News from April 2014
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today continued its review of draft legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA), authored by Chairman Shimkus, aims to improve public confidence...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals. This semi-annual online newsletter compiles ARS news and expert resources on the health and well-being of agricultural livestock, poultry and fish.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Apr. 29, 2014, Timothy Warren Mann, 50, of Morristown, Tenn., was sentenced to serve six months in federal prison, by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Mann will be required to serve two years of supervised release, the first six months of which will be served under a condition of home detention.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today expressed disappointment with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling blocking the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following joint statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Gary.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Michael J. Kisling, 24, of Mansfield, Ohio, was charged with sexual exploitation of a child, receiving, distributing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and identity theft, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A former Crest Hill man was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for illegally trafficking and possessing five firearms that his sister illegally bought in Missouri and shipped to him in Illinois. The defendant, RICHARD CARRINO, a previously convicted felon who was barred from...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Pamela C. Marsh announced today that Michael Townsend Anthony, 40, of Tallahassee, has beensentenced to 188 months in federal prison today for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Because Anthony had previously been convicted of three or more crimes of violence committed on separate occasions, he faced a minimum fifteen year term of imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service and the Trust for the National Mall today announced that Al Roker, the TODAY show’s weather anchor and author, will join Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, and philanthropist David Rubenstein, and National...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA announce more than 3 tons collected, breaking previous record by more than half a ton.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWIN CHARON, 30, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: On May 2nd from 6-8 pm in the Kenai Fjords National Park Information Center at 1212 4th Avenue there will be an art show opening featuring Seward K-12 Student art! This year's show is called "Searching the Seaweed; The Marine Invertebrates of Kenai Fjords National Park.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TCHAMY YALA and PAPIS DJEME, citizens of Guinea Bissau, pled guilty yesterday and today, respectively, in Manhattan federal court to narcotics importation conspiracy charges. YALA and DJEME were arrested on...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Sanctions Previously Had Been Imposed Because Of Li Fangwei’s Role In Iranian Weapons Proliferation Activities; An Additional Round Of Sanctions Are Also Announced Today.
By State Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, have introduced H.R. 4490, the United States International Communications Reform Act. The legislation improves the missions, objectives, and effectiveness of U.S. international broadcasters. The Committee will consider the legislation at a markup tomorrow at 10 a.m.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee today held a hearing to review the growing concerns of prescription drug and heroin abuse. Subcommittee members heard from representatives from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the Office of National Drug Control...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee today held a hearing to review the growing concerns of prescription drug and heroin abuse. Subcommittee members heard from representatives from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the Office of National Drug Control...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: A Mayfield Village rheumatologist pleaded guilty to importing medications that had not been approved by the Federal Drug Administration, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today continued its review of draft legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA), authored by Chairman Shimkus, aims to improve public confidence...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today expressed disappointment with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling blocking the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following joint statement...
