News published on Federal Newswire in May 2013

News Release: Mr. Chairman, thank you for calling today's hearing on Chairman Camp's small business tax reform legislation. Small businesses are the engines of job creation in this country. Nearly 60 million Americans work for a small business - that's about half of our private sector workforce.

Forest Beginning to Recover at Valley Forge NHP

News Release: VALLEY FORGE, PA The forest at Valley Forge National Historical Park is beginning to recover from decades of over-browsing by white-tailed deer. Following three years of implementation of the park's White-tailed Deer Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, monitoring by National Park Service...

Hatch on President Obama’s News Conference on IRS Targeting Conservative Groups

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement this evening after President Obama held a news conference on the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups...

Camp, Levin Request All IRS Documents

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller requesting information on the targeting of organizations by the IRS.

Baucus Touts U.S.-Colombia Trade Agreement Successes on One-Year Anniversary of its Entry Into Force

News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today hailed the one-year anniversary of the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement’s (FTA) entry into force and touted the benefits it is already producing for the U.S. economy. Senator Baucus championed the U.S.-Colombia FTA in Congress, along with the Korea and Panama FTAs and Trade Adjustment Assistance, and helped lead the way for their bipartisan passage.

Informational: Federal Court Arraignment

News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, on May 14, 2013, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Strong, the following individual was arraigned.

Cummings Issues Statement on Release of Benghazi Emails

News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the release of approximately 100 pages of emails relating to the attacks in Benghazi...

NPS Site Recognized for Inclusion in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

News Release: In August of 1861, Union forces defeated Confederate troops at Hatteras Inlet and at Forts Clark and Hatteras.Word of this victory spread quickly and hundreds of former enslaved people escaped from mainland regions of North Carolina and Roanoke Island to freedom on Hatteras Island.In the newly formed...

Bluford Man Charged With Illegally Possessing A Firearm

News Release: Craig L. Fenton, 47, of Bluford, Illinois, has been charged in United States District Court in Benton with being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. The indictment, returned by a Federal Grand Jury on May 9th...

Pike County Man Charged With Receiving And Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 49-year-old Dingmans Ferry resident was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Scranton for receiving and distributing child pornography.

Synthetic Drug Supplier On The Run

News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.

Hike the Santa Fe Trail June 1 2013

News Release: Hit the trail! Fort Union National Monument, in collaboration with the Santa Fe National Historic Trail and the Piojo Ranch, will be offering a rare opportunity for a guided hike along the Santa Fe Trail in eastern New Mexico on June 1, 2013. Imagine the sounds of hooves and wagons thundering along the...

Organ Concert in Historic Scotty’s Castle

News Release: If you have never had the opportunity to hear a historic theatre pipe organ, here is your chance. On June 21-22, accomplished theatre and classical concert organist, Ty Woodward, will perform four concerts at Scotty's Castle in Death Valley National Park. The concert is sponsored by the Death Valley...

ENGEL-- Ranking Member Eliot Engel Sends Bipartisan Letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Criticizing Incitement to

By State Newswire | May 15, 2013

News Release: Dear Mr. President: During our recent meeting in Ramallah, you stressed your absolute commitment to non-violence in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. We were encouraged by your remarks, and appreciate the time you shared with our delegation. However, upon our return to the United States we...

Cummings Issues Statement on Resignation of IRS Acting Commissioner

News Release: Washington, DC -- Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s announcement of the resignation of Steven Miller, the acting commissioner of the IRS...

Brookfield Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Distribution Charge

News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KYLE M. LUTRUS, 27, of Brookfield, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith in Hartford to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone.

Anchorage Man sentenced to 84 months prison for drug firearm conviction

News Release: Anchorage, Alaska B U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a resident of Anchorage was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Kingland Man Sentenced To Over 17 Years For Distributing Child Pornography

News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - Thomas John Mumford, 26, of Kingsland, Georgia was sentenced on May 13, 2013 by United States District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 17½ years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for distributing child pornography. Mumford will be required to register as a sex offender. At the conclusion of the sentencing, Mumford was returned to the custody of the United States Marshal Service to serve his sentence.

Partnership Project Honored with Annual Award from State of Washington

News Release: VANCOUVER, WA - At a special ceremony on May 14, 2013, the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) awarded the State Historic Preservation Officer's Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Media & Historic Preservation to Dr. Brett Oppegaard, Washington State University Vancouver, and Greg Shine, Chief Ranger & Historian, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, for the partnership Fort Vancouver Mobile App Project.

Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Child Porn, Faces at least 15 Years in Prison