News from March 2018
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing to review a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA). The discussion draft was released by bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing to review a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA). The discussion draft was released by bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Reginald McBride, 41, of New York, New York, was convicted today following a three-day jury trial in U.S. District Court of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it, and using a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking offense. The charges arose out of a June 26, 2016 shooting at the Walmart in Augusta, Maine.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Reauthorization of Animal Drug User Fees: ADUFA and AGDUFA:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Ohio resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Wayne Lee Lafferty, age 53, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on Oct. 24, 2017, to possession of child pornography. Senior United States District Judge Edward...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today requesting that he schedule a hearing on Cigna’s recently proposed plan to acquire Express Scripts for $67 billion and CVS’s proposed merger with Aetna for $69 billion that was announced last December.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Brian Holland (23, Jacksonville) with aggravated sexual abuse by force. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment in federal prison, and a potential lifetime of supervision.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Timothy Smith, 37, of Philadelphia, was charged today by indictment[1] with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. According to the indictment, on Nov. 25, 2017, Smith was in possession of a Hi-Point, Model C-9, 9mm pistol, with obliterated serial number raised to read P1650136, loaded with 6 live rounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute pounds of methamphetamine and launder drug proceeds pled guilty on March 12, 2018, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Clarion County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a violation of the federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX- On March 12, 2018, Bennie Lee Holtsoi, 27, of Chinle, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 59 months’ imprisonment. Holtsoi had previously pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Durham, North Carolina, tax return preparer was sentenced to 20 months in prison today for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Buffalo, New York, man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Marshfield Medical, Inc., formerly known as Bromedicon, Inc. (“Bromedicon"), has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it submitted false claims to Medicare and other federal health care programs for failing to provide a qualified interpreting physician to monitor each surgery for which it purportedly provided remote Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (“IONM").
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Acting Chief of the Border Patrol Carla Provost, and Deputy Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tom Homan released the following statements after President Donald J. Trump received an operational briefing at the border ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Loans Modernize Infrastructure and Spur Business Growth in 12 States WASHINGTON, March 13, 2018 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $276 million in rural electric infrastructure to improve system efficiency and reliability. ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 13, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao for her announcement of an additional 90-day extension of the agriculture exemption from the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate. Agricultural compliance with the mandate would have been problematic for the agriculture industry because the devices do not accurately account for the agricultural exemptions currently provided in the law.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Muhanad Mahmoud al Farekh, 32, of Houston, was sentenced today to 45 years following his Sept. 29, 2017 trial conviction of multiple offenses covering seven years of terrorist conduct, including conspiracy to murder American military personnel in Afghanistan, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, conspiracy to bomb a government facility and providing material support to al-Qaeda.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: A Los Angeles, California-based dentist was charged in an indictment unsealed on Monday for his alleged participation in a health care fraud and identity theft scheme.
