News from June 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today advanced four pieces of legislation that seek to improve environmental regulations, increase state authority in certain regulatory programs, and protect jobs.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) will address the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) 2013 Manufacturing Summit tomorrow to discuss how the nation’s energy policies are affecting American manufacturers and the committee’s efforts to help support...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Antonio Almonte, 57, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiring to possess and distribute more than one kilogram of heroin, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to 70 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, June 19, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - Patricia Hodges, 66, of Marietta, Ohio has been ordered to repay $141,962 in Social Security benefits she collected on behalf of her dead mother, serve...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - - A criminal indictment charging seven defendants with drug trafficking conspiracy and related charges was unsealed today in U.S. District court, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The federal indictment was returned by a grand jury sitting in Asheville on June 4, 2013, and remained sealed until today, following yesterday’s arrests of the named defendants by law enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: Ranger Dustin Beaty will give a program on "Tracking Through the Wild", talking about local animal and their tracks on Saturday, June 29. This program consists of a fun activity where individuals make their own animal tracks to take home. Children will also be introduced to Big South Fork's Junior Ranger Program. The 45-minute program will be held at the Bandy Creek Visitor Center on Saturday, June 29, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT). Meet on the back porch of the Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Tiffany Martinez, 24, of New Haven, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Christopher Cavna, age 26, of Youngstown, Ohio, with producing, distributing and receiving child pornography, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Jaron Anderson, age 22, of Brookings, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge John E. Simko on June 17, 2013 and pled guilty to Count V of the Information that charged him with Unlawful Taking of Migratory Birds and Lacey Act violations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Broad support continues to build ahead of today’s House Energy and Commerce Committee vote on H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, authored by Rep. David McKinley (R-WV). This commonsense, bipartisan legislation provides a workable alternative to EPA’s proposal to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: The public is invited to participate in an archeological excavation this summer of the 1st Virginia Brigade site at Valley Forge National Historical Park. The excavation project will run Monday through Friday from June 24 through July 19, with the possibility of additional weeks depending on how the work progresses. Volunteers will have the opportunity to screen for artifacts and process them in the field laboratory.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Broad support continues to build ahead of today’s House Energy and Commerce Committee vote on H.R. 2218, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, authored by Rep. David McKinley (R-WV). This commonsense, bipartisan legislation provides a workable alternative to EPA’s proposal to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: The former director of the Cleveland VA Medical Center was indicted on 36 counts, accused of accepting bribes in return for influencing development projects and decisions involving the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wyoming County man was indicted on June 18 by a federal grand jury sitting in Huntington in connection with illegal prescription painkiller distribution and firearm possession offenses, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. According to a 10-count indictment, Delbert Lester, 55...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: Earlier today, Theodore Sweeten, the president of Symtech International, Inc. (“Symtech"), pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud before United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York. When sentenced, Sweeten faces a maximum sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today advanced four pieces of legislation that seek to improve environmental regulations, increase state authority in certain regulatory programs, and protect jobs.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: King Salmon, Alaska - Effective immediately, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alagnak Wild River, and Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve are prohibiting the use of all open fires in the park and preserves due to high fire danger. This order will be in effect until the weather and fire conditions...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, yesterday sent a letter to Bob Perciasepe, acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two new reports today confirming the Obama Administration is ill-equipped for the implementation of the federally facilitated health insurance and the Small Business Health Option Program (SHOP) exchanges created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The reports state the programs’ implementation delays and missed deadlines show potential for “implementation challenges going forward.".
