News from July 2013
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to the sentencing of Russian activist Alexei Navalny.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Reporting Data Breaches: Is Federal Legislation Needed to Protect Consumers?" The hearing allowed members to explore data breach trends occurring within the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: A man who distributed child pornography pled guilty on July 17, 2013, in federal court in Sioux City.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that J. Guadalupe Hernandez, 29, of Farmington, N.Y., who was convicted of harboring an illegal alien, was sentenced three years probation, a $5,000 fine and a forfeiture of $20,000 by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Jack Nealy, a former San Antonio Police officer, now faces up to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and ATF Special Agent in Charge Melvin D. King, Houston Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, July 18, 2013- Buildings can paint pictures of the past. Tour the historic downtown area of Thurmond onJuly 27and hear tales of this historic railroad town, one of the most well-known communities in the New River Gorge. This is one of several ranger-guided programs in area National...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of West Virginia. Thursday, July 18, 2013. BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley pill dealer was sentenced today to five years and three months in federal prison for illegally distributing the powerful prescription painkiller oxycodone, announced U.S.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration took the July 4 holiday to rewrite major components of Obamacare, prompting many serious questions from Congress regarding how and why these decisions were made and what is the true status of implementation. In an effort to get answers, the Subcommittee on Oversight...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today released an updated advanced legislative framework to replace the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program. The draft legislation is the result of a careful...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “Reporting Data Breaches: Is Federal Legislation Needed to Protect Consumers?" The hearing allowed members to explore data breach trends occurring within the United States...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Just before 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 18, Grand Teton National Park rangers rescued a 27-year-old man who injured his foot while hiking in Webb Canyon located in the northern portion of the Teton Range. Michael Zinke of Solvang, California was with a large group of people who intended to traverse the Teton Range over the course of several days from Webb Canyon to String Lake trailhead.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today released an updated advanced legislative framework to replace the current Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) system with a fair and stable system of physician payment in the Medicare program. The draft legislation is the result of a careful...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Anaheim, California, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Pay Legal Child Support.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 18, 2013
News Release: Statement of Barbara Boxer Full Committee Hearing: "Climate Change: It's Happening Now" July 18, 2013 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Today's hearing will focus on climate change and the serious threat it poses to our nation. The body of evidence is overwhelming, the world's leading scientists agree, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Waiving Work Requirements for Welfare Recipients: One Year Later, Just another Law Ignored by the Obama Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man has pleaded guilty to two commercial robberies, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, Sergio Benitez, a developer of affordable housing projects in Brooklyn for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 22 months followed by three years of supervised release, including a three-year ban from applying...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 165,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. (July 17, 2013) --- Effective Friday, July 19, the Bureau of Land Management Gila District, all districts of theCoronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Coronado National Memorial, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Tumacácori National Historical Park...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - John Solano, 30, a former teacher from Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to receiving child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
