News from December 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: STATESBORO, GA - Steve Lavon Biggins, 33, of Savannah, Georgia, was convicted Tuesday by a federal jury after a 2-day trial before U. S. District Court Judge B. Avant Edenfield for Transporting a Minor with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, Production of Child Pornography, and Transportation of Child Pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA) will host a roundtable policy discussion in New York with people involved in private sector real estate to explore opportunities and uses for public-private partnerships in federal real estate.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.J. Res. 59 and the temporary agreement on the Sustainable Growth Rate. The Energy and Commerce Committee passed a permanent repeal and replacement...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.J. Res. 59 and the temporary agreement on the Sustainable Growth Rate. The Energy and Commerce Committee passed a permanent repeal and replacement...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee released two reports from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on the mismanagement and lack of internal controls at the Agency that led to a senior employee stealing nearly $900,000 of taxpayer funds and pretending to be a CIA agent. The reports also indicate others may have been involved.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Celia Raquel Zuniga, 45, of Rio Grande City, has been ordered to prison following her conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The McAllen federal jury convicted Zuniga following a two-day trial and approximately two hours of deliberations on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013.
By State Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, H.R. 3509, the Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2013, passed unanimously in the House of Representatives.
By State Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the ongoing negotiations regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade initiative involving eleven other countries...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the administration’s latest delays and changes to its health care law. The administration today announced that state-based “high risk pools" will continue through January of 2014, rather than Dec. 31, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 12, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement at today’s Full Committee hearing previewing several activities and focuses for next year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Note: Three defendants charged are not named in this document due to operational safety concerns. When those concerns are addressed, a comprehensive press release will be issued.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales and Bowie County District Attorney Jerry Rochelle announced today the culmination of “Operation M-Pact," a two-year joint federal and state investigation into individuals responsible for mid- and high-level trafficking and distribution of methamphetamine...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the administration’s latest delays and changes to its health care law. The administration today announced that state-based “high risk pools" will continue through January of 2014, rather than Dec. 31, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the arrest of DEVYANI KHOBRAGADE on charges that KHOBRAGADE allegedly caused a materially false and fraudulent document to be presented, and materially false and fraudulent statements to be made, to the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two agricultural scientists from China have been charged with trying to steal samples of a variety of seeds from a biopharmaceutical company’s research facility in Kansas, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane appeared before Congress today alongside NRC Commissioners Kristine Svinicki, George Apostolakis, William Magwood, and William Ostendorff at a joint hearing hosted by House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Environment and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America, and in 2013, 32 members of a large, multi-state, identity theft ring were prosecuted and sentenced. Earlier today, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota recognized the hard work and dedication of the federal investigators who headed the lengthy investigation and prosecution of these individuals.
By State Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), enacted in 2000, seeks to encourage African countries to further open their economies and build free markets in hopes of achieving economic development, increasing new investments, trade and job creation throughout the continent. The original,...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on Dec. 11, 2013, before Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen, DUANE ANTONIO MARTELL, a 23-year-old resident of Poplar and an enrolled member of a federally-recognized tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
