News published on Federal Newswire in May 2013

News from May 2013


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday sent a letter to public health officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to examine how each state regulates and monitors abortion clinics and protects the health and safety of women. The trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell...


Committee Leaders Press HHS to Comply with Congressional Examination of Whether “Prevention” Grants Violated Anti-Lobbying Rules

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today pushed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to fully comply with the panel’s investigation into the potentially illegal use and waste of taxpayer dollars through the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) and Community...


USFS and BLM to hold La Garita Hills analysis public meeting

News Release: LA GARITA, Colo - The Rio Grande National Forest’s Saguache Ranger District and Bureau of Land Management’s San Luis Valley Field Office will hold a public meeting concerning the La Garita Hills Forest Restoration environmental analysis at the Saguache Public Lands Office on May 23 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The public lands office is located at 46525 Hwy 114, Saguache. The open house meeting will also include a short presentation at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.


In Wake of Gosnell Trial, Committee Leaders Examine How States Monitor and Regulate Abortion Clinics and Protect Women’s Health

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday sent a letter to public health officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to examine how each state regulates and monitors abortion clinics and protects the health and safety of women. The trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell...


Blairsville Man Conspired To Distribute Heroin

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Blairsville, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Maryland resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to transport stolen motor vehicles across state lines, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), subcommittee member Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), and Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) today sent a letter to the Department of Commerce’s Inspector General Todd Zinser to applaud plans to audit the NTIA stimulus grant awarded...


News Release: A man who used marijuana and possessed a firearm after being convicted of a felony offense was sentenced today to almost six years in federal prison.


EPW Committee Delays Gina McCarthy Nomination Vote

News Release: Today, the eight Republicans on the Environment and Public Works Committee did not attend the nomination vote of Gina McCarthy to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), leading to a postponement of the vote for a period yet to be determined. On April 25, 2013, the Committee Republicans asked Chairman Barbara Boxer to postpone the nomination vote because they had not yet received answers to their five main requests.


Mission Man Charged With Assault With A Dangerous Weapon And Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury

News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Mission, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.


Cummings Reacts to Boehner’s Statement on State Department Email

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 Speaker Boehner’s statement that he learned at yesterday’s hearing on Benghazi about a Sept. 12, 2012, email in which senior State Department officials stated that they had told Libyan officials that the attacks in Benghazi were conducted by Ansar al-Sharia...


Committee Releases White Paper Examining Environmental Impacts of Renewable Fuel Standard

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee is continuing its bipartisan review of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), releasing today the third in a series of white papers examining a number of issues emerging with the current system. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) are leading this effort to review the law and its implementation and are soliciting input from interested stakeholders.


News Release: Jackson, Miss - Calvin Louis Smith, 56, a Canton City Alderman, was arraigned today in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Linda R. Anderson pursuant to a federal indictment charging him with bribery in connection with a series of transactions of the City of Canton, Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen.


Former President Of Port Arthur Chemical Company Guilty Of Federal Crimes Related To Employee Deaths

News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - The former president of Port Arthur Chemical and Environmental Services, LLC (PACES) has pleaded guilty in federal court to occupational safety crimes which resulted in the death of an employee, announced John M. Bales, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, and Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.


News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of robbing a commercial store, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.


News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Earlier this week a federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Blessed Marvelous Herve, a/k/a Rodrigue Herve Ngandou, a/k/a Herve Rodrigue Ngandou, a/k/a Blessed Roll Herve, of San Francisco, for wire fraud, United States Attorney MELINDA HAAG announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday sent a letter to public health officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to examine how each state regulates and monitors abortion clinics and protects the health and safety of women. The trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) today introduced H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, a bipartisan bill to modernize the federal review process for natural gas pipeline permit applications.


Members Welcome IG Audit of EAGLE-Net, Request Additional Information on Controversial $100 Million Stimulus Grant

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), subcommittee member Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), and Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO) today sent a letter to the Department of Commerce’s Inspector General Todd Zinser to applaud plans to audit the NTIA stimulus grant awarded...


News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - - In Austin, four men face up to 20 years in federal prison after a jury convicted them of their roles in a complex conspiracy to launder millions of dollars in illicit Los Zetas drug trafficking proceeds to purchase, train, breed, and race American quarter horses in the United States...