News from September 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today released the first product of her wide-ranging investigation into opioid manufacturers and distributors. “Fueling an Epidemic: Insys Therapeutics and the Systemic...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: A host of new users is changing the world of commercial aviation thanks in large part to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) small unmanned aircraft rule, Part 107, which has now been in place for a year. Under the new regulations, drones are changing the way countless jobs are done, from movie filming and real estate marketing to agricultural mapping and smokestack inspections.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing on, “Powering America: Reevaluating PURPA’s Objectives and its Effects on Today’s Consumers:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Carl J. Kotowski, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Maurice Malin, 83, of Suffern, N.Y. pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Big Relief for Small Business: Legislation Reducing Regulatory Burdens on Small Manufacturers and Other Job Creators."
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Modernizing FDA’s Regulation of Over-the-Counter Drugs."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm after he fired at a woman and her children.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today during consideration of the SELF DRIVE Act (H.R. 3388):
By DOE Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Modernizing FDA’s Regulation of Over-the-Counter Drugs."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Farmingdale, New Jersey, man was arrested and charged today with defrauding investment clients out of more than $1.8 million, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ZELLISHA DEJEAN, age 39, VERINESE SUTTON, age 64, and LARRY TAYLOR, age 69, all of New Orleans, were sentenced today for their roles in approximately $30,252,905 in Medicare fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Three Las Vegas men were sentenced today to a total of 40 years in prison for their involvement in a string of convenience store armed robberies during the summer of 2014, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON -A Georgia man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his involvement in a scheme to defraud Framingham-based Staples, Inc. of more than $1.4 million.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Nutrition Programs: Perspectives for the 2018 Farm Bill."
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing examining the unimplemented Inspector General and Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former financial advisor, who provided services and investment advice to current and former professional athletes, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for stealing more than $1 million from his clients, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Andrew W. Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting information on EPA's development of its proposal to repeal and replace the 2015 Clean ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for his role in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy operating in Camden, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Families from across the Ohio Valley will have the chance to see their favorite emergency response, military and construction vehicles up close this weekend, thanks to the United States Attorney’s Office, Cabela’s, first responders, and other businesses in our community.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: NOTE: Please visit the US Citizenship and Immigration Services website for the most current information on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) --- On June 15, 2012, then-Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano issued a memorandum entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect ...
