News from May 2016
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday by inviting the public to paddle 100 miles on the Delaware River with us this summer. The "100 Mile Paddle" will be a series of ranger-led guided paddles covering 70 miles of the Upper Delaware River and 30 miles of the Middle Delaware River.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Indiana County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of government property, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following statement during House debate on H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century, which modernizes the Toxic Substances Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Australian man was arrested over the weekend when he arrived at a Los Angeles-area hotel allegedly to buy a 6-year-old boy for sex.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) delivered the following statement today at a hearing on “Medicare and Medicaid Program Integrity: Combatting Improper Payments and Ineligible Providers."
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - Several suspects, including high-ranking members of a Chicago street gang, are facing drug or gun charges for their alleged roles in dealing narcotics and firearms on the city’s South Side.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio today, former Maverick County Precinct 3 Commissioner and Eagle Pass ISD teacher Jose Luis Rosales and former Maverick County Justice of the Peace and businessman Cesar Iracheta were sentenced for their roles in a bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: G. F. Peterman, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Sadarrevin Kendrick, age 26, of Washington, Georgia, was sentenced today to serve 84 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Mr. Kendrick was sentenced by the Honorable...
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) today announced the creation of a bipartisan working group to examine the Internet of Things (IoT). The goals of the working group are to educate members on IoT, identify issues affecting deployment...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former credit union employee in Overland Park was sentenced today to three years supervised release for embezzling from the credit union where she worked, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. In addition, she was ordered to pay $34,035 in restitution.
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) delivered the following statement today at a hearing on “Medicare and Medicaid Program Integrity: Combatting Improper Payments and Ineligible Providers."
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today gave the following statement during House debate on H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century, which modernizes the Toxic Substances Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 20-count federal indictment has been unsealed following the arrest of the owner of KMD Healthcare Services Inc., and his brother on charges they engaged in a conspiracy involving fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid billing for ambulance services, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed a landmark bicameral, bipartisan overhaul of our chemical safety standards. The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act passed the House by a vote of 403 to 12 and is further evidence of the committee’s ongoing bipartisan...
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today examined a number of bills aimed at bringing needed, 21st century reforms to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The bills unveiled by the subcommittee and discussed today focus on reforming the agency to make it more transparent to consumers, businesses, and better able to address emerging issues.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Brett A. Harvey, who handled the case, stated that on May 31, 2006, Moran - a member and officer of the Rochester Hell’s Angels - assaulted a patron at Spenders Bar, at 1600 Lyell Avenue in Rochester, with a baseball bat. The defendant beat the patron in the head and body with...
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today delivered the following remarks at a Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Hearing on “Legislative Hearing on 17 FTC Bills."
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Questions Obama Administration on Strategy to Reduce Methane
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: Mr. Chairman, as I did last week, I want to begin by commending you for the open and bipartisan process you have led this spring, which has culminated in the fiscal year 2017 T-HUD bill before us. In your tenure as Chairman, you have continued to accommodate Subcommittee Members-both Republicans and Democrats-and it’s been a pleasure working with you again this year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2016
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on May 24, 2016, Midwest HIDTA Director Jeffrey Stamm presented a Midwest HIDTA Regional Award for ‘Outstanding Cooperative Effort’ to various members of law enforcement from the United States and Canada for their teamwork on "Operation Denial.".
