News from May 2013
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today wrote to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an examination of the performance, effectiveness, and management of the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Commerce (DOC-IG).
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: NORWALK 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 Leroy Pressley, 25, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member David Vitter (R-LA) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today sent a letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), asking for a report on the methods and procedures currently being utilized by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to conduct cost analyses when developing and proposing new policies and regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two men who plotted to rob a drug stash house in order to sell the stolen cocaine were convicted today by a federal jury in New Jersey of crimes related to the scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: New Bedford, MA-New Bedford has a long and fascinating history, filled with stories of whalemen going to sea for years a time, wives left to run businesses, escaped slaves seeking freedom, and a connection to the sea that spans centuries. The public is invited to explore this history through free guided...
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today wrote to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting an examination of the performance, effectiveness, and management of the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Commerce (DOC-IG).
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: A Strongsville company and the company owner’s wife pleaded guilty for their roles in the dumping of a drum of liquid cyanide into a storm drain that flowed into the Rocky River, resulting in the death of more than 30,000 fish, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on May 23, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, WAMBLEE TONKA ROWLAND, a 34-year-old resident of Lame Deer and an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, was sentenced to a term of.
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today examined the current state of drug compounding in the United States. The hearing was a continuation of the committee’s investigation of the fungal meningitis outbreak, and whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today approved H.R. 2052, the Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Subcommittee Chairman Terry and Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), seeks to increase...
By State Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the below statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing, “European Union Economic Relations: Crisis and Opportunity."
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A citizen of Mexico has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of re-entry into the United States after deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced $2.1 million will be made available under the WaterSMART Basin Study program to enable Reclamation to partner with local entities to conduct comprehensive studies of river basins in Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada and Oregon.
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today approved H.R. 2052, the Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Subcommittee Chairman Terry and Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), seeks to increase...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man today admitted his role in a scheme in which he and others stole business checks from the U.S. Mail in New Jersey and Connecticut, altered them, and cashed them using a series of conspirators, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: National Park Service officials at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Skagway have issued an alert about heavy snow levels on the Chilkoot Trail.The extended cool spring temperatures and delayed snow melt at higher elevations have created a significantly greater hazard potential for avalanches...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele sentenced Epifanio H. Benitez (61, Fort Myers) yesterday to life in federal prison for selling heroin within 1,000 feet of Lee Middle School. The court also sentenced Benitez to a concurrent term of 15 years in prison for three counts of selling...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as “Piolin," 32, pleaded guilty today to the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila in Mexico. The court also unsealed today the guilty pleas of three other defendants on related murder, attempted murder, racketeering and accessory charges.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - To help all understand and enjoy Petrified Forest National Park, experts in their respective fields are being invited to share their knowledge and enthusiasm in a reinvigorated in-park 'speaker series'. Presentations are scheduled for the first Wednesday of every month, and last approximately one hour.
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today examined the current state of drug compounding in the United States. The hearing was a continuation of the committee’s investigation of the fungal meningitis outbreak, and whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
