News from December 2019
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension, released the following statement on the Department of Education’s (Department) revised formula for providing loan relief to defrauded borrowers under the Borrower Defense Rule. The Department released its formula as 210,168 borrowers nationally and 6,424 borrowers in Washington state have yet to receive qualified relief.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is scheduled to be closed to the public three days each year, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and Independence Day. The park will be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019 for Christmas Day, including all buildings and access to the park grounds.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Doug Collins (R-GA) today released legislation - the Lower Costs, More Cures Act (H.R. 19) - to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 40-year-old resident of Weslaco is now in custody on allegations he violated the civil rights of a San Juan man, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service (NPS) is inviting photographers and other artists to submit digital images for use on Acadia National Park’s 2020 annual pass. The selected image will appear on thousands of annual passes purchased by visitors from all over the country. The winner will receive credit as the photographer and a 2020 Acadia Annual Pass displaying their image.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pled guilty today in federal court for his role in a conspiracy that involved large quantities of methamphetamine which were transported from Akron and sold in West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jared Matthew Whittington, 30, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Committee Member Vern Buchanan (R-FL), House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John Larson (D-CT), Senate Finance Committee Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Know Your Social Security Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced changes to his senior staff team for the Committee, including naming J.P. Freire as the new Director of Communications...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Laboratory Boston Heart Diagnostics Corporation (Boston Heart), of Framingham, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $26.67 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving payments for patient referrals in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law and claims otherwise improperly billed to federal health care programs for laboratory testing, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: HUGER, S.C., Dec. 9, 2019 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Jim Hubbard announced USDA has invested $8.1 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve e-Connectivity for more than 3,780 homes in rural South Carolina. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit seeking to revoke the naturalized U.S. citizenship of José Vilchis, who allegedly concealed from U.S. immigration authorities his repeated sexual abuse of at least three minor female athletes. According to the Department’s civil complaint, Vilchis, a native ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement: "Nothing is more important than the credibility and integrity of the FBI and the Department of Justice. That is why we must hold our investigators and prosecutors to the highest ethical and professional standards. The Inspector General’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband and U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn for the District of Colorado announced today that a federal grand jury in Denver has returned a 68-count indictment charging Robert Lewis Dear Jr., 61, with crimes related to the Nov. 27, 2015, shooting at the Planned Parenthood ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department today filed a Statement of Interest in a federal lawsuit in Mississippi, explaining that public colleges cannot trample on their students’ First Amendment rights to free speech. The lawsuit is brought by a student organization and J. Michael Brown, a former student at Jones County ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: A Nigerian citizen residing in Accra, Ghana, has been extradited to stand trial for an indictment charging him with wire fraud, money laundering, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. Assistant Attorney General Brian A Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant of the Western District of Tennessee, and Special Agent in Charge M.A. Myers of the FBI’s Memphis Field Office made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT) and International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) helps foreign governments combat corruption. OPDAT provides expert assistance and case-based mentoring to foreign ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: I am deeply saddened by the passing of Paul Volcker. He believed there was no higher calling than public service. His life exemplified the highest ideals–integrity, courage, and a commitment to do what was best for all Americans. His contributions to the nation left a lasting legacy. My colleagues and I at the Federal Reserve mourn this loss and send our condolences to his family.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: As we learned this morning, re-entry programs like The Last Mile should be replicated in every state in the country, particularly since there are 7 million jobs that remain vacant and need to be filled.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced affirmative preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of utility scale wind towers from Canada, Indonesia, and Vietnam, finding that exporters from these countries received countervailable subsidies at rates of 1.09 percent, 20.29 percent, and 2.43 percent, respectively.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY, UT – After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Progrexion Teleservices Inc. – a credit repair company based in Salt Lake City, Utah – has reinstated and paid an employee $10,344 in lost wages and expenses for terminating the employee in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
