News from November 2013
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Examining Public Health Legislation to Help Local Communities." The public health bills reviewed today examined prescription drug abuse, poison control centers, liability protection for volunteer health care professionals at community health centers, newborn screening, tick-borne disease, sudden unexpected death of infants, and traumatic brain injuries.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer WRDA Conference Opening Meeting Nov. 20, 2013 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I am pleased to open today's conference which I believe will achieve its major goals - improving our nation's water infrastructure, boosting our economy, and creating jobs. Yesterday, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: A woman who formerly operated her own tax return preparation business and prepared and filed fraudulent federal tax returns was sentenced Nov. 19, 2013, to over a year in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced pending new guarantee fee rates to be charged for coverage under the Commodity Credit Corporation’s Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102). These new guarantee fee rates will apply to applications for payment guarantees and amendment requests received on or after Nov. 22, 2013, 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Time).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: “Doctor Shopping" Trips to Florida Involved Over $3M Worth of Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: Adrian Franklin, 40, of Chandler, Arizona, pleaded guilty on Nov. 18, 2013, to participating in a scheme to defraud Nissan North America, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Franklin pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $500,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing considering the nominations of Sarah Bloom Raskin to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Rhonda Schnare Schmidtlein to be a member of the U.S. International Trade Commission...
By DOE 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 Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Examining Public Health Legislation to Help Local Communities." The public health bills reviewed today examined prescription drug abuse, poison control centers, liability protection for volunteer health care professionals at community health centers, newborn screening, tick-borne disease, sudden unexpected death of infants, and traumatic brain injuries.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing on “Examining Public Health Legislation to Help Local Communities." The public health bills reviewed today examined prescription drug abuse, poison control centers, liability protection for volunteer health care professionals at community health centers, newborn screening, tick-borne disease, sudden unexpected death of infants, and traumatic brain injuries.
By EPA 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 Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: In an effort to protect fragile seagrass shoals and improve boater safety, Biscayne National Park recently completed the installation of fourteen fixed shoal markers around the Featherbed Banks in southern Biscayne Bay. The installation of the shoal markers was made possible in part with funding from the South Florida National Parks Trust.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives will vote tomorrow on H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, a bill to expedite construction of natural gas pipelines needed to deliver America’s growing energy supplies to consumers. The legislation, authored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Upper St. Clair man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of obstruction of justice, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a business meeting to consider Jeh C. Johnson’s nomination to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) highlighted the Committee’s decision to favorably report out this important nomination by voice vote. The nomination now goes to the full Senate for consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a homeless Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for the armed robbery of Great Southern Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - 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 (DEA), Miami Field Division, Vito S. Guarino, Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kelly N. Borger, 31, of Rochester, N.Y. and West Hollywood, California, was charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to submit false claims, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives will vote tomorrow on H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, a bill to expedite construction of natural gas pipelines needed to deliver America’s growing energy supplies to consumers. The legislation, authored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a company that sold maintenance and cleaning supplies today admitted paying bribes to a Union County official and to defrauding the county of more than $120,000 in connection with the purchases, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
