News from November 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Member Representative Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) on Monday introduced H.R. 3522, the Employee Health Care Protection Act. H.R. 3522 would help protect employees from President Obama’s broken promise that, “If you like your health care plan, you can...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee and a member of the Conference Committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), made the following statement today as the conference committee convened.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-In an effort to stabilize the economy and prevent 1.3 million Americans from having their federal jobless benefits cut off, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Debbie Stabenow...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Federal and state authorities have arrested seven individuals, all of whom are believed to be associated with the Folk Nation gang operating in El Paso, charged in connection with a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Drug Enforcement Administration Special ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THERESA SUTHERLAND, 33, of Enfield, pleaded guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - Due to safety considerations and following a public process, the Bureau of Land Management Gunnison Field Office is temporarily closing an area in the Hartman Rocks Recreation Area to recreational target shooting. The temporary closure will help protect persons, property and public lands until shooting issues are fully analyzed and considered through a Resource Management Plan amendment, a period not expected to exceed two years.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Member Representative Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) on Monday introduced H.R. 3522, the Employee Health Care Protection Act. H.R. 3522 would help protect employees from President Obama’s broken promise that, “If you like your health care plan, you can...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA SCHELLA LOGAN HOPE, 47, of Brunswick, Georgia, was convicted earlier this month by a federal jury of various health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering offenses for her role in a $4 million scheme upon the Georgia Medicaid program. Chief United States District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood presided over HOPE’s 5-day jury trial.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of soft red winter wheat for delivery to Egypt during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - DEA and other federal officials today announced that U.S. Rep. Trey Radel, 37, pled guilty today in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to a misdemeanor charge of possession of cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s announcement Tuesday calling for trials in the transition of traditional telephone networks to Internet Protocol.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1591.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Defendant Paul Jenkins sexually assaulted at least three minor children.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today advanced H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act. Authored by full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), the bipartisan bill would modernize the cross-boundary...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Devils Punchbowl Bridge on the Spruce Railroad Trail along the north shore of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park will be closed December 3 through 6, while crews replace decking on the bridge, located 1.2 miles from the Lyre River Trailhead. The remainder of the trail will continue to be open during the project.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ronald W. Sharpe, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, Vito S. Guarino, Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: A Dearborn man was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to criminal violations of the Clean Air Act, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: FORT SMITH, Ark. - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, along with DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown, announced that Esteban Arreola, 29, was sentenced today on charges for possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 34 organizations for grants to help rural cooperatives and small businesses expand and strengthen their capacity to serve rural citizens and communities.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Member Representative Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) on Monday introduced H.R. 3522, the Employee Health Care Protection Act. H.R. 3522 would help protect employees from President Obama’s broken promise that, “If you like your health care plan, you can...
