News from June 2013
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Cabell County man was indicted on June 18 by a federal grand jury sitting in Huntington on drug charges. According to a single-count indictment, Eric Lavell Minter, 28, of Huntington, allegedly possessed oxycodone with intent to distribute on May 20, 2013.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved the Student Success Act (H.R. 5). Introduced by Chairman Kline and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN), this responsible legislation will rewrite the nation’s K-12 education law and put more control in the hands of state and local leaders.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging five Stark County residents with being engaged in a conspiracy to launder more than $530,000 obtained through the operation of an illegal sports bookmaking operation, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By EPA 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: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Wednesday, June 19, 2013. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS - A yearlong investigation into an alleged heroin trafficking organization in central Ohio has resulted in the arrests of 16 people, the seizure of more...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Newark, N.J., man who was convicted earlier this year on drug and weapons charges was sentenced today to 200 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Gordon Harold Williams, 49, of Knoxville, Tenn., was sentenced on June 19, 2013, to serve 20 years in prison, by the Honorable Thomas Varlan, U.S. District Court Chief Judge. Upon his release from prison, Williams will serve five years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1546.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
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By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Mark Michael Bote, age 23, of Thornton, Colorado, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver late yesterday, the United States Attorney’s Office and the FBI announced. The charges are one count of interference with flight crew members and attendants and one count of false information and...
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, along with U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.) sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
By DOE 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: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced late yesterday in federal court for being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging David P. Lawrence (26, Bradenton) and Mark Alan Finehout (37, Sarasota) each with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Lawrence is also charged with possessing with intent to...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 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."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce 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...
