News published on Federal Newswire in September 2016

News from September 2016


Three Cape Cod Men Plead Guilty To Heroin Trafficking And Firearms Charges

News Release: SEP 20 - BOSTON, Ma. - Three Cape Cod men have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with trafficking heroin and conspiring to possess a firearm in furtherance of heroin trafficking.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. -Amit Chaudhry, 44, of Ashburn, pleaded guilty today to two counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of conspiracy to commit visa fraud for his role and participation in a sophisticated and large-scale identity theft and credit card fraud conspiracy.


E&C Leaders Press Administration on White House's Obamacare Insurance Bailout Scheme

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican committee leaders are urging HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell to provide details about the Risk Corridors program and answers to questions concerning statements made by CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt, who testified under oath last week that the administration is willing...


News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a West Monroe woman pleaded guilty Monday to stealing bankruptcy clients’ Chapter 13 payments.


News Release: LAKEWOOD-The Bureau of Land Management is hosting public meetings and extending the public comment period on the Gunnison Sage-Grouse Rangewide Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Draft Environmental Impact Statement.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison, to be followed by a term of four years’ supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute powder cocaine and crack cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan L. Park (619) 546-6760.


Upton and Burgess Comment on Administration’s Autonomous Vehicle Guidance

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released guidance related to autonomous vehicles.


U.S. Attorney’s Office shares with students the dangers of heroin and opioids

News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that her office is observing National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week by bringing the discussion to Shreveport and surrounding high schools.


News Release: Robert Wozniak Faces up to 10 Years in Prison.


News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act (H.R. 670). Pallone introduced the bipartisan legislation with Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) to streamline the process for individuals...


News Release: DALLAS - Rolando Minano, 48, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 78 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $665,962 in restitution, following his guilty plea in May 2016 to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


Long Island Educator And Coach Is Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Receiving Child Pornography

News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - Earlier today, Kevin Barry O’Connell, a Long Island educator and coach, was sentenced at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, to five years in prison following his July 2015 guilty plea to receiving child pornography at his residence in Patchogue, New York. The sentencing...


Ahmad Khan Rahami Charged in Manhattan and New Jersey Federal Courts with Executing Bombings in New York City and New Jersey

News Release: Ahmad Khan Rahami Charged in Manhattan and New Jersey Federal Courts with Executing Bombings in New York City and New Jersey.


Pallone Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of Telecom and Public Health Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at a Full Committee Markup of H.R. 2566, Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016; H.R. 2669, Anti-Spoofing Act of 2016; H.R. 1192, National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act; H.R. 1209, Improving...


News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Ruffing Montessori School, in Rocky River, has entered into an agreement to make significant changes in its policies for students with disabilities, U.S Attorney Carole Rendon said.


#RecordOfSuccess: House Passes Bill Empowering Medicaid Beneficiaries

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess, the House of Representatives today passed legislation that would amend the Social Security Act to allow individuals to set up their own special needs trust by a vote of 383-22. This commonsense change empowers...



News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Grandview, Mo., man who was arrested during a prostitution sting and hid his pistol in the police patrol car was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a firearm.


Pallone Opening Statement at Full Committee Markup of Telecom and Public Health Bills

News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks at a Full Committee Markup of H.R. 2566, Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016; H.R. 2669, Anti-Spoofing Act of 2016; H.R. 1192, National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act; H.R. 1209, Improving...