News from May 2018
By US DOT Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a legislative hearing on S. 2800, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018. The hearing featured testimony from the Honorable R.D. James, assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five individuals were sentenced today for bribing doctors in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced that the House of Representatives will soon vote on a Senate bill giving patients the ‘right to try.’
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a list of companies that are gaming loopholes that allow them to delay generic competition from coming to market...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury has convicted a 51-year old Sugar Land nurse of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, six counts of health care fraud and conspiracy to violate the anti-kickback statute, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for less than six hours following a three-day trial before convicting John Dubor.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three southern California men were arrested Wednesday pursuant to a federal grand jury indictment alleging they participated in an immigration fraud scheme that, among other things, illegally charged Mexican nationals thousands of dollars to obtain H-2A work visas and additional money for expenses once they arrived in the United States.
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a markup and advanced 32 more bills to the House of Representatives to help combat the opioid crisis. 28 of those bills were passed by voice vote. In an Energy and Commerce Committee markup last week, 25 bills to combat the opioid crisis were advanced, bringing the total number of bills passed by the committee to 57.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: JOBIE CREAR, M.D., (CREAR), age 67, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance, announced U. S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a markup and advanced 32 more bills to the House of Representatives to help combat the opioid crisis. 28 of those bills were passed by voice vote. In an Energy and Commerce Committee markup last week, 25 bills to combat the opioid crisis were advanced, bringing the total number of bills passed by the committee to 57.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation by Newport Police resulted in the arrest of four for allegedly possessing firearms, trafficking cocaine and crack cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Tucson, AZ - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 964,759 visitors to Saguaro National Park in 2017 spent $60,716,800 in Tucson and other communities near the park. That spending supported 866 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $88,682,500. “The...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Scott Township, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a list of companies that are gaming loopholes that allow them to delay generic competition from coming to market...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Eric D. McNeil, age 40, of Murietta, California, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute at least 200 kilograms of marijuana in Columbia County.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, at the first public hearing on the Republican tax plan, Ways & Means Democrats held Republicans accountable for their failing law that raises taxes on working families, increases healthcare costs, and explodes the debt. Democrats called out the multitude of failed promises...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal jury sitting in McAllen has returned a guilty verdict against a former San Juan police officer for lying to federal agents, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for approximately two days before convicting Salvador Hernandez, 30, of McAllen, following a five-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 25-year-old Corpus Christi resident and member of the Texas Mexican Mafia has been sentenced to federal prison on charges of sex trafficking of a child as well as firearms and drug trafficking charges, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston...
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a markup and advanced 32 more bills to the House of Representatives to help combat the opioid crisis. 28 of those bills were passed by voice vote. In an Energy and Commerce Committee markup last week, 25 bills to combat the opioid crisis were advanced, bringing the total number of bills passed by the committee to 57.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith sent the following letter to area newspapers in commemoration of National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day.
