News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury has charged seven Eastern Panhandle residents with operating a fraudulent charity that generated millions of dollars in illegal revenue, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today passed H.R. 2566, the Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016, and H.R. 2669, the Anti-Spoofing Act of 2015, advancing both bills to the full House of Representatives for consideration. Both bills originated out of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) today...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on the impacts of the Obama Administration’s Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) controversial Final Guidance for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: If your work involves sensing, measuring or using ultraviolet light, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has great news for you: Granite is good for more than just kitchen countertops.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
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By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announces that LAVERT LAYMON, age 27, of Gretna, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one count Indictment charging him with bank robbery.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and other committee leaders sent oversight letters to both the Department of Education and the Department of Labor regarding “the precedent that exists for increased regulatory actions executed by outgoing administrations." Specifically, ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) today introduced the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: Naheem Stinnett, age 31, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment with possessing a firearm on Sept. 13, 2016, after having been convicted of a felony offense, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Commissioner Koskinen, for joining us today on short notice, under these unusual circumstances.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA), announced a hearing for Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, at 10 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Expanded Access to Investigational Therapies."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: Naheem Stinnett, age 31, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment with possessing a firearm on Sept. 13, 2016, after having been convicted of a felony offense, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - The Select Investigative Panel today approved a report recommending that StemExpress and its Chief Executive Officer, Catherine Spears Dyer, be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with lawfully issued subpoenas. Chairman Marsha Blackburn issued the following statement after the Panel passed the report by a vote of 8-0...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Alexander Duarte, 23, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to discharge of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and conspiracy to distribute heroin before U.S District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A 48-year-old man, most recently from north Texas, Brian Dale Prim, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to 120 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in May 2016 to an indictment charging one count of enticement of a minor. Today’s announcement was made by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a markup to consider eight bipartisan bills, six of which originated in the Health Subcommittee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced a federal indictment charging JEROME RUZICKA, SCOTT NELSON, LAWRENCE MILLER, JEFFREY TAYLOR, and LAWRENCE HAGEN with conspiring to steal more than $20 million from Eden Prairie-based Starkey Laboratories, Inc. (Starkey) and its principal owner William F. Austin.The defendants are expected to make initial appearances in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis later this week.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: Today’s sale was the first online oil and gas lease sale by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under new authority provided by Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney, Deborah R. Gilg, announced that on Sept. 21, 2016, Creston Lee Christlieb, 30, of Beatrice, was sentenced to 10 years and one month (121 months) in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a substance...
