News from July 2017
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will meet TOMORROW, Thursday, July 27 at 10 a.m. to consider...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Eunice man was sentenced last week to nine months in prison for entering a Eunice bank and taking more than $5,000 from two teller stations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Jason May, 40, of Lamar County, Mississippi, and Gerald Jay Schaar, 46, of Biloxi, Mississippi, entered guilty pleas on July 25, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, for their roles in a multi-million dollar compounding pharmacy health care fraud conspiracy, announced...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its second hearing as part of its recently announced “Powering America" series. Last week, #SubEnergy kicked off the series with a review of electricity markets. Today, subcommittee members heard from all seven Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent Service Operators (ISOs) to get their take on the status of wholesale electricity markets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: A man who sold a stolen firearm during an undercover sting operation was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today charging the former Vice President for Employee Relations for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (FCA) with criminal violations of the Labor Management Relations Act, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: At a recent court hearing, David Edward Hall was sentenced to serve 6 months detention followed by 2 years supervised probation. Hall was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, a charge that stemmed from an incident that occurred in Mount Rainier National Park.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development held a hearing today, exploring earn-and-learn opportunities for workers through apprenticeship programs. The Subcommittee also heard how changes to the Registered Apprenticeship program may improve opportunities for employees and lead to greater employer participation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 2316 (Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-PA), the “Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act of 2017." This bill clarifies the repeatedly upheld decision by federal courts to protect the rights of private mineral owners in the Allegheny National Forest (ANF).
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the extension of Special Needs Plans (SNPs) under Medicare Advantage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mason David Powell, age 28, of Biglerville, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty on July 25, 2017, before Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to sexual exploitation of children, production of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and online coercion and enticement of minors.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing examining the extension of Special Needs Plans (SNPs) under Medicare Advantage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment, charging eight defendants with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, four of whom were charged with being involved with 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. Additionally, seven of the defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) submitted the following remarks for the record during today’s Subcommittee on Health hearing titled, “Examining the Extension of Special Needs Plans:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center today issued a Sources Sought/Request for Information (RFI) seeking interested parties with specialized capabilities necessary to successfully perform all or a portion of the elements of scope for...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Digital Commerce & Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Digital Commerce & Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Yani Benjamin Rosenthal Hidalgo, a former Honduran politician and prominent businessman, pleaded guilty to laundering drug proceeds for the Cachiros, a major Honduran drug-trafficking organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On July 25, 2017, United States District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Keith August Wayne Jones, 30, of Madras, Oregon, to 70 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Upon his release from prison, Jones will be on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On July 25, 2017, Patrick Paul Charley, 39, of Ajo, Ariz., and a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to concurrent terms of imprisonment for sexual offenses committed against two adult members of the Tohono O’odham Nation. Charley had previously...
