News from July 2013
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved the following nominations for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by voice vote late yesterday...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today advanced legislation intended to streamline Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reporting requirements by reducing the number of reports the commission is obligated to produce. Sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) along with Communications...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury late Tuesday indicted two Birmingham women in connection with mail stolen from residential mailboxes in Trussville, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Postal Inspector Frank Dyer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A three-count indictment alleging cocaine and heroin trafficking conspiracies has been partially unsealed following the arrest of a Corpus Christi resident, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON - A former network engineer at Charleston-based EnerVest Operating was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Charleston on Tuesday for allegedly causing extensive damage to the company’s computer system in June 2012, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Ricky Joe Mitchell, 34, of Mableton...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to House Republicans’ decision to pull three “Government Abuse Week" bills from the suspension calendar because they lacked the votes to pass them...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee stood up for American jobs and affordable energy on the House floor tonight as debate kicked off on H.R. 1582, the Energy Consumers Relief Act. The commonsense legislation, authored by Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), will protect consumers...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a West Plains, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing synthetic marijuana, commonly referred to as K2, while employed at The Man Cave in Springfield, Mo.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), highlighted the Committee’s unanimous vote to report the Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement Act (IPACE) to the full Senate. The legislation,...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: Preemption & Safety Standard Myth: The CSIA will tie EPA in knots. The CSIA's safety standard and preemption provision puts us in worse shape. - Mr. Ken Cook, President and Co-Founder, Environmental Working Group (paraphrased) Fact: The CSIA will never preempt the traditional state roles of regulating ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has announced that its Environmental Assessment for Road Maintenance in Arches National Park is available for public review and comment.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: Proposition 65 Myth: Could Prop 65 be crippled here? - Chairman Barbara Boxer (paraphrased) Priorities would prevent any enforcement of Prop 65. - Mr. Michael Troncoso, Senior Counsel, Office of the Attorney General, California (paraphrased) Fact: Many of the chemicals listed under Proposition 65 are ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg said, "In the last few months of his life, Frank did something that has become all too rare in Washington: he negotiated bipartisan legislation to solve a major problem facing our country. Frank worked with Senator Vitter to develop the Chemical Safety Improvement Act, a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Trenton Mitchell, 23; Rodney Armstrong, 22; and Charlisa Wright, 18; have.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Juan Becerra Vallejo, 55, has just been handed a federal prison term following his conviction of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Vallejo, a resident alien from Mexico who resided in Weslaco, pleaded guilty March 14, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS-Yesterday in federal court in St. Paul, a 25-year-old man pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Jose Alfredo Varela-Meraz, no known address, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute 500 or more grams of methamphetamine and one count of using, carrying...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: SAN JOSE - Steven Hibbett pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose yesterday to possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, under the guise of so-called ‘tax reform,’ President Obama unveiled a new “tax and spend" proposal, which is a flip flop from his and other leading Democrats’ previous position of a revenue-neutral corporate tax overhaul. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Monday night after the U.S. Senate voted 93-1 to confirm James Comey as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation: “Jim Comey is a dedicated public servant who brings an impeccable sense of judgment, a commitment to innovative ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc., a pharmaceutical company acquired by Pfizer, Inc. in 2009, has agreed to pay $490.9 million to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the unlawful marketing of the prescription drug Rapamune for uses not approved as safe and effective by the U.S. Food and Drug ...
