News from November 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding the introduction of pro-growth tax reform bill text...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee today announced they have come to a policy agreement on a permanent repeal of the annual limit on per-patient therapy expenditures in Medicare, commonly known as “therapy caps." The policy will repeal...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: BOSTON, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Lynnway Auto Auction Inc. for electrical, struck-by, and other hazards at its auto auction facility in Billerica.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged John E. Kelly, 62, of Columbus, with defrauding two employers out of approximately half a million dollars in an indictment returned here last week that was unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged John E. Kelly, 62, of Columbus, with defrauding two employers out of approximately half a million dollars in an indictment returned here last week that was unsealed today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: To accommodate a line painting project, West Confederate Avenue will have intermittent closures throughout the day on Monday, Nov. 20, Gettysburg National Military Park officials have announced. West Confederate Avenue will remain open but there will be intermediate closures in short intervals as the work progresses throughout the day. In case of inclement weather the work may have to be postponed to a later date.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Tombigbee Pioneer Group will demonstrate pioneer era crafts and skills at the Parkway Visitor Center, from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm on Nov. 25, 2017. The demonstrations will show the challenges faced and creative solutions developed by those Americans who lived in the area from the 1700s to around 1840.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Defendants Charged in Brooklyn Federal Court with Drug Trafficking, Loansharking and Firearms Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Beating Took Place at Family’s Home in Southeast Washington.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Subcommittee on Federal Lands Ranking Member Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI) and House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) introduced H.R. 4300, the “Admiral Lloyd R. ‘Joe’ Vasey Pacific War Commemorative Display Establishment Act." The bipartisan legislation establishes a memorial at Pearl Harbor to honor the U.S. service members who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Charlottesville man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for committing three fraud schemes that resulted in total losses of over $3.5 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after releasing the amendment in the nature of a substitute to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (also known as the “Chairman’s Mark").
By DOL Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has again cited Trade Fair Supermarkets for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at three of its locations in Queens, New York. The company faces $505,929 in proposed penalties.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) delivered the following remarks upon introducing his amendment to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Houston clinic owners are expected in federal court following the return of a 27-count indictment alleging a conspiracy to commit wire fraud, kickbacks and money laundering, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez along with Special Agent in Charge Scott Pierce of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) - Contract Fraud Investigations Division and Special Agent in Charge Steven Grell of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)-OIG.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-Mass.) today introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2017 (MTB) (H.R. 4318). After reviewing the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)’s final report to Congress, the lawmakers have prepared this legislation to implement the ITC’s recommendations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Defendant Directed Women on Facebook to Abuse Children and Send Him Photographs of the Abuse in Exchange for Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - John M. Fietkiewicz, Counsel to the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, was honored today with the Charles J. Hollenbeck Award at the N.J. Commission on Professionalism in the Law awards luncheon in Somerset.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI -James Denney, 30, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 36 months in prison for aiding and abetting another individual in accessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood and Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
