News from November 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) applauded today’s House passage of H.R. 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act. The House of Representatives approved the Keep Your Heath Plan Act by a vote of 261 to 157.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 48-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison for the carjacking of a witness in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Across generations, presidencies are often associated with one famous utterance. “Ask not, what your country can do"… “The only thing we have to fear" … “Tear down this wall." And our current president will be no different… “If you like you health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. Period."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA -- - United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy announced today that David Lee Huggard, 48, of Bristol, Va., was sentenced last week to 210 in prison at a sentencing hearing in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy expressing concerns regarding EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas New Source Performance Standards for new power plants that would require the installation of carbon capture...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Across generations, presidencies are often associated with one famous utterance. “Ask not, what your country can do"… “The only thing we have to fear" … “Tear down this wall." And our current president will be no different… “If you like you health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. Period."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Louisiana. Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Glen A. “Andy" Miller, 48, of West Monroe, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert G. James to 18 months in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROYCE CORLEY, of New York, New York, was found guilty today in Manhattan federal court of sex trafficking of minors and possessing child pornography. CORLEY was convicted after a four-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Robert P. Patterson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2013
News Release: BOSTON - Two Florida men were convicted yesterday for defrauding homeowners in Massachusetts and elsewhere in a home loan modification scam.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 14, 2013
News Release: “Today’s hearing is the third in our series examining critical issues in postsecondary education as the Committee looks to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. The topic we’ll discuss today is of paramount importance, and is arguably the bedrock of federal higher education policy: our federal financial...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2013
News Release: A husband and wife from Monroe were sentenced today for their roles in a theft and tax violation scheme, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2013
News Release: Two men from the Mahoning Valley were indicted on federal firearms charges, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2013
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Tyler J. Lilley, age 33, of Akron, Ohio, and Tyler J. Bell, age 31, of Louisville, Ohio, with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2013
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Reyna Carizoza, 51, a Mexican national illegally in the United States, was sentenced this morning to 97 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for her methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Carizoza will be deported after she completes her prison sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 14, 2013 - Today, the House Natural Resources Committee approved H.R. 2824, the Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America Act, with a bipartisan vote of 24-15. This legislation sponsored by Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-06) and Energy and Mineral Resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and FBI arrested a pharmacist early this morning in Jersey City, N.J., on federal charges alleging he assembled equipment for an illegal drug lab, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2013
News Release: PRINCESS ANNE, Md., Nov. 14, 2013 – USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden today announced nearly $13 million in Community Facilities loans to promote the advancement of education. Harden made the announcement on behalf of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack during a visit to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus, where she participated in a roundtable with new farmers and area agriculture leaders.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department has awarded more than $62 million in grants to strengthen efforts to help people returning from prison rejoin their communities and become productive, law-abiding citizens. This grant announcement was made by Attorney General Eric Holder today while in St. Louis, where he visited ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today endorsed the reauthorization of the Second Chance Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Patrick Leahy and Rob Portman and its companion legislation by Representatives Danny Davis and F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. that provides resources and support ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2013
News Release: A Department of Defense (DOD) employee has pleaded guilty to filing a false claim with the DOD while stationed in the Republic of Korea (ROK) to fraudulently obtain $64,000 in housing allowance, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada.
