News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Grandview, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Eliverto Verdugo-Torres, age 27, of Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Three Martinsburg, West Virginia residents and one Virginia man were indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2017 for cocaine and heroin, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2017
Release: BISMARCK, N.D.- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in North Dakota is preparing for the start of the summer travel period, which traditionally begins on the Memorial Day holiday weekend continuing through Labor Day.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two Pittsburgh residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved six bills, including authorizations for the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), as well as legislation to make it easier for qualifying veterans and military personnel to obtain commercial motor vehicle licenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wy. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on May 19th charging Powell psychologist Gibson Condie with 234 counts of health care fraud involving approximately $6.8 million in fraudulent bills submitted to Wyoming Medicaid, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Child Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: MAY 24 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ramon L. Killings, also known as “Blade," 39, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pled guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Orlando, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the sentence of Gregory McDonald (19, Orlando).
By US DOT Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved bipartisan legislation to eliminate an unnecessary, duplicative, and costly regulatory process under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the approved use of pesticides.
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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 Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) score of the American Health Care Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Help us combat disaster fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On May 24, 2017, United States District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Braxton Michael Monson, Jr., 31, of Redmond, Oregon, to 80 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Upon his release from prison, Monson will be on supervised release for three years.
By EPA Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued an updated score on the impacts of the amended Trumpcare bill that was passed in the House of Representatives earlier this month...
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement after the Department of Education announced the resignation of James Runcie, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Federal Student Aid (FSA), who was invited to testify at a Committee hearing on improper payments tomorrow.
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued an updated score on the impacts of the amended Trumpcare bill that was passed in the House of Representatives earlier this month...
By DOL Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), held a hearing to discuss the need for more responsible regulatory and enforcement policies at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). As part of the committee’s ongoing oversight efforts, members reviewed the agency’s overreach in recent years and highlighted opportunities to change course under new leadership.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued an updated score on the impacts of the amended Trumpcare bill that was passed in the House of Representatives earlier this month...
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Today, 196 House Democrats sent a letter to President Trump reminding him that millions of working families around the nation are relying on him to continue paying the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments. Since taking office, President Trump has raised doubts about the future...
