News from July 2013
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the latest leg of the president’s “jobs" tour, he criticized Republicans’ efforts to build the Keystone XL pipeline, charging, “Putting all your eggs in the basket of an oil pipeline that may only create about 50 permanent jobs… isn’t a jobs plan." The House has now voted seven times to expedite construction of the pipeline in the face of the administration’s continued delay of the critical jobs project.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on the President’s call to spend more taxpayer dollars...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to EPA Administrator Gina McCarty seeking information related to the agency’s study of hydraulic fracturing and groundwater contamination. The members are specifically interested in how EPA’s experiences with site-specific studies at Pavillion, Wyoming, Parker County, Texas, and Dimock, Pennsylvania, are shaping the agency’s ongoing and comprehensive Hydraulic Fracturing Study.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) welcomed the President’s request today for trade promotion authority (TPA) alongside worker adjustment assistance, which Senator Baucus has said are critical to a successful trade agenda. The Senator announced his intent to move TPA alongside the worker job training program Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), which he introduced a bill to extend last week.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On the latest leg of the president’s “jobs" tour, he criticized Republicans’ efforts to build the Keystone XL pipeline, charging, “Putting all your eggs in the basket of an oil pipeline that may only create about 50 permanent jobs… isn’t a jobs plan." The House has now voted seven times to expedite construction of the pipeline in the face of the administration’s continued delay of the critical jobs project.
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On July 29, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved Senate Resolution 167, sponsored by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which calls for the peaceful resolution of maritime and territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Tuesday, July 30, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Mohamed Keisar, 36, of Phoenix, Arizona, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former mortgage broker and bank officer was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for his role in conspiring to commit bank fraud in order to secure a $1.48 million residential real estate loan, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: ROCKFORD - A former Freeport, Ill. man was sentenced today in federal court to 20 years in federal prison for retaliating against and causing bodily injury to a witness. The defendant, DAMON RUCKER, 36, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to serve 3 years on supervision following his release from prison. Rucker had been charged with causing bodily injury to the witness on Dec. 20, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Defendant Falsified His Personal Tax Returns For Three Years Due To Gambling Losses.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This afternoon, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will begin consideration of H.R. 2810, the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013. The bipartisan legislation is the product of more than two years of transparent work to transform the Medicare physician payment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William J. Castagna sentenced Kwamane Coleman (23, Largo) yesterday to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Coleman pleaded guilty on Feb. 27, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to today’s announcement from House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) that the U.S. House of Representatives would make the entire United States Code available for download in extensible markup language or (XML), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to EPA Administrator Gina McCarty seeking information related to the agency’s study of hydraulic fracturing and groundwater contamination. The members are specifically interested in how EPA’s experiences with site-specific studies at Pavillion, Wyoming, Parker County, Texas, and Dimock, Pennsylvania, are shaping the agency’s ongoing and comprehensive Hydraulic Fracturing Study.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Shawon McClung, age 27, formerly of Parker, Colorado, pled guilty today before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to one count of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle announced. McClung is free on bond. Judge Jackson is scheduled to sentence McClung on November 6, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. McClung waived his right to indictment, and was therefore charged by Information on June 12, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Kathleen Larsen Coker, 51, of Minden, La., was sentenced Monday before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to two years in prison and three years of supervised release with conditions of treatment for driving while intoxicated. She was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This afternoon, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will begin consideration of H.R. 2810, the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act of 2013. The bipartisan legislation is the product of more than two years of transparent work to transform the Medicare physician payment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jose Domingo Jasso-Topete, 34, a Mexican national illegally present in the United States, pleaded guilty this morning in Las Cruces federal court to conspiracy and possession of more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana with intent to distribute. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to EPA Administrator Gina McCarty seeking information related to the agency’s study of hydraulic fracturing and groundwater contamination. The members are specifically interested in how EPA’s experiences with site-specific studies at Pavillion, Wyoming, Parker County, Texas, and Dimock, Pennsylvania, are shaping the agency’s ongoing and comprehensive Hydraulic Fracturing Study.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2013
News Release: DALLAS - Steven Chen Yu, 39, of Allen, Texas, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney this morning and pleaded guilty to an information charging wire fraud in connection with his attempt to embezzle approximately $1 million from his employer, Hudson Advisors, LLC and its global subsidiaries...
