News from October 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Democratic Staff today issued a report detailing little known tactics and schemes that allow the one percent to dodge estate taxes. While only one out of 500 wealthy estates are subject to the estate tax, Trump’s tax plan proposes repealing the estate tax entirely. This would create a $269 billion giveaway for the wealthiest Americans.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today urging immediate action to provide both short- and long-term flexibilities to the Medicaid programs servicing communities’ devastated by Hurricanes Harvey, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Two men from Northwest Ohio were indicted in federal court for attempting to distribute methamphetamine, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 11, 2017, Christopher Horton, a.k.a. “Slim," 30, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 150 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base “crack," ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - David Ayotte, 46, of Maribel, Canada, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today urging immediate action to provide both short- and long-term flexibilities to the Medicaid programs servicing communities’ devastated by Hurricanes Harvey, ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 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 following the administration’s action to deliver much-needed relief...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Oct. 11, 2017, United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Gregorio Marmolejo, age 44, of Mexico, to 13 months’ imprisonment for illegal re-entry into the United States.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders sent a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today urging immediate action to provide both short- and long-term flexibilities to the Medicaid programs servicing communities’ devastated by Hurricanes Harvey, ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) today called for a hearing with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and the other FCC Commissioners so that they can publicly disavow President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to revoke NBC’s broadcaster license due to its reporting...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Salvatore Demeo Failed to Report More Than $2 Million in Capital Gains from Lucrative Real Estate Sales.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Russian-born woman was indicted here today on charges of international parental kidnapping, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 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 following the administration’s action to deliver much-needed relief...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Ranking Member Pallone's statement in response to President Trump’s executive order designed to undermine the Affordable Care Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Cara M. Blewitt, 30, of Oakville, Connecticut, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to aiding and abetting bank robbery and Hobbs Act robbery. The charges arose from the robberies of a TD Bank branch and a Dollar Tree store.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today examining cross-border data flow policies and the impact of digital trade barriers on U.S. businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy operating in Camden, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Ranking Member Pallone's statement in response to President Trump’s executive order designed to undermine the Affordable Care Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A local tax return preparer has entered a guilty plea to willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return for a client, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) today called for a hearing with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and the other FCC Commissioners so that they can publicly disavow President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to revoke NBC’s broadcaster license due to its reporting...
