News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Bilal Abood, 38, of Mesquite, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade of the Northern District of Texas to four years in prison for one count of making a false statement to a federal agency.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López says five projects will receive a total of $482,967 in funding to promote watershed health and wildfire resiliency, protect municipal and agricultural water supplies, and improve infrastructure through the Western Watershed Enhancement Program across five western states. The funding awarded will support projects in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho and Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against Prime Healthcare Services Inc.; the company’s founder and chief executive officer, Dr. Prem Reddy; and 14 Prime hospitals in California that alleges Emergency Departments at Prime facilities improperly admitted patients to the hospitals and submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the FCC’s decision to limit joint sales agreements...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Evgeny Buryakov, a/k/a “Zhenya," Who Worked For Russian Intelligence Under “Non-Official Cover" As A Banker In Manhattan, Was Also Ordered To Pay A $10,000 Fine And Ordered Removed From The United States.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. May 25: Live Webinar on Tribal Business Structures for Financing Projects. Webinar Sponsor: DOE Office of Indian Energy, Western Area Power Administration. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Tribal Business Structures for Financing Projects" on Wednesday, May...
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the FCC’s decision to limit joint sales agreements...
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following statement during House Floor debate on the House Amendment to S. 2012, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Susanville, Calif. - Local bus service and a program offering bike shuttles for large groups will make this summer's trips on the Bizz Johnson National Recreational Trail convenient by eliminating the need to arrange vehicle shuttles.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, announced that a federal jury in Portland found Steven Douglas Rockett, 47, of Forest Grove, guilty of producing child pornography outside of the United States, engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign country...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and Joseph A. D’Amico...
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) spoke this afternoon in favor of the House amendment to S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016. The legislation, scheduled for a House vote this afternoon, will move important provisions of H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, which passed the House last December, one step closer to providing an energy future based on abundance and innovation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dennis Chavez, 30, of Los Lunas, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm.
By EPA Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following statement during House Floor debate on the House Amendment to S. 2012, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that three Rosebud, South Dakota men, one Rosebud, South Dakota woman, and one Mission, South Dakota woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Third Degree Burglary.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Committee on Natural Resources today passed H.R. 5278, the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, with a bipartisan vote of 29-10. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following statement during House Floor debate on the House Amendment to S. 2012, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Poplar Grove, Ill. resident was indicted yesterday in federal court in Rockford on a charge of distributing 448 grams of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon, Boone County Sheriff David Ernest, and Belvidere Police Chief Jan Noble.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing examining cybersecurity efforts and responsibilities at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The hearing examined H.R. 5068, the HHS Data Protection Act, authored by committee members...
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The PROMESA Act (H.R. 5278 ), the bill aimed to address Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, passed in the House Natural Resources Committee today with bipartisan support. Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) voted in favor of the bill, but was clear in his opening statement yesterday that this is not the bill he would have drafted.
