News from December 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: The president’s broken promise of “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan," has been well-documented, but it’s not the only source of middle class dissactisfaction with the president’s health law. His promise that the health care law would save families an average...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Defendant Sold Oxycodone; Gun And $40,000 Cash Seized From Storage Locker.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MATTHEW TAYLOR, formerly a vice president at Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs") and a trader on Goldman Sachs’s Capital Structure Franchise Trading (“CSFT") desk, was sentenced today in Manhattan federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal jury in New Haven today found MICHAEL THOMPSON, 34, and TYLON VAUGHN, also known as “Bucky B," 35, both of New Haven, guilty of narcotics distribution offenses.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the Department of Interior's rule change that will enable the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to extend the term of permits for renewable energy companies to kill migratory birds, including eagles, from 5 years to 30 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Ava, Mo., man who volunteered as a church youth leader was sentenced in federal court today for enticing minors for illegal sexual activity. Brent “Pete" Turley...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of December 9, 2013. The committee will continue its oversight of the president’s health care law as well as the Federal Communications Commission and Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The committee will also vote on a number of bills aimed at improving public health, reducing outdated regulations, and reforming FCC process.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: A Parma Heights man was sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1.2 million in restitution, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy Enstrom, IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, December 6, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal jury in New Haven today found MICHAEL THOMPSON, 34, and TYLON VAUGHN, also known as...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: A leader of the Ghost Riders motorcycle gang in Pierce County was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to five years in prison for possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun and being a felon in possession of explosives, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. KARL TWILLEAGER, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Ben Medina, 25, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, cocaine and marijuana, was sentenced to 46 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of December 9, 2013. The committee will continue its oversight of the president’s health care law as well as the Federal Communications Commission and Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The committee will also vote on a number of bills aimed at improving public health, reducing outdated regulations, and reforming FCC process.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) and Vice Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statements in response to the Congressional Budget Office updated estimate of H.R. 2810, the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act. CBO now estimates H.R. 2810 would cost $153.2 billion over the next ten years, more than $20 billion less than previously estimated.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A third former bank employee has pleaded guilty to embezzling from a bank in Grant County, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), and R. Sean Baldwin, Chief, Fort Pierce Police Department, announce the arrest of William Evens...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on December 6, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, the following individuals were arraigned.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Acting Superintendent Kevin Schneider announced today that the National Park Service (NPS) is developing a comprehensive management plan/environmental impact statement (Plan/EIS) for the Moose-Wilson corridor within Grand Teton National Park. A public scoping period for the Plan/EIS will occur from December 6, 2013 through February 6, 2014, during which time public comments will be accepted.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee investigation of the health care law’s failures has uncovered new documents that reveal the administration was aware of the need to delay the online small business (SHOP) exchanges as early as August. Despite this knowledge, the Obama administration waited to finalize the delay until Nov. 27, as Americans across the country were off celebrating Thanksgiving with their loved ones.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Falsified Tax Documents, Created Phony Letter From Non-existent VP To Evade Taxes.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2013
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film The Longoria Affair on Friday, Dec. 20, and Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013.
