News from March 2013
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Nearly three years ago, on March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law health care reforms that have changed the landscape of our nation’s health care system. Since the law’s passage, the Energy and Commerce Committee has conducted ongoing oversight to monitor the law’s consequences...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statements after FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell announced his intention to leave the Commission...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joseph Anarumo, the Special-Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), and Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: In Del Rio, Texas, Eduardo De La Garza, owner of Rio Bravo Construction in Eagle Pass, faces up to ten years in federal prison after pleading guilty this morning to paying a bribe to an agent of an organization receiving federal funds in connection with an alleged bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme in Maverick County announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: Eddie Louthian Sr. To Serve 48 Months In Federal Prison.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today reintroduced the Healthy Families Act, legislation that would allow workers to earn paid sick leave to use when they are sick, to care for a sick family member, to obtain preventive care, or to address the impacts of domestic violence.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster today announced the appointment of Jim Billimoria to lead the Committee's communications and public relations efforts in the 113th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Launching a bipartisan review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the House Energy and Commerce Committee today released its first in a series of white papers that will examine a number of issues emerging with the current system and solicit input from interested stakeholders. Energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David Pierleoni, 26, of Rochester, N.Y. and Cassandra N. Dehn, 27, of Willard, MO, who were convicted of offenses related to a wire fraud conspiracy were sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. Pierleoni, who was convicted...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: MARTINEZ- Stories from “John Muir" are among the highlights of the John Muir Birthday-Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 20th at the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez. Guests will enjoy free admission and parking at this regional event, which includes fun, informative activities and...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held the second hearing of a three-part series on “Health Information Technologies." Members today focused on how innovative medical technologies can benefit American patients and discussed what steps need to be taken...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held the second hearing of a three-part series on “Health Information Technologies." Members today focused on how innovative medical technologies can benefit American patients and discussed what steps need to be taken...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: DENVER - John Albert Paquette, age 52, of Longmont, Colorado, and his company, East Point, LLC, have been charged by Information with knowingly discharging a pollutant without a permit from a point source into waters of the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Environmental Protection Agency...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sens. Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will introduce bipartisan legislation - the Fixing America’s Inequities with Revenues (FAIR) Act - to ensure all energy producing states receive a fair share of the revenues they help produce.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, asked Gina McCarthy, nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to outline how she will protect American citizens from rising gas prices due to the rising cost of ethanol Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: Senate Democrats want the American people to believe that through their so-called tax reform plan that closes loopholes for the rich and corporations, the tax code can simultaneously be made more efficient and generate nearly $1 trillion in new revenue while sparing the middle class and small business from tax hikes.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved S.601, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013. The bill provides critical flood protection for communities across the country, maintains the flow of commerce, and will create up to 500,000 new jobs. ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released “No Leadership, No Responsibility, No Tours," a new video highlighting the White House’s political gamesmanship, choosing to close the White House to school groups and visitors while responsible spending reforms, like those from non-partisan Inspectors General outlined in Oversight’s March 5 Committee report, have not been implemented.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lloyd Hershey Wenger, Jr., age 46, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to a 121-month term of imprisonment, followed by 20 years’ of supervised release. Judge Rambo further ordered that Wenger pay $5,000 in restitution. Wenger must also register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDWIN MANSOUR, JR. was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 51 months in prison for his role in what is believed to be the largest known credit repair fraud scheme ever charged. His co-defendant...
