News from February 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Lewiston woman was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for conspiring to commit health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, and Subcommittee Member Katie Porter sent a letter to the Evenflo Company seeking information about its “Big Kid" belt-positioning booster seat following reports that the seats are not safe for children under 40 pounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jack Huck, 23, of Ste. Genevieve, MO, was sentenced to 89 months in prison for his role as a leader of a drug trafficking organization that distributed marijuana and laundered drug proceeds. Huck appeared yesterday before United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Demetrios Stavrakis, a/k/a Jimmy, age 54, of Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland, to 15 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for an arson conspiracy to damage his business by setting it on fire in order to obtain insurance proceeds. Judge Hollander also ordered that Stavrakis forfeit $15,081,435. The federal jury returned the guilty verdict late on Oct. 28, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Bronx, New York man was sentenced today in federal court in Bangor for distributing cocaine base (a/k/a crack cocaine) and heroin, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to a federal drug charge.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, raised concerns over alleged climate censorship in a U.S. Forest Service environmental review. According to recent news reports , a deputy official instructed an employee to remove all references to climate change and greenhouse gasses in a federal register notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Alejandro Hernandez Ordered to Pay Over $1 Million for Fraudulently Obtained Medical Services.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA-On Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park will host a facilitated dialogue on "Understanding Black Trauma and White Fear" at the park's Visitor Center, located at 450 Auburn Ave NE. The program will both commemorate Black History Month and continue the park's on going discussion on the 400th anniversary of the first landing of enslaved Africans to Virginia.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) requesting documents and information on the FBI’s plan to improve its process for collecting and reporting hate crimes statistics.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after House Education and Labor Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee finished marking up their respective proposals to end surprise medical billing.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Indianapolis, IN - Melody Bannister, 34, of Stafford was arrested in Plainfield, IN at approximately 2:30 a.m. at a Speedway Gas Station off of Interstate I70 and State Road IN-267 for one count of Parental Kidnapping of a Minor and four counts of Abduction by Parent.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Randolph man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to two firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that KEITH ORLEAN was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 32 months in prison for participating in a scheme to use false statements to promote and sell stock in his company. ORLEAN pled guilty...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on, “Protecting Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care:"
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Protecting Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: United States Reaches Settlement with Utah State University to Address Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault of Students.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Saving Energy: Legislation to Improve Energy Efficiency and Storage:"
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Saving Energy: Legislation to Improve Energy Efficiency and Storage:"
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Protecting Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care."
