News from May 2016
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - The Select Investigative Panel has turned its attention to the allegations of practices by late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart and a Germantown, Maryland, abortion clinic. Public reports indicate at least five women have been sent to the hospital since December while seeking an abortion in this clinic. The clinic is one of the few in the nation that performs abortions during the third trimester.
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that NATHAN PHILLIP WEBSTER, age 40, of McKinney, Texas, was sentenced to 108 months imprisonment, followed by 36 months of supervised release for MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(h).
By EPA 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 Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - The Select Investigative Panel has turned its attention to the allegations of practices by late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart and a Germantown, Maryland, abortion clinic. Public reports indicate at least five women have been sent to the hospital since December while seeking an abortion in this clinic. The clinic is one of the few in the nation that performs abortions during the third trimester.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Linda B. Massey, age 70, of Greenwood, pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Greenville, to operating an illegal money transmission business, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1960. United States...
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining health care solutions that would improve pre-existing condition protections, lower patient costs, and encourage plan innovation without government mandates.
By EPA 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 Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Every year, the Board of Trustees for the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds are required to release reports by April 1 on the financial health of Social Security and Medicare. These reports help inform lawmakers about the financial status of these important programs, on which...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The final tally is in from the 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 30th, 2016. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Division and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 86,900 pounds or 43.4 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nicholas W. Pilchak (619) 546-9709 and Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714.
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining health care solutions that would improve pre-existing condition protections, lower patient costs, and encourage plan innovation without government mandates.
By US DOT Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Praises Delisting of Lesser Prairie Chicken
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that James Costanzo, 38, of Ansonia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking prescription narcotics. He also was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By Commerce 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 Interior Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: On Thursday, May 26, 2 p.m. the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Coast Field Office and the Amah Mutsun Land Trust will enter into a partnership agreement Memorandum of Understanding for the Coast Dairies Management Area on the north coast of Santa Cruz County. At a "terrace with a view" by Warrenella Road. BLM staff will meet attendees at the Warrenella Road gate, located approximately one mile north of the town of Davenport on State Route 1.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Ricky Lee Pyzikiewicz, 29, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to 37 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Wolford.
By Commerce 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 10, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 50-year-old Houston man has been charged with distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze announced today that BLM and Interior Department veteran Karen Mouritsen has been selected as the BLM Eastern States Director. The BLM Eastern States Office has the management responsibility for over 40 million acres of subsurface minerals and soils and...
