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BILL SUMMARY: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 26, 2023
Legislation keeps our promise to veterans by fully funding veterans’ medical care and benefits, strengthens our national security, and supports servicemembers and military families
Chair Murray Opening Remarks at Full Committee Markup
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 26, 2023
ICYMI: Summary of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill
Chair Murray Remarks on Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill at Markup
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 26, 2023
ICYMI: Summary of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill
Senators Murray and Collins Issue Statement After First Full Committee Markup in Two Years, Commit to Senate’s Voice Being Heard in Appropriations Process
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 26, 2023
Senate Appropriators voted unanimously today to advance the Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies bill and the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies bill. U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, issued the following statement on the first Senate Appropriations full committee markup in two years:
Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Military Construction-VA Bill, Agriculture-FDA Bill, and Subcommittee Allocations
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 26, 2023
Murray holds first markup as Chair as Committee returns to regular order to write and pass the strongest possible funding bills
Senate Committee Approves FY24 MilCon-VA Appropriations Bill
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 26, 2023
Bill passes Committee by a vote of 28-0
Senate Committee Approves FY24 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 26, 2023
Bill passes Committee by a vote of 28-0
Missouri Man Sentenced for Shipping 85 Pounds of Meth from California
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 26, 2023
Will Spend Almost 17 Years in Prison
CVS To Pay $70,000 To Resolve Allegations That It Filled Fake Prescriptions
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 26, 2023
CVS has agreed to pay $70,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the Controlled Substances Act at CVS stores in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Atlantic County Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Role in Drug DitributionSCHEME
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 168 months in prison for his role in a drug distribution scheme, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Jury Convicts Pain Clinic Doctor of Unlawful Drug Distribution, Money Laundering, and Filing a False Tax Return
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
nited States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that a federal jury found Dr. Qing McGaha guilty of 14 counts of unlawful drug distribution, four (4) counts of money laundering, and one (1) count of filing a false tax return. McGaha faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count of unlawful drug distribution, up to ten (10) years for each money laundering count, and three (3) years imprisonment for filing a false tax return.
Elmira Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Offense
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
Kevin Walker, 32, of Elmira, New York, was sentenced today to serve 130 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Three Chinese Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Five Employees Charged with Conspiring to Manufacture Fentanyl
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
Defendants Allegedly Imported Fentanyl Precursors into the United States and Worked with Mexican Cartels to Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl in the United States
Wilmington Doctor to Pay $170,000 to Resolve Allegations of Unlawful Prescribing of Opioids
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
r. Mark S.T. Armitage, a physician practicing with Pelican Family Medicine in Wilmington, North Carolina, agreed to pay $170,000 to resolve alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act.
Arrests Made in Joint Federal/Local Investigation Targeting Jackson, Calhoun, Liberty, and Gadsden Counties
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
In excess of 50 individuals have been arrested on warrants related to drug-trafficking as part of a long-term investigation conducted by Drug Enforcement Administration, local, and state law enforcement. T
Co-Conspirator of Tucson Amtrak Shooter Sentenced to 10 Years
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
Devonte Okeith Mathis, 24, of Mesquite, Texas, was sentenced by United States District Judge Rosemary Márquez to 10 years in prison (60 months on Count 2, consecutive to 60 months on Count 1), followed by 60 months of supervised release. Mathis pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, Using and Carrying a Firearm During and In Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime, and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
Chairman Jordan Demands Transcribed Interview from former Biden Digital Director on White House's Social Media Censorship Scheme with Big Tech
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Robert Flaherty, former Director of Digital Strategy for the Biden White House, demanding a transcribed interview as part of the Committee's investigation into the role the White House played in colluding with big tech companies and other intermediaries to censor disfavored speech.
Fentanyl Distributors Charged Following Fourth Fatal Juvenile Overdose
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
Dallas, TX - Two distributors who supplied the fentanyl that killed a 15-year-old girl in Carrollton last week have been federally charged, announced Eduardo A. Chávez, Special Agent in Charge of DEA Dallas.
Pasco Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Drug Trafficking and Possession of a Firearm
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Tustuji Matu Wakauwn, 43, of Pasco, Washington, to 15 years in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Philadelphia Man Arrested for Distribution of Cocaine Base
By DOJ Newswire Report | Jun 23, 2023
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Rockylane Lewis, aka “Rizzo,” 33, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been charged with the distribution of cocaine base. Lewis was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Rutland, Vermont. Lewis appeared today for his initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle and was ordered detained pending trial.