News from October 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved 14 bills, including a number of border security bills and the Department of Homeland Security General Counsel nomination.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC- Cliff Pemble, who has served as the president and CEO of avionics and GPS manufacturer Garmin Ltd. since January 2013, makes a strong case against H.R. 2997, the “21st Century AIRR Act", which includes a controversial plan to privatize the Nation’s air traffic control system and hand...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: As part of President Trump’s goal to reduce the burden of federal regulations that hinder economic growth and energy development, the Bureau of Land Management today announced in the Federal Register a proposal to temporarily suspend or delay certain requirements contained in the 2016 final Waste Prevention Rule (also known as the Venting and Flaring Rule) until Jan. 17, 2019. The proposal includes the opportunity for public comment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Defendant Distributed, Received and Possessed Child Pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on the use of non-commercial aircrafts for official business. Chairman Bishop released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Individuals and entities associated with Med-Fast Pharmacy, Inc. (“Med-Fast") have agreed to resolve criminal and civil charges associated with Med-Fast’s improper submission of claims to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - United States District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Rodney Nelson, age 30, of Dunkirk, Maryland today to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for theft of government property. Judge Hazel deferred issuing a final order concerning restitution, but the parties’ plea agreement establishes that Nelson will have to pay back at least $311,874.84 to the Government.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Three Miami-Dade County residents pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy to defraud the United States and to illegally export aviation parts and equipment to Syria, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The exports were sent to Syrian Arab Airlines, a/k/a “Syrian Air"...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town has named Lloyd Peeples as first assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, the office’s number two post. Peeples began work in the leadership position this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Steven Doty, 53, of Mattydale, New York, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to serve 15 years in prison to be followed by a 15 year term of supervised release in connection with his previous plea of guilty to two counts of distribution of child pornography, one count of receipt...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found James J. Jean-Rene (53, Riverview) guilty of one count of conspiracy, seven counts of theft of government property, and seven counts of aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of 5...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former Buffalo, Mo., elementary school teacher’s assistant has been sentenced in federal court for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Media, Pennsylvania, man today admitted defrauding TRICARE - a health insurance program for members of the military and their families - by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup of legislation to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Community Health Centers (CHC), and other important public health programs...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Hearing on the Nominations of Michael Dourson, Matthew Leopold, David Ross, and William Wehrum to be Assistant Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Jeffery Baran to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as submitted for the record...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Contact: Ray Brown. Contact: Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles. Manassas, Va. - The National Park Service (NPS) is actively working to remove paint that was poured and sprayed on the General Thomas J. “Stonewall" Jackson monument at Manassas National Battlefield Park. The vandalism happened overnight and was discovered...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today said the Budget Committee’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Resolution is the start of much needed tax reform for farmers and ranchers and was pleased the Agriculture Committee will not need to authorize a reduction in current spending.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: Three Miami Residents Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Illegally Export Prohibited Articles to Syria in Violation of U.S. Export Control Laws.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), questioned Jeffery Baran, nominee to be reappointed as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) during a nomination hearing of the committee.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2017
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) -The Bureau of Land Management has opened a public scoping period for an environmental assessment that will address two plans of development submitted by Denbury Resources, Inc., to conduct an enhanced oil recovery project in the Cedar Creek Anticline and install a 110-mile 20-inch pipeline from the Bell Creek Oil Field to the Cedar Creek Anticline Oil Field within the Miles City Field Office.
