News from March 2016
By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the implementation of Medicare payment reforms. The hearing focused on the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, which was a flawed payment system for doctors that required...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz seeking information relating to DOE’s nuclear waste management policy. The committee has been at...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today welcomed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) announcement on the deal reached to place automatic braking systems in most vehicles by 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An insurance salesman who was entrusted with managing his client’s inheritance was convicted by a federal jury today for fraudulently using the funds for his own benefit, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Pipestone National Monument announces the first presentation of a "Find Your Park" film series, on March 26, 2016, from 3:00pm to 4:00pm. March's film will highlight Valley Forge National Historical Park. The film series will feature a monthly video and lecture, detailing information about...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Lawmakers in the House and Senate today introduced the Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act, legislation that will ensure the Department of Labor pursues a balanced and responsible approach to updating federal overtime rules. The sponsors of the legislation-members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions-released the following statements upon introduction...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that yesterday a federal grand jury in Harrisburg returned an indictment of Felix Ramon Diaz, on forty-five counts of aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax documents.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, NY - Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. and Special Agent in Charge Adam S. Cohen of the FBI’s Buffalo Division announced today that Mufid Elfgeeh, 32, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of attempting to provide material support...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On March 14, 2016, Tito Charles, 30, of Greeneville, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 15 years in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Charles will be supervised for 10 years by U.S. Probation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that yesterday a federal grand jury in Harrisburg indicted Jose Luis Benitez-Hernandez of hindering removal from the United States and impeding, resisting and assaulting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Officers engaged in the performance of their duties.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California Desert District, in partnership with the California Historic Route 66 Association, will sponsor a Route 66 Economic Development Symposium on May 18, 2016 at the Ramada Inn, located on Historic Route 66 in Barstow.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the committee’s ongoing work examining the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ground-level ozone, Energy and Power Subcommittee Vice Chairman Pete Olson (R-TX), committee member Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX), House...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: Justin Harris, 43, a/k/a “Cole," of Columbia, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Kevin A. Sharp, to conspiracy to possess and distribute between 150 and 500 grams of methamphetamine, and to threatening to retaliate against a government witness, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Poultry workers are twice as likely to suffer serious injuries and six times more likely to get sick on the job than other private sector workers, facts that are leading federal safety and health inspectors in three Midwestern states to act to reduce musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic stressors among at-risk workers.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the implementation of Medicare payment reforms. The hearing focused on the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, which was a flawed payment system for doctors that required...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MIGUEL MENDEZ-GUSMAN, age 36, a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for false claim to United States Citizenship.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the implementation of Medicare payment reforms. The hearing focused on the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, which was a flawed payment system for doctors that required...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today welcomed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) announcement on the deal reached to place automatic braking systems in most vehicles by 2022.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Aaron Lucas, aka B-Wise, 38, of Buffalo, NY, with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Edward A. Leon, 43, of St. Johnsville, New York, was sentenced today to be imprisoned for the statutory maximum of 10 years, based upon his trial conviction on two counts of making false declarations before a federal grand jury, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian ...
