News from June 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: A Toledo man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking of children, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Statement of Barbara Boxer Hearing on Oversight of Federal Risk Management and Emergency Planning Programs to Prevent and Address Chemical Threats, Including the Events Leading Up to the Explosions in West, TX and Geismar, LA June 27, 2013 What brings us here today is the tragic loss of life and injuries ...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn and FCC Inspector General David Hunt regarding the FCC’s oversight and management of the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A professional hunter from Tennessee is set for a hearing in federal court today on a government motion accusing him of hunting in violation of his probation, U.S. Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: 110 Arrested During Multiagency, Violent Crime Initiative from April to June 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Cullman used car dealer pleaded guilty today for violating federal protections for active-duty military service members by refusing to reduce the loan interest rate and repossessing the vehicle he sold to a man who was later deployed overseas with the Alabama National Guard, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein Jr.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), today held a hearing to examine the effects of new federal school meal program regulations issued by the Department of Agriculture under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. During the hearing, a panel of school nutrition experts described the challenges these regulations have created for schools and districts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on June 25, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Clinic obtained unapproved foreign drugs for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Rolando Reyna, 28, of McAllen, has been ordered to prison for nearly 16 years following his conviction for possession with intent to distribute approximately 29.76 kilograms of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Reyna pleaded guilty April 10, 2013.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today held a hearing on “A Tangle of Trade Barriers: How India’s Industrial Policy is Hurting U.S. Companies." The United States and India have a strong and growing trade relationship, with India...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement on Sen. Mo Cowan (D-MA) who is departing the Senate after this week’s election of Senator-Elect Edward Markey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: ATLANTA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has reached a settlement agreement with Midtown Neurology, P.C. to resolve an investigation into allegations that it violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to accelerate clean energy leadership and to enable a low-carbon economy, the Energy Department today announced $3.5 million for four advanced nuclear reactor projects that go beyond traditional light water designs. These projects...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing on “Equipping Carriers and Agencies in the Wireless Era." The subcommittee heard from government and private sector witnesses as members continue to discuss...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 151 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal drug laws. United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. In addition, he was given a concurrent sentence of 37 months for violating his supervised release of a previous conviction.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member George Miller (D-CA) issued the following joint statement after the Obama administration announced that it will suspend Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade benefits for Bangladesh.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury today returned a 30-count indictment against Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev for his alleged role in using weapons of mass destruction at the Boston Marathon to kill three individuals and maim or seriously injure many others, as well as for using a firearm to intentionally kill Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Police Officer Sean Collier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: BOISE -William Oldenburg, 66, of Eagle, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to three years of probation for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance analogue and conspiracy to structure transactions, U.S. AttorneyWendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2013
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today applauded the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for its continued efforts to demand accountability in the wake of the bankruptcy of MF Global. Chairwoman Stabenow’s statement comes as the ...
