOUNCES LETTER OF 29 GOP SENATORS URGING ACTION ON WRDA, CALLS FOR MEMBERS TO SUBMIT WRDA AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: The former Detroit Public Schools Director of Grant Development pleaded guilty today to federal program fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Fire management operations on the Big Hat fire will be taking advantage of favorable conditions to burn two sections of land that were originally planned to be burned this fall. As a result of the ignitions and burn out, increased smoke and fire activity will be visible.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: Concord, N.H.-Emily Gray Rice, United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that Jordan Caruso, 41, previously of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced today for the robbery of a Bank of America branch location in September 2015. Senior United States District Judge Steven J.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man, Jerry Ware, who admitted that he and his accomplice, Kevin Howard, committed the armed robberies of five 7-Eleven/RaceTrac stores in Dallas in October 2014, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve 312 months (26 years) in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
