News from February 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Jeffrey M. Chips, a/k/a Jeffrey M. Chipps, age 23, of Rapid City, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on Feb. 12, 2013 and pled guilty to Count II of the Indictment that charged him with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years' imprisonment, a $250,000 fine or both, and a period of supervised release of 3 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: DOVER, Del. - An investigation conducted by the Delaware State Police, Dover Police Department, (California) Police Department, and the Drug Enforcement Administration resulted in the seizure of a large amount of marijuana yesterday.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: SANDY SPRINGS, GA: From Monday, February 18 through Monday, March 11, sections of the Cochran Shoals multi-use loop trail will be detoured. The detour will be in place continuously throughout this time and will affect a 500-foot segment of the upland (northwest) side of the trail beginning at the Columns Drive parking lot.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, United States Magistrate Judge Bruce McGiverin authorized a criminal complaint against José E. Toledo-Bayouth for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five (5) kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter, top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, responded to the carbon tax bill being introduced by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: The National Security missions of the NNSA are vital to the interests of our country and not only to the nuclear weapons program but also to the nuclear navy and nuclear nonproliferation.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, issued the following statement today regarding the announcement by Senate Democratic leadership that agriculture’s direct payment subsidies will be eliminated as part of a larger sequestration package ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Subcommittees: * Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade (113th Congress) . 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...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today kicked off the 113th Congress with a hearing focused on the Medicare physician payment system. Last week, the Energy and Commerce Committee, along with the Ways and Means Committee, released a framework for reforming the...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today made the following statement regarding Assistant Administrator for the Environment Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation, Gina McCarthy.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today announced assignments for the Committee’s five subcommittees for the 113th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Jose Luis Tobias, 28, of Edinburg, has been ordered to prison following his convictions of two counts of conspiring to harbor and transport undocumented aliens and three counts of harboring undocumented aliens, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. A federal jury convicted Tobias following two days of trial and approximately five hours of deliberation on Dec. 6, 2012.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today kicked off the 113th Congress with a hearing focused on the Medicare physician payment system. Last week, the Energy and Commerce Committee, along with the Ways and Means Committee, released a framework for reforming the...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing Surveys Consequences of Last Year’s Historic Drought, Spring Freezes and Other Disasters
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Kelvin Redd, 36, and Julian Michael Thompson, 33, both of Jackson, pled guilty to drug charges this week in U. S. District Court, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Daniel McMullen, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Subcommittee Vice Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today sought clarification from the Department of Health...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today kicked off its “Our Nation of Builders " hearing series with a focus on the challenges currently facing American manufacturers. Today’s panel of witnesses featured manufacturers from the districts...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Jacob Tolman, 34, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Ancer Haggerty to 175 months in prison, to be followed by a four-year term of supervised release. The federal charges were brought after an investigation led by the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2013
News Release: Our challenge is how to strike the right balance between mission objectives and evolving security environments: How do we provide the brave men and women who serve overseas with the protection they need, while still allowing them the freedom to do their jobs?
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper and Ranking Member Tom Coburn announced the Committee’s newly reorganized subcommittees and subcommittee leadership assignments for the 113th Congress.
