News from May 2013
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 3, 2013. Beginning on Monday, June 3, the House of Representatives will vote on two committee priorities - legislation to reauthorize new and generic animal drug user fee programs and...
By Commerce Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 3, 2013. Beginning on Monday, June 3, the House of Representatives will vote on two committee priorities - legislation to reauthorize new and generic animal drug user fee programs and...
By Commerce Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In recent weeks, the Energy and Commerce Committee has explored the looming rate shock that will hit when the president’s health care law takes full effect. Despite widespread evidence that significant price spikes are expected, reports from the state of California claiming potential...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell yesterday sentenced Andrew Beasley (30, Patchogue, NY) to 9 years and 7 months in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. He is also required to register as a sex offender and serve a 10-year term of supervision, following his release from prison. The court also ordered Beasley to forfeit his computer equipment. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 29, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: (Munising, MICH.) During the week of June 10, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore will have a contractor felling more than 200 diseased beech trees along Miners Castle Road. The work will take place along a one mile stretch of road north of the Miners Falls Road intersection. The felling operation is expected to occur over a three day period beginning Monday with ground crews conducting additional cleanup work for an unspecified amount of time afterwards.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Brent Biegler, age 32, of Timber Lake, South Dakota pled guilty to a charge of Disorderly Conduct and was sentenced on May 29, 2013 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By State Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued this statement following the Administration’s announcement to sanction companies for helping Iran evade sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: South Bend, Indiana -The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: A Mount Vernon woman, Mary Barnett-Johnson, 51, convicted of Theft of Government Funds in February of this year, was sentenced in United States District Court on May 31, 2013, to five years of probation and was also ordered to pay $85,353.00 in restitution, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Last week, a select group of 100 women gathered at the White House for a day of education, discussion and action concerning climate and energy. The summit specifically highlighted women in leadership positions who are addressing climate change and energy issues, and encouraged commitments moving forward for further collaboration across organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Sonny Gray Grass, age 52, of Rosebud, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on May 29, 2013 and pled guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly killing her grandson at Pine Ridge on April 29, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: GREENBELT -, Md. - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Nery Gustavo Ramos-Duarte, age 52, of Chiquimula, Guatemala, today to 160 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and import five kilograms or more of cocaine, commit money laundering, and smuggle bulk cash.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the forthcoming Senate vote on the Student Loan Affordability Act of 2013, a fully paid-for bill to maintain the current interest rate on...
By Commerce Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing next Thursday on an upcoming report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) on wasteful Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conference spending.
By Commerce Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) today responded to the release of the 2013 Medicare Trustees Report and 2013 Social Security Trustees Report.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: MAY 31 - (BOSTON) - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration - New England Field (NEFD), Carmen M. Ortiz, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and John Gibbons, U.S. Marshal for the District of Massachusetts announced that President Barack...
By USDA Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 30,000 metric tons of soybean oil for delivery to Germany during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By EPA Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) responded to today’s release of the 2013 Medicare and Social Security Trustees Report. The Trustees are forecasting that Medicare will go bankrupt in 2026 and Social Security...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2013
News Release: Steven Mellides, 51, of Massapequa, New York, and John Fisher, 34, of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, were.
