News from July 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Three used car salesmen have entered guilty pleas for their roles in selling cars to drug traffickers in an effort to launder drug proceeds, announced United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Dear Director Elmendorf: On July 2, 2013, the Obama Administration announced it would delay the reporting requirements under Sections 6055 and 6056 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) that apply to employers and insurers for one year as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) announced that the Committee is accepting public comments on bipartisan proposals to reform Medicare and Social Security. The announcement follows several hearings held by the Ways and Means Subcommittees on Health and Social...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park will host the Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day on Tuesday, July 30, from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the West Glacier Community Building in Glacier National Park. The event is free of charge and all are encouraged to attend. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the event, which alternates between Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Charles Rangel (D-NY) introduced legislation to renew the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) through September 2015. The current GSP program is set to expire July 31, 2013.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Building on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, which calls for steady, responsible steps to reduce carbon pollution and reduce energy bills for U.S. businesses, the Energy Department today announced an award of $10 million for six projects to help small commercial buildings save money by saving energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Larry Lake and his son, Travis Lake, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, Texas, by U.S. District Judge John McBryde, to 168 months and 13 months in federal prison, respectively, following their convictions earlier this year on tax and tax-related charges. In...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on July 15, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, PATRICK CHARLES THOMAS, a 55-year-old resident of Cut Bank, pled guilty to (2) counts of conversion of secured property. Sentencing has been set for Oct. 21, 2013. He is currently released on special conditions.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on “Why should Americans have to comply with the laws of foreign nations?" The hearing examined the Lacey Act and how the law has been amended to force Americans to comply with tens of thousands of foreign statutes, regulations, resolutions, and decrees.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C.-At a hearing today before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Acting IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified that Inspector General J. Russell George personally intervened to block the IRS from turning over documents relating to progressive or left-leaning groups that received treatment similar to Tea Party applicants for tax exempt status.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Trade Subcommittee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Charles Rangel (D-NY) announced the re-introduction of H.R. 2708, the U.S. Job Creation and Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013. The bipartisan legislation provides temporary tax relief to help U.S. manufacturers better compete, expand and create jobs.in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 17, 2013 Marsha Whitfield, 39, and D. Edwin Todd, 68, both of Franklin, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court, to charges related to their roles in a multi-million-dollar fraud perpetrated by the Sommet Group, LLC, announced David Rivera, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Sommet was a payroll-processing company and former sponsor of the Nashville arena once known as the Sommet Center.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Welcome, Mr. Iwry, and thank you for coming in to speak with us today, though I can’t promise you a kind reception.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marlo Garcia, also known as “Lupita," 24, was sentenced today to a prison term of 55 ½ years following his conviction for first-degree murder while armed and other charges in a shooting on Christmas Day 2009 that killed one man and wounded two others, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: In 2012 Shooting in Southeast Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Westmoreland County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 80 months imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Three Walgreens’ Pharmacies Repeatedly Filled Bogus Prescriptions For Highly Addictive Painkillers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three New Jersey doctors admitted today they accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from Parsippany, N.J.-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS) as part of a long-running scheme operated by the lab, its president, and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Members Todd Young (R-IN) and Tim Griffin (R-AR) introduced two pieces of legislation to delay the individual mandate and the employer mandate contained within ObamaCare to provide relief to American families and businesses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2013
News Release: Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.".
