News from March 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced legislation that would, for the first time, require Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in Medicare to disclose their aggregate rebates provided by drug manufacturers, as well as the amount of those rebates that are passed on to health plans, therefore lowering prices for people who need prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Defendant agrees to pay over $127,000 in restitution.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held a hearing examining the state of the nation’s dams and hydropower resources. The subcommittee reviewed the federal licensing process and recommendations to improve coordination between government agencies, promote new infrastructure, and ensure consumers have access to reliable and affordable electricity generated from hydropower.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a business meeting on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 to consider legislation and a nomination pending before the committee. Below is Chairman Johnson’s opening statement as submitted for the record...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with the sale of machine guns and handguns stolen from the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Worcester.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and full committee Vice Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), today sent a letter to Dr. Stephen Ostroff, Acting Commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration regarding the ongoing heparin contamination crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was found guilty today of leading a conspiracy to obstruct justice by overseeing a scheme designed to impede a federal investigation into corruption and civil rights abuses at county jail facilities. Baca was also convicted of lying to federal investigators when he denied knowledge of key aspects of the obstruction plot.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment charging three San Antonio residents for their alleged roles in a mail theft scheme that involved the shooting of a U.S. Mail carrier last month in Spring Branch, TX, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Houston Division; and, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), reintroduced the Healthy Families Act today, legislation that would allow workers to earn paid sick leave to use when they are sick, to care for a loved one, to obtain preventative care, or to address the impacts of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and full committee Vice Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), today sent a letter to Dr. Stephen Ostroff, Acting Commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration regarding the ongoing heparin contamination crisis.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - On Tuesday, March 14, at 4:17 pm, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting that a visitor had fallen from the rim of the canyon west of Mather Point.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., woman responsible for mail thefts from at least 40 victims in three counties, pleaded guilty in federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI B Senior District Court Judge Raymond Finch on March 14, 2017, sentenced, Ketisha Iles, 25, to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to interfere and interference with commerce by robbery, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. Judge Finch also sentenced Iles to three years of supervised release and a special monetary assessment of $200.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Robert Schulman Passed on a Tip About Pfizer’s Upcoming Acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today slammed a Republican vote to overturn a U.S. Department of Labor rule that clarified drug testing practices for state unemployment insurance programs.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) spoke about the importance of making careful investments in hydropower infrastructure at a subcommittee hearing today titled, “Modernizing Energy Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities to Expanding Hydropower Generation":
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Hawai‘i National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public throughout 2017. Two consecutive fee-free weekends celebrate National Park Week in April, and many programs honor the 54th anniversary of the Merrie Monarch Festival.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ben E. Aragon, 26, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Isleta who resides in Bosque Farms, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assaulting a federal officer. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Aragon will be sentenced within the range of 18 to 24 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-On Tuesday, March 7, 2017, members of the FBI Bank Robbery Task Force arrested Cornetta Newton, 46, who is believed to be the “SOS (Slip-On Shoe) Bandit".
By DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Price: I write with concerns regarding your comments on coverage and cost estimates under the Republicans’ Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Your claim that “no one will be worse off financially" under the Republican plan suggests a fundamental...
