News from June 2013
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and former Ranking Member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), made the following statements after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ended its politicized investigation into a hydraulic fracturing project near Pavillion, Wyoming, because its initial assessment lacked a basis in credible science.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Roberto Fernandez Gonzalez (63, Naples) pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Gonzalez faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today issued the following statement regarding the House’s failure to pass a Farm Bill. The Senate Farm Bill, titled the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act, passed the chamber earlier this month with overwhelming bipartisan support on a 66-27 vote.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: Thank you to Dr. Reischauer and Dr. Blahous, our two public trustees for joining us here today. I believe it’s been a few years since you’ve been before this Committee, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the Medicare program’s financial status.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Ways and Means Committee Members wrote to President Obama urging the Administration to address several pressing trade and investment issues at the upcoming U.S.- India Strategic Dialogue (SD).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR MISSING CHICAGO MAN.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today continued their investigation into the National Telecommunication and Information Administration’s (NTIA) decision to award a $100.6 million stimulus grant to the EAGLE-Net Alliance in Colorado. The grant was funded through the Broadband Technology...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: HUNTSVILLE - U.S. District Judge C. Lynwood Smith Jr. today sentenced a Birmingham man to one year in prison for threatening the life of President Barack Obama on the social network Twitter, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Secret Service Acting Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Anderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Gary Patton Hall, Jr., 47, of Tifton, Georgia, entered a plea of guilty today to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud before the Honorable Hugh Lawson, Senior United States District Judge in Macon, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two Indictments, alleging conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine as well as money laundering charges, have been partially unsealed following the arrest of 25 individuals, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez of the FBI’s San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: Memphis, TN - Harold McDuffie, 49, of Memphis was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Jon P. McCalla to 27 years in prison for his role in masterminding a heroin distribution ring, announced U.S. Attorney Edward L. Stanton III.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA - Starke Allen Hawkins, 60, of Austell, Georgia was sentenced on June 19, 2013 by United States District Court J. Randal Hall to 17½ years in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for receiving child pornography. Hawkins will be required to register as a sex offender. At the conclusion of the sentencing, Hawkins was returned to the custody of the United States Marshal Service to serve his sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: Dr. Alfred Chan And Judy Chan Overbilled Federal Healthcare Programs For Cancer Treatment Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: CHICAGO - Twenty-three defendants are facing federal narcotics charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing wholesale quantities of heroin and cocaine in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, local and federal law enforcement officials announced today. An investigation led by the Chicago...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: Anthony O. Calabrese III was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay more than $200,000 for his role in a series of bribery schemes involving Jimmy Dimora, Frank Russo, J. Kevin Kelley and others uncovered as part of the Cuyahoga County corruption investigation, federal law enforcement officials said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2013
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Committee on Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), along with Reps. Pat Tiberi (R-OH), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Aaron Schock (R-IL), Tom Reed (R-NY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Jim Renacci (R-OH) and Morgan Griffith (R-VA) introduced the Medicare Hospital Wage Index Equity Act of 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Andrew Gene Alvarez, 60, of Wofford Heights, Calif., pleaded guilty this morning to a misdemeanor information charging him with misrepresenting that jewelry he made and offered for sale was made by an Indian. After entering his guilty plea, Alvarez was sentenced to 30 months of probation...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today spoke with major city and county police chiefs and sheriffs to discuss the need for commonsense immigration reform to strengthen border security, building upon the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) historic gains achieved over the past four years.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: USDA support will help businesses in 10 States WASHINGTON, June 19, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for 15 businesses in 10 states to create or retain jobs and expand economic activity. USDA remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. Today's announcement is one part of the Department's efforts to strengthen the rural economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: The United States sued a Southlake, Texas woman last night, seeking to bar her from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction suit was filed against Karena Mondrianh in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
