News from October 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, all 23 Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt, voicing concern about states that are seeking Medicaid waivers based on ideological and misguided policies that...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With the National Hockey League (NHL) 2016 season set to begin next week, four leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman urging the league to take a more active role in reducing the risk of head injuries and concussions and make the game safer.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Wesley Keith Smith, 33, of Fairfield, charging him with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: The Honorable John King. Secretary of Education. 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20202. Dear Secretary King, The collapse of Corinthian Colleges and ITT Technical Institute (“ITT Tech") continues to have a profound impact on the more than 50,000 students who were left in the lurch after the...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With the National Hockey League (NHL) 2016 season set to begin next week, four leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman urging the league to take a more active role in reducing the risk of head injuries and concussions and make the game safer.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, all 23 Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt, voicing concern about states that are seeking Medicaid waivers based on ideological and misguided policies that...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Employer name: U.S. Postal Service, 116 Oak St., Moorhead, Iowa
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Six Fort Campbell Soldiers and Two Others Charged with Stealing and Selling Sensitive Military Equipment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - Aaron Moore, 28, of Chicago, IL was arrested in Chicago by agents from the DEA and members of the Oak Park Police Department. He was charged by the Kane County State’s Attorney Office with drug induced homicide for his role in the overdose death of Richard Gregoire.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that yesterday in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JUAN RAMIREZ-MARTINEZ, a/k/a Panda, 28, a legal resident of Mexico living in Jacksonville, to 128 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Six Tribal Communities Awarded more than $8 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler’s consumer privacy proposal for internet service providers...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler’s consumer privacy proposal for internet service providers...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Waynesburg, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, impeding and obstructing the Internal Revenue Laws, and income tax evasion, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two women caught transporting significant quantities of crystal methamphetamine from California to West Virginia were sentenced to federal prison today, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Kelly Newcomb, 56, of Nevada, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for interstate...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Distributed heroin, methamphetamine and prescription painkillers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man was sentenced to federal prison today for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Lawrence Matthew Garner, 34, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin. In today’s hearing, he was sentenced to two years and nine months for that offense. He was also sentenced to an additional two years in prison for violating his federal supervised release. The sentences will be served consecutively.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: OCT 06 - HARTFORD, 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 Emeth Soloman, 43, of New Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty...
