News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Dr. Oluwatoyin Solarin has been sentenced to one year, six months in federal prison for filing false claims with the Georgia Medicaid program totaling nearly $1 million.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - What do all U.S. presidents have in common? National parks. The legacies of each person that served in our nation’s highest office are preserved in national parks around the country - including the White House where history is constantly made. Discover the places and stories of presidents this weekend and enjoy free entrance to all national parks on Presidents’ Day - February 20th.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALDRIC BORDEAUX, 29, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: The House today passed two resolutions of disapproval (H. J. Res. 66 and H. J. Res. 67) to block misguided regulations that would force private-sector workers into government-run IRAs without the long-standing protections provided by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Introduced by ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Larry Gauger, 45, of Saint Davids, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Information[1] with one count of conspiracy to commit fraud and misuse visas and one count of fraud and misuse of visas, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The information alleges that in or about 2010 to on or...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following joint statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule affecting the Health Insurance Marketplace...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Yasir Mehmood, 45, of Sacramento, was sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to four years and six months in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, Ariana Alexa Ramirez, 26, of Phoenix, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 30 months in prison. Her co-defendant, Andrian Alvarez-Valdez, 23, of Mexico, was previously sentenced to 46 months in prison. Both defendants had pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle firearms and ammunition into Mexico from the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to President Trump today expressing concerns that the Administration’s federal hiring freeze...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the Trump administration took action to deliver relief from Obamacare’s damage.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: An Argentinian man was indicted for illegally entering the United States, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael E. Stradwick, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has been indicted for allegedly distributing cocaine and maintaining a house for drug distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) spoke about the importance of making real investments in American energy infrastructure for the 21st Century at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Modernizing Energy and Electricity Delivery Systems: Challenges and Opportunities to Promote Infrastructure Improvement and Expansion:"
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing to evaluate government operations identified by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) as being “high risk" for waste, fraud, and mismanagement. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), issued the following statement after last week’s conclusion of the FCC’s incentive auction.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), issued the following statement after last week’s conclusion of the FCC’s incentive auction.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Amtrak supervisor today admitted fraudulently overbilling Amtrak overtime and regular hours that he claimed to be working when he was actually not present at Amtrak work sites, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Tonto National Monument provides invaluable habitat for a variety of wildlife and a number of nocturnal creatures. Hike to the Lower Cliff Dwelling with a park ranger and learn about the diverse nocturnal wildlife that call Tonto home. This event is free and open to the public. Activities...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: In Midland, a New Jersey minor waived adult certification and pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with bomb threats to Sul Ross State University (SRSU) and the Big Bend Regional Medical Center (BBRMC) in Alpine as well as threats to a former State Representative last September announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA), issued the following statement after last week’s conclusion of the FCC’s incentive auction.
