News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina John Stuart Bruce announced that yesterday in federal court, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Malcolm J. Howard, sentenced QUINCY ANDRE JONES, 38, of Pinetops, North Carolina to 262 months imprisonment followed by 5 years...
By State Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a leader in efforts to end modern slavery at home and abroad, delivered the following remarks at a hearing on the State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Last month, Corker joined Secretary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: For Hobbs Act Robbery. FORT WAYNE - The Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announces that, Eddie Martin, Jr., age 18, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Theresa Springmann for robbery under the Hobbs Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Environment Subcommittee markup of the, “Drinking Water System Improvement Act:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 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 regarding the 2017 Medicare Trustees Report.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 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 regarding the 2017 Medicare Trustees Report.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Hyannis man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for trafficking heroin and money laundering.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Following the release of the third version of extremely unpopular Trumpcare bill, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee participated in a press conference with Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) to highlight all the ways the latest version of Trumpcare doubles down on raising costs for families and undermining care.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at the hearing entitled “Opportunities in Global and Local Markets, Specialty Crops, and Organics: Perspectives for the 2018 Farm Bill."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing, entitled “Efforts to Combat Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in the Medicare Program," on Wednesday, July 19, at 10:00 AM in room 1100 of the Longworth House...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Matthew Barden, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Little Rock District Office, announced today that a federal jury found Elsa Solis, 38, of Batesville, guilty...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing , titled, “Opportunities in Global and Local Markets, Specialty Crops, and Organics: Perspectives for the 2018 Farm Bill."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Thursday, July 20, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Bipartisan Legislation to Improve the Medicare Program."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that two Nebraska men were indicted on July 12, 2017 for conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, four counts of interference with commerce by robbery, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding reports of “patient brokers" who are serving as an intermediary and profiting from recruiting patients seeking treatment for addiction. The letter, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - As part of the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action in Department of Justice History, a Richmond woman has been charged with healthcare fraud, aggravated identity theft, and making a false statement to federal agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Anthony Reddick, aka “Ant Flocka," pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to his involvement in the “Young Gunnaz" or “YGz" gang by participating in the murder of 16-year-old Moises Lora. Reddick and several other YGz gang members stomped Lora to death in a courtyard in the Melrose...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: At approximately 10 p.m. on July 12 an explosion occurred on a privately owned houseboat that was anchored on shore in Crystal Springs Canyon, in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Crystal Springs Canyon is located on Lake Powell, two canyons north of Halls Crossing, near buoy marker 104, in San Juan County, Utah.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding reports of “patient brokers" who are serving as an intermediary and profiting from recruiting patients seeking treatment for addiction. The letter, highlighting a need...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2017
News Release: Ten individuals, including three doctors, a chiropractor, three licensed physical and occupational therapists and two medical company owners, have been charged for their alleged participation in multiple schemes that fraudulently billed the Medicare and Medicaid programs more than $125 million. The charges...
