News published on Federal Newswire in November 2019

News from November 2019


House & Senate Announce Agreement on Anti-Robocall Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet Chairman John Thune (R-SD), Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Subcommittee...


Jefferson County Counselor Guilty of Health Care Fraud in Overbilling Scheme

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 59-year-old Beaumont mental health care counselor has pleaded guilty to health care fraud in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.


News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A new illegal firearms initiative announced today, Project Guardian-DMV, is designed to reduce violent crime and further enforce federal firearms laws across the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV).


Head of New York Medical Clinics Found Guilty in Nearly $100 Million Money Laundering and Health Care Kickback Scheme

News Release: Head of New York Medical Clinics Found Guilty in Nearly $100 Million Money Laundering and Health Care Kickback Scheme.


Energy & Commerce Committee to Markup 18 Bills on Tuesday

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.


Tax Preparers Plead Guilty To Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns

News Release: WASHINGTON - Michegel Butler and Brittany Patterson, residents of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to defraud the United States, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Patterson also pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns.


News Release: CINCINNATI - Two local men were sentenced in U.S. District Court for their roles in a bank fraud conspiracy which involved stealing checks from the mail and reprinting the checks in the name of new payees for cashing at financial institutions.


Leaders And Members Of Mafia Family Convicted Of Murder, Racketeering, And Other Crimes

News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MATTHEW MADONNA, STEVEN L. CREA, CHRISTOPHER LONDONIO, and TERRENCE CALDWELL, were convicted today, after a six-week jury trial, of murder, conspiracy to commit racketeering, and other felonies. Fifteen other defendants have previously pled guilty to related charges.


Risch: If Erdogan Keeps the S-400, Turkey Sanctions Bill Will Move

News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, earlier this week was asked by President Donald Trump to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, during his visit at the White House. Risch remains resolute in his position that Turkey cannot ...


Engel Leads House Effort to Advocate for Malachy McAllister

News Release: Dear Chairs Nadler and Lofgren and Ranking Members Collins and Buck...


News Release: California Health System and Surgical Group Agree to Settle Claims Arising from Improper Compensation Arrangements.


News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Georgia woman today admitted using a National Basketball Association (NBA) player’s stolen identity to attempt to obtain a $2.5 million loan, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.



K9 Officer Boomer to retire after 56 dog years of service

News Release: Sulphur, Okla.- K9 Officer Boomer of Chickasaw National Recreation Area is retiring this month after 56 dog years of service. Boomer was first recruited to work for the park in 2011 after completing narcotics detection training. He has been instrumental in helping detect illegal drugs in his home park, the local community, and on special assignment to other National Park Service units.


News Release: WASHINGTON - A new illegal firearms initiative announced today, Project Guardian-DMV, is designed to reduce violent crime and further enforce federal firearms laws across the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV).


House & Senate Announce Agreement on Anti-Robocall Bill

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet Chairman John Thune (R-SD), Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Subcommittee on...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet Chairman John Thune (R-SD), Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Subcommittee...


Lake Station Man Convicted at Trial of Drug Conspiracy and Causing Death During the Drug Conspiracy

News Release: HAMMOND-Lajuan Fitzpatrick, 38, of Lake Station, Indiana, was convicted after a four-day jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and discharging a firearm causing death during this drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.


News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City woman was sentenced to 78 months in prison for her role in a drug trafficking and money laundering operation in the Atlantic County area, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.


News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Join birding expert and Indiana Audubon Society Executive Director Brad Bumgardner on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, for his migration birding series. Meet at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center and car pool to the birding spot of the month. No experience required. Bring binoculars and dress for the weather.