News from June 2017
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, last night delivered the following statement on the House floor...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Dale J. Sexton to Serve 33-Month Prison Term for Concealing $1.5 Million in Income from IRS.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Democratic Members of Congress will hold a media availability after they tour Children’s National Medical Center and meet with patients and their families. More than half of the patients at Children’s National are on Medicaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Dr. Anindya Sen and Patricia Posey Sen will pay $1.208 million to resolve state and federal False Claims Act allegations that their medical practice billed Medicare and Tennessee Medicaid (TennCare) for anticancer and infusion drugs that were produced for sale in foreign countries...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley, announced that David Morel, Jr., 31, of Derry, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for the District of New Hampshire for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Free Program Includes Musical Performances, Workshops, Information.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We are extraordinarily disappointed and alarmed by recent actions you and your staff have taken that have diminished the U.S. Department of Education’s (“the Department") enforcement of federal civil rights laws. Your testimony in front of Congress, your continued association with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 13 years in federal prison for bank robbery, robbery affecting interstate commerce, and a related firearm charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 2936, the “Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017." Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-AR) introduced the bipartisan bill to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and dramatically improve the health of federal forests and rangelands.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 1107, the “Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act." Introduced by Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV), the bill codifies a bipartisan agreement between major stakeholders in Pershing County, Nevada to benefit conservation, improve federal land management and promote economic development.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Lawrence Giggetts, age 37, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 58 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 13 years in federal prison for bank robbery, robbery affecting interstate commerce, and a related firearm charge.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: BEND, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the Deschutes National Forest are warning the public to stay away from a large sinkhole located near Reservoir Campground in the southwest side of Wickiup Reservoir.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman. And I’m pleased to welcome today’s witnesses to the Agriculture Committee. It’s been awhile since we’ve reviewed these issues and I look forward to hearing your testimony.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Mr. Chairman, for the second time in as many years, we are considering a bill to privatize the entire air traffic control system of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). If we were having this discussion 15, 10, even seven years ago, I might have said, “Sure. The FAA isn’t doing a good job at procurement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: HELENA - Michael Edward Copenhaver, 28, of Belgrade, Montana, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and three years supervised release for possession of stolen firearms. U.S. District Court Judge Sam E. Haddon presided over the sentencing.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its decision to rescind the Obama Administration’s Waters of the United States Rule (WOTUS). Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On June 26, 2017, James Richard Robbinsheather Jean Reekr, age 53, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 33 months in prison for failing to comply with the sex offender registry requirements, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Robbins will serve five years of supervised release following his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in connection with the arrest of the National Director of Anti-Corruption in Colombia who is charged with conspiracy to launder money with the intent to promote foreign bribery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, top Democrats in the House of Representatives released state-specific reports examining the devastating effects that Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and slash Medicaid funding would have on children with severe disabilities and special health care needs who rely on these programs to survive.
