News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 18, 2017, William Wilber IV (age: 35) of Shawano, Wisconsin, was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 10 years of imprisonment, followed by a 10-year term of supervised release. The sentence was the result of guilty pleas by Wilber on April 6, 2017 to two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor Under the Age of 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Johnny Ray Outz, age 26, of Greenville, South Carolina, pled guilty Monday in federal court in Greenville, to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, a violation of Title 18, United States Code...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Adam Hamilton, 34, of Dixmont, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 1½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Wilson, 30, formerly of Hamburg, NY, pleaded guilty to wire fraud before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled that the Senate would attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) after the Senate’s latest version of Trumpcare failed to gain enough votes to pass...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Derek Vest (52, Fort Myers) to 18 months in federal prison for introducing misbranded food into interstate commerce. As part of his sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $2.5 million, the proceeds obtained as a result of the offense.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) oversight of the 340B drug pricing program.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., today made the following statement regarding the Republican budget resolution for fiscal year 2018. The proposal includes $10 billion in cuts to Agriculture Committee programs, specifically citing cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Sentences of 2-6 Years in Prison for Distribution of Heroin and Meth.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina John Stuart Bruce announces that PORSCHE RENNE DILLARD was arrested yesterday, July 17, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its first hearing as part of its recently announced “Powering America" series. The Powering America series provides members the opportunity to explore electricity markets, learn more about electricity generation, distribution, and consumption, and the resiliency of the electric grid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Cathine Lavina Sellers of Roswell, Georgia, has been arraigned on federal charges of possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, and two synthetic opioids, furanyl-fentanyl and U-47700. A search warrant affidavit in the case alleges that Sellers was selling counterfeit 30mg Roxicodone (oxycodone) pills out of her residence in Roswell.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “Examining HRSA’s Oversight of the 340B Drug Pricing Program:"
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following reports from United States Postal Service (USPS) managers in Missouri that their staffing needs have been disregarded, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is calling for answers on what USPS will do to make sure it is maximizing efficiency at post offices in Missouri and across the country. McCaskill serves as the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which has oversight and legislative authority over USPS.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed four Energy and Commerce Committee bills aimed at boosting America’s hydropower infrastructure, energy security, and providing states and local communities flexibility when it comes to implementing EPA’s onerous ozone standards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Investigation began with Pharmacies in North Bend, WA and Wasilla, AK.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Former Owner of Bucks County Financial Consulting Firm Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Bribing Foreign Official.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 10 a.m. in 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Oversight and Reauthorization of the Federal Communications Commission."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed four Energy and Commerce Committee bills aimed at boosting America’s hydropower infrastructure, energy security, and providing states and local communities flexibility when it comes to implementing EPA’s onerous ozone standards.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: CRAIG, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is hosting an open house July 25 in Craig to discuss preliminary alternatives for managing roads and trails on 370,000 acres of BLM-administered lands in Moffat County.
