News from February 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement commemorating the 40th anniversary of Operation Homecoming. The date marks the return of 591 American prisoners of war including Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX), a 29-year Air Force veteran who was held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam for nearly 7 years.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: In 2012, an estimated 3,229,618 visitors recreated in Rocky Mountain National Park. Determining visitation is a difficult and imprecise effort, and the park is correcting its public use statistics procedures for recreation and non-recreation visits.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A Westfield man was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Defendants conspire to steer millions of dollars away from Brickstreet Insurance.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Gurudeo "Buddy" Persaud (47, Orlando) with one count of mail fraud and four counts of wire fraud. If convicted, Persaud faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will host a Manufacturing Showcase featuring products manufactured in the subcommittee members’ districts. The Showcase will precede the subcommittee’s hearing, “Our Nation of Builders: Manufacturing in America, " and will display a variety of products - more than 50 individual items - made in the USA including auto parts, medical devices, and cutting-edge new electronics.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to the President's State of the Union Address tonight...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Irvona, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement this evening following President Obama’s State of the Union address...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved Energy and Commerce Committee legislation that would help military medics better integrate into civilian EMT jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement this evening following President Obama’s State of the Union address...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) released this statement following the Senate passage of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), S. 47, by a vote of 78 to 22. This Senate-passed bill is almost identical to the bill introduced in January by Reps. Moore and Conyers (H.R. 11). VAWA supporters in the House look forward to retaining the Senate improvements.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) overstepped its authority by requiring all paid preparers to register with the IRS and provide for competency testing under its Registered Tax Return Preparer Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Hermosa, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for False Statement to a Federal Agency and False Declaration before a Grand Jury.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement this evening following President Obama’s State of the Union address...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - One of the leaders of an organization that laundered more than $20 million through “shell" business bank accounts has just entered a guilty plea in federal court in Houston, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement this evening following President Obama’s State of the Union address...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - Tara Denise Bonelli today pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose to Wire Fraud, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. In pleading guilty, Bonelli admitted to promoting false and fraudulent real estate investments by knowingly making false promises about how investor funds...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announced today that his office has added four new attorneys to its Orlando office. With cumulative responsibilities for federal criminal prosecutions, affirmative and civil defense, appellate, and forfeiture proceedings, the Middle District of Florida includes...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2013
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - A federal jury yesterday found Paul S. Kruse (59, Jacksonville) guilty of conspiracy, wire fraud, attempting to murder a government witness, and murder-for-hire. Kruse faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on the conspiracy conviction, 20 years for each wire fraud conviction, 30 years for attempting to kill a government witness, and 10 years for his murder-for-hire plot. Kruse's sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 19, 2013.
