News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: Linn County Man Admits to being an Armed Career Criminal and Shooting Two Men with a Short Barreled Shotgun during a Drug Deal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Aaron Thorpe, 33, and Melvin Knight, 36, both of Washington, D.C., were found guilty by a jury today of armed kidnapping and other charges stemming from an attack in which they held a man and woman for hours while searching a house in Northwest Washington for illegal drugs and cash, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: HOUSTON - Vincent Dammai, 42, of Pleasant, S.C., has entered a guilty plea to causing the introduction of stem cells into interstate commerce without the approval of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted 51-0 to advance H.R. 2810, the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act, to repeal the broken sustainable growth rate formula (SGR) and replace it with a system that promotes the highest quality of care for America’s seniors...
By State Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed by an overwhelming majority the bipartisan “Nuclear Iran Prevention Act," introduced by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Committee. The legislation, H.R. 850, increases pressure on the Iranian regime amid its continued attempt to acquire a nuclear weapons capability.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on “Oversight of DOE’s Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste." Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz testified on the department’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted 51-0 to advance H.R. 2810, the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act, to repeal the broken sustainable growth rate formula (SGR) and replace it with a system that promotes the highest quality of care for America’s seniors...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: Cornish, NH: On Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, from 10:00 to 4:30 p.m., there will be a celebration of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, and the Shaw Memorial. The day includes demonstrations by the 54th Regiment reenactors, Civil War music by the Nevers 2nd Regiment Band, and talks by historians David Blight and Harry Bradshaw Matthews. The event and park will be free admission that day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Veronica Benavidez, 38, of Bernalillo, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to a federal wire fraud charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans to unknown destinations during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By EPA 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: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a nine-count indictment charging attorney JOSEPH P. HADDAD, 65, of Orange, with federal offenses related to his participation in an extensive insurance fraud scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today held a hearing on “Oversight of DOE’s Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste." Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz testified on the department’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: Second Tax Evasion Conviction For Defendant Who Failed To Report More Than $23 Million In Income.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement upon conclusion of today's hearing on TSCA reform efforts.
By EPA 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 EPA Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to President Obama expressing concerns over “the continued delay and politicization of the approval process for the Keystone XL pipeline." Recent comments made by the president concerning the pipeline’s review and its potential...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC") and a related joint venture, UPMC VNA Home Health (“UPMC Home Health"), have agreed to pay the United States $956,590 to settle False Claims Act allegations, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today voted 51-0 to advance H.R. 2810, the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act, to repeal the broken sustainable growth rate formula (SGR) and replace it with a system that promotes the highest quality of care for America’s seniors...
