News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A licensed acupuncturist pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges and admitted fraudulently billing Amtrak’s health care plan for millions of dollars’ worth of acupuncture, massages and facials that either were medically unnecessary or were never provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Harlem man was sentenced to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release on Oct. 10 for conviction on domestic abuse charges, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - TERRENCE L. HILL, 38, of Oklahoma City, and RONALD BENTON, 47, of Temple, Oklahoma, have been convicted in separate cases of illegally possessing ammunition and a firearm respectively, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing. Both cases are part of "Operation 922," the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s effort to prosecute individuals who perpetrate domestic violence and violate federal gun laws.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) partial score for H.R. 3, the Democrats’ socialized prescription drug pricing scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: A financial advisor based in Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty today to a money laundering conspiracy for his role in using the U.S. financial system to launder money to promote violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Ecuadorian bribery law violations and to conceal and disguise the true...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected seven Coal FIRST (Flexible, Innovative, Resilient, Small, Transformative) conceptual designs to receive $7 million and proceed with preliminary front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) studies. These designs have been selected from 13 conceptual design studies that were completed by 11 different recipients as part of the first phase of the effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Sharif Khalid, 42, of Willow Grove, PA was convicted at trial of possession of a machine gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - TERRENCE L. HILL, 38, of Oklahoma City, and RONALD BENTON, 47, of Temple, Oklahoma, have been convicted in separate cases of illegally possessing ammunition and a firearm respectively, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing. Both cases are part of "Operation 922," the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s effort to prosecute individuals who perpetrate domestic violence and violate federal gun laws.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) are pressing the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and top opioid distributors for an update on recommendations of the report, Red Flags and Warning Signs Ignored: Opioid Distribution and Enforcement Concerns in West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Williamsburg man was sentenced today to six years in prison for travelling to North Carolina to sexually abuse a child, and receiving child pornography from a child in Nebraska.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: “Thank you for holding the hearing today, Mr. Chairman. This is an important topic and one that deserves our attention. First off, I’d like to thank the Members of Congress who are here today to share their perspectives. And I’d also like to thank all of our other witnesses for their participation as well.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced today that Anne DeCesaro, Republican staff director for the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support, is leaving the Committee staff.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) requesting that he convene a business...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - First responders at Lake Mead rescued multiple visitors last week, saving lives.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published a partial analysis on H.R. 3, Speaker Pelosi’s drug pricing legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Nevada Real Estate Broker Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) applauded the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision ordering the Department of Energy (DOE) to publish four Obama-era energy efficiency rules, which the Trump DOE has refused to finalize...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers arrested Grachowe Harrichand, 43, Wednesday, Oct. 9. Harrichand, a Guyanese national previously ordered removed from the U.S, was twice released from local law enforcement custody with an active detainer due to New York City’s sanctuary policies.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) newly-proposed lead and copper rule, which is meant to provide the first update in three decades to the federal government’s lead and copper water standards...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Assateague Island National Seashore extends 222 “Thank Yous" to Assateague Island Alliance (AIA), the park’s official Friends Group and National Park Service staff for a job well done! Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 the 222nd and final food storage table was deployed on the island ready for use!.
