News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Duane Gene Harpe, 45, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today to serve 12 months and 1 day in federal prison for passing counterfeit currency at Treasure Valley Businesses, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. United States District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Harpe to serve three years of supervised release following his release from prison. Harpe pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 14, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announced its decision to pare back previously proposed cuts to the market-driven Medicare Advantage (MA) program...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today Jose Gomez-Ramirez, 32, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, has been ordered to prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. Gomez-Ramirez pleaded guilty in May 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Ian Quincy Winn, 48, of Kuna, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to Receipt and Attempted Receipt of Sexually Explicit Images of Minors, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) has scheduled a markup to consider H.R. 4342, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act of 2014. The subcommittee will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The subcommittee will reconvene in the same room on Thursday, April 10, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. to vote.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Savannah, GA - As part of National Park Week 2014 (April 19 - 27), Fort Pulaski National Monument will hold special Junior Ranger Day activities on Saturday, April 26. Participants at Fort Pulaski can earn a special Junior Ranger Day certificate and patch by participating in a variety of experiences...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) has scheduled a markup to consider H.R. 4342, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act of 2014. The subcommittee will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The subcommittee will reconvene in the same room on Thursday, April 10, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. to vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Little Rock - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Michael A. Davis, Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and North Little Rock Police Department (NLRPD) Chief Mike Davis...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Kayla Teton, 23, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to assaulting a federal officer, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. She was indicted on Feb. 26, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II and Bruce Foucart, Special.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement regarding the administration’s final payment rates for 2015 Medicare Advantage plans. The administration announced in February that it would impose additional cuts to Medicare Advantage...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - A Williamson woman was sentenced today to three years and six months of federal probation for obtaining prescription drugs by fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Amy Shantel Hatfield, 37, pleaded guilty in April of 2013 before Chief United States District Judge Robert C.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that TROY LYNN HUGHES, age 54, of Antlers, Oklahoma, pled guilty to being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(l).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Ivan Velasquez-Caballero, aka "Talivan" or "50," has entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) has scheduled a markup to consider H.R. 4342, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act of 2014. The subcommittee will convene for opening statements only on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The subcommittee will reconvene in the same room on Thursday, April 10, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. to vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Monday, April 7, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Phillip S. Miller, 23, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced on April 4, 2014, in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, on one count of possession of a stolen firearm...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Rockfall East of Wapama Falls above the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir closes trail to Rancheria Falls.
By State Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) wrote President Obama today asking him to put Iran on notice should they attempt to evade U.S. sanctions and violate the Joint Plan of Action.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 7, 2014 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of S. 404, the Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act. This important bipartisan legislation is similar to H.R. 908 that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 20, 2014 as part of the Public Access and Lands Improvement Act.
