News from March 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Thursday, March 16, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Reinvestment and Rehabilitation of Our Nation’s Safe Drinking Water Delivery Systems."
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: While working through the night, Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans laid out their mission: rescuing the American people from Obamacare’s collapse and rebuilding our broken health care system. Members made clear that the patients and families hurt by the law - their friends, family, and constituents...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and longtime proponent of raising the country's outdated gas and diesel taxes to pay for badly-needed investments in infrastructure, released the following statement in response to release of the American Society of Civil Engineers 2017 Infrastructure Report Card , which gave America a grade of D+.
By State Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined a majority of committee colleagues in voting to favorably report the nomination of David Friedman to serve as U.S. ambassador to Israel to the full Senate for consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dr. Xingjia Cui, 52, of Pittsford, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with health care fraud, money laundering and tax fraud. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $500,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Rite Aid Corporation has paid $834,200 in civil penalties to the United States to settle claims stemming from alleged violations of the Controlled Substances (CSA). The settlement is part of an agreement reached last week to resolve allegations that certain Rite Aid pharmacies in Los Angeles dispensed and/or recorded controlled substances using a medical practitioner’s incorrect or invalid DEA registration number.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Tavares Lamore Wingate, age 33, of Hartsville, SC, was sentenced in federal court in Florence for conspiracy to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of a quantity of cocaine and a quantity of cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Noe Urias, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Have you ever wanted to learn to play a historical musical instrument? Come to the Great Fall Tavern in the Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park (C&O Canal) on Saturday, March 11 between 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm, and experience the music of the Mountain Dulcimers of Northern Virginia. Visitors may try their hand at playing a hammered dulcimer. Traditional historic music as well as Irish tunes will be performed.The concert is free and visitor participation is encouraged.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. National Park Service. Notice of open public meetings for the National Park Service Alaska Region’s Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) program. As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770), the National Park Service (NPS) is hereby...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND- Dumaka Hammond pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The guilty plea follows a federal grand jury indictment issued on March 10, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted former Maryland State Delegate Michael Lynn Vaughn, age 59, of Bowie, Maryland, for a bribery conspiracy in connection with a scheme in which he allegedly accepted bribes in exchange for influencing the performance of his official duties, as well...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I am disappointed we are here today to consider legislation that reflects not only bad policy, but bad process. And a number of important groups agree: AARP, AMA and AHA all oppose this bill. This bill suffers from an identity crisis. Is this a health care bill or a tax cut bill?.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Six defendants have been charged in a federal indictment with felony offenses stemming from their role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. The indictment, which was unsealed this week, was announced jointly by Clyde E. Shelley Jr., Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Dallas Division and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – On Friday, March 10, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly will travel to Ottawa, Canada, where he will participate in bilateral meetings with multiple Canadian ministers to discuss U.S.-Canada collaboration across ...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico (202) 254-2385 Washington, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is inviting developers of counter unmanned aerial system (CUAS) technologies to participate in technology ...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is releasing illegal border crossing data through the month of February and the numbers show an unprecedented decline in traffic. From January to February, the flow of illegal border crossings as measured by apprehensions and the prevention of inadmissible persons at our southern border dropped by 40 percent.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: This also includes the Hoopa Valley Reservation in California WASHINGTON, March 8, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses that could potentially be affected by the recent storms that USDA has several programs that provide assistance before, during and after disasters. USDA staff in the regional, State and county offices in the states of California, Nevada and Oregon are ready to help.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced that Daniel George Fisher, 57, of Minneapolis, Minnesota was sentenced today in the District of Minnesota to 12 months in prison and three years of supervised release for mailing a letter in which he threatened to blow up an Islamic Center.
