News from March 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) yesterday sent a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, President and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), regarding recent actions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Michael Anthony Nohl, 20, of Oaks, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to charges from a so-called “swatting" incident that targeted a law enforcement officer and the officer’s family, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. U.S. District Court Judge Jan E. DuBois scheduled a sentencing hearing for June 9, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Michael E. Fisher, age 39, was convicted yesterday after a jury trial in Burlington of attempting to persuade, induce, entice or coerce a minor to engage in illegal sex, using a facility of interstate commerce.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today announced a continuation in its Disrupter Series with a hearing to review digital currency and blockchain technology. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: Digital Currency...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Reclamation's March forecast for the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) today applauded the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) passing six more bipartisan bills as part of its medical innovation package that is similar to the House passed H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. Today’s markup was the second of three scheduled votes. The HELP Committee previously approved seven bipartisan bills last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: Over $1 million stolen from Carrier Air Conditioning Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Knott County man, with a significant criminal history, has been sentenced to 320 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in a sex trafficking case in which a 17-year-old girl was the victim, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) issued the following statement regarding the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) proposed changes to the Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph Pitts (R-PA) yesterday sent a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, President and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), regarding recent actions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s broad review of concussions will commence next week with a roundtable discussion about the state of our knowledge concerning the causes, effects, and treatments of concussions and head trauma. The discussion, which will feature input from experts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: DETROIT - U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today that a superseding indictment was unsealed charging three doctors and seven other individuals with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drugs.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) has requested more information regarding the persistent safety issues associated with WEN hair care products. To date, over 17,000 customers have filed complaints about the WEN Cleansing Conditioner, detailing adverse health effects after using the product, including significant hair loss, visible bald spots, hair breakage, scalp irritation, rash, and burning of the scalps and eyes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of West End Diner in Leominster pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with setting fire to his restaurant in order to collect the insurance proceeds.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) has requested more information regarding the persistent safety issues associated with WEN hair care products. To date, over 17,000 customers have filed complaints about the WEN Cleansing Conditioner, detailing adverse health effects after using the product, including significant hair loss, visible bald spots, hair breakage, scalp irritation, rash, and burning of the scalps and eyes.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) issued the following statement regarding the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) proposed changes to the Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that this afternoon, a jury returned a guilty verdict against WALTER PORTER, a/k/a “Moonie," a/k/a “Urkel," for his participation in the November 2010 murder of Christopher “Tiger" Smith.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal firearm laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the operator of several group homes for mentally and physically handicapped residents in Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to a nearly $400,000 scheme to evade paying taxes.
