News from July 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing to get a status update on the implementation of the landmark mental health reforms included in the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures). The reforms were based largely on the bipartisan Helping Families in Mental...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE - In continuing efforts to promote America’s energy independence and job creation, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today published a notice in the Federal Register calling for nominations and comments on available tracts to be considered for its 2018 oil and gas lease sale in the 22.1-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Three members of a family from Mason, Ohio, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder nearly $3 million in proceeds from two fraudulently purchased life-insurance policies, which were taken out on another relative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Ron Delano Kuntz, 44, of St. Thomas, and Shawn McIntosh, 25, and Keon Wilson, 23, of St. Croix, were sentenced today for their roles in the armed robbery of the Gems and Gold Corner jewelry store, located on the St. Thomas waterfront, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Yoder, Ranking Member Roybal-Allard, and Chairman Frelinghuysen for holding this markup today. Mr. Yoder, welcome to your first markup as Chairman of the subcommittee.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), top Democrat on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Eugene Harvey, a former baggage handler for Delta Air Lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to carry hundreds or weapons onto passenger planes, as a part of a scheme to traffic firearms from Georgia to New York.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: With a population of 5.4 million, the Slovak Republic is a small, open, export-oriented economy. Slovakia joined the European Union (EU) in 2004 and the Eurozone in 2009. In 2017 Slovak GDP grew by an estimated 3.4 percent, fueled by increased domestic consumption and strong labor market recovery, and good economic growth is projected for the coming years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL HENDERSON, also known as “Silly," 26, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 105 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a Woodbridge gun shop burglary in 2015.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Thursday, July 26, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “MACRA and MIPS: An Update on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “21st Century Cures Implementation: Examining Mental Health Initiatives:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will establish a working group to review importing prescription drugs from other countries during the case of a price hike.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Since regaining its independence in 2006, Montenegro has adopted a legal framework that encourages privatization, employment, and exports. Implementation, however, lags well behind the legal structure, and the Montenegrin economy continues to flounder on a very narrow tax base and a band of three developing ...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will establish a working group to review importing prescription drugs from other countries during the case of a price hike.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: FT. MITCHELL, Ky. - Dana Carter, 40, of Dayton, Ohio was sentenced today to 4 months in prison by United States District Judge David L. Bunning for making a false bomb threat.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - On July 18, The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District responded to a wildland fire on the side of Highway 95, approximately 20 miles north of Orovada, Nevada. The Flat Creek Fire was actually several small fires started by a vehicle tire failure that eventually converged due...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Seven Puerto Rico police officers from the Caguas Drug Unit have been charged in a superseding indictment for their alleged participation in criminal acts, announced U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez of the District of Puerto Rico. The FBI is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Cody James Cogley, 28, of Anchorage, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to nine years in prison, followed by a 30-year term of supervised release, for two counts of possession of child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: OSHA inspectors cited the roofing contractor - based in Menasha, Wisconsin - after observing employees working without adequate fall protection on a commercial building in Appleton.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today joined Democratic Whip Rep. Steny H. Hoyer; Rep. Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services; and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the...
