News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that United States District Judge William H. Steele sentenced defendant Stephen Allen Mathes, 37, a resident of Mobile, Alabama, to twenty-four months imprisonment for bank robbery. As part of the sentence, the...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $40 million for research aimed at developing new algorithms and software for quantum computers. The effort seeks to move beyond the current relatively limited applications available on quantum computers toward more robust algorithms and application software that can be used on a practical level to tackle a range of scientific problems.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Pedro Colis, 24, of Hailey, Idaho, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 40 months in prison, followed by 3 years’ supervised release, for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Colis was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
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 hearing entitled “Oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)."
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
Release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the rural economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Reuben Goodwin, 53, of Richton Park, IL; Phillip Jones, 58, of Markham, IL; and Dwight McTizic, 47, of Hazel Crest, IL; were convicted by a jury today in U.S. District Court of conspiring to pay illegal kickbacks and to commit health care fraud and 11 counts of health care fraud. The trial took place before U.S. District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig, who scheduled the sentencing hearing for July 12, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “Priced Out of a Lifesaving Drug: The Human Cost of Rising Insulin Prices:"
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Rep. TJ Cox (D-Calif.) sent a letter to the House Committee on Appropriations today requesting a $2.5 million funding increase for the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for fiscal year 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging MARIANO IRIZARRY, 35, of New Haven, with one count of possession of a firearm a by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three people accused of being part of an international drug trafficking ring are in custody on federal charges alleging they used the Darknet to obtain drugs and offer narcotics for sale, and then shipped pound quantities of methamphetamine to buyers in the Philippines, New Zealand, Poland and other foreign destinations.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Strong City, KS - On Saturday, April 13, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve will be making waves that will be heard around the country--and maybe even around the world. Amateur radio operators associated with the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club, Olathe, will be operating two amateur radio stations...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Diabetes is a life-long disease that impacts the lives of millions of Americans, including more than 300,000 Oregonians. Due to the significant research and development efforts of biopharmaceutical companies, there are over 30 types of innovative insulin available in the United States that come in a variety of different formulations and in different delivery mechanisms. There are also numerous oral medications available for type 2 diabetics to help manage their disease.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held an oversight hearing examining the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va.-United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that two men were sentenced on drug charges in federal court in Bluefield.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Diabetes is a life-long disease that impacts the lives of millions of Americans, including more than 300,000 Oregonians. Due to the significant research and development efforts of biopharmaceutical companies, there are over 30 types of innovative insulin available in the United States that come in a variety of different formulations and in different delivery mechanisms. There are also numerous oral medications available for type 2 diabetics to help manage their disease.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A Princeton husband and wife were sentenced to federal prison for federal robbery and gun charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Sarah K. Bailey, 39, and Michael Justin Bailey, 38, were each sentenced to federal prison for 16 years, and 20 years and 6 months, respectively.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Diabetes is a life-long disease that impacts the lives of millions of Americans, including more than 300,000 Oregonians. Due to the significant research and development efforts of biopharmaceutical companies, there are over 30 types of innovative insulin available in the United States that come in a variety of different formulations and in different delivery mechanisms. There are also numerous oral medications available for type 2 diabetics to help manage their disease.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An Easthampton attorney was arrested on March 31, 2019, and appeared in federal court in Springfield yesterday to face charges for various financial fraud offenses and lying to federal agents.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, released a staff report critical of Chairman Cummings’s use of Committee resources to interfere with the ongoing litigation over the citizenship question before the Supreme Court.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery on the House Floor today in support of House Resolution 271, Condemning the Trump Administration’s Legal Campaign to Take Away Americans’ Health Care, are enclosed below...
