News from May 2016
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary King: As implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) continues, we write to ask that the Department of Education take demonstrable steps to ensure that both states and local educational agencies develop and implement processes to facilitate meaningful stakeholder collaboration...
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing entitled, “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives." Full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) previewed the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: FBI Marks 20 Years Since VALUJET Flight 592 Crash, Fugitive Still Sought.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - William Heriberto Reyes-Morales, age 43, was sentenced today to serve 24 months in prison for illegally re-entering the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following opening statement today at a Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Hearing on “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives."
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) gave the following opening statement today at a Subcommittee on Health Hearing on “Health Care Solutions: Increasing Patient Choice and Plan Innovation."
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that an Edwardsville man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Scranton on firearm and drug possession offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - In a plea agreement filed this morning, a Glendale doctor has agreed to plead guilty to a federal drug trafficking charge for illegally distributing hydrocodone, a powerful painkiller best known by the brand names Vicodin and Norco.
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) got a House call today from Dr. Phil McGraw, commonly known by the title of his television show, “Dr. Phil."
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 10 a.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, entitled “The Obama Administration’s Medicare Drug Experiment: The Patient and Doctor Perspective."
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: In a piece for The Hill’s Congress Blog, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) preview this morning’s Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee hearing on “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives." Upton and Pallone write, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Samuel Lee Lynch (29, Temple Terrace) to life imprisonment and Reo Thomas Nance (31, Temple Terrace) to 52 years imprisonment for conspiracy, armed robbery, and firearms offenses in connection with five Tampa Bay area armed robberies ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Altoona, Pa. was indicted on May 11, 2016, by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Defendant Accused of Attacking Victim, Robbing Two Other Passengers, and Assaulting a Fourth Passenger on Metrorail Train.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington County man pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Long before we got to the Super Bowl ads this year, the Fall saw a whole set of commercials run signaling the arrival of a new industry - Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS). Nearly 60 million people participated in fantasy sports last year, with millions of dollars at stake at any time. Already it’s estimated...
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing the Energy and Commerce Committee’s efforts to combat the growing opioid epidemic, the House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4641, bipartisan legislation offered by committee members Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Rep. Joseph Kennedy (D-MA). H.R. 4641 would establish an inter-agency task force to review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and how pain medication is prescribed.
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), has announced a hearing for Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 10 a.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, entitled “The Obama Administration’s Medicare Drug Experiment: The Patient and Doctor Perspective."
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: In a piece for The Hill’s Congress Blog, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) preview this morning’s Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee hearing on “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives." Upton and Pallone write, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Florida resident has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months imprisonment to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release and restitution in the amount of $48,260.00 on his conviction concealment of bankruptcy assets, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
