News from December 2014
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding an amicus curiae brief he filed in support of a petition to bring the case of Kent Recycling Services, LLC v. U.S. Corps of Engineers before the Supreme Court. Kent Recycling, a Louisiana company, is being forced to pay up to $300,000 for a permit to build on private property in Assumption Parish.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the lineup of Republican members to serve on each of the panel’s six subcommittees in the 114th Congress. The committee’s GOP membership will include 24 returning members and seven new members. Upton previously...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: The annual Christmas Bird Count will take place at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve on Wednesday, December 17. This event is co-sponsored by the Snake River Audubon Society. The Christmas Bird Count is an international effort to count wintering birds in the western hemisphere. Crater of the Moon offers a unique winter time birding experience. Participants of all experience and skill levels are welcome.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Anthony Gray, 36, has been found guilty by a jury of charges stemming from the July 2000 murder of a government witness, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and Robert D. MacLean, Acting Chief of the United States Park Police.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Keeping drivers safe on the road was a bipartisan focus of the Energy and Commerce Committee today as the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), held a hearing to examine the Takata airbag ruptures and recalls. Members questioned witnesses...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Armstrong County truck driver has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of government property, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In formal responses to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Finance Committee, governors from 39 states expressed support for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and urged Congress to extend the program, noting the role the program plays in providing affordable and comprehensive coverage to children.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining FDA’s Role in the Regulation of Genetically Modified Food Ingredients."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - After deliberating for less than four hours, a federal jury convicted the owner of a home nursing agency for fraudulently billing millions of dollars of services to Medicare and then laundering the proceeds. The jury also decided that the defendant’s $750,000 home in Natick is forfeitable because it was purchased with the fraud proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Mexican national pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in a scheme to sell counterfeit identification and also to illegally reentering the United States. A second Mexican national pleaded guilty to hiring an illegal alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Russell R. Grimmett, also known as Rick Grimmett, 51, of Man, West Virginia, pled guilty today to violating federal banking laws. Grimmett is the former Logan County Assessor.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced today that the Eastern District of North Carolina collected $12,075,779.92 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2014. Of this amount, $7,766,083.07 was collected in criminal actions and $4,309,696.85 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: LEXINGTON - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky; Stuart L. Lowrey, Special Agent in Charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); Tom Caul, Special Agent in Charge for the Social Security Administration (SSA), Office of the Inspector General; ...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Keeping drivers safe on the road was a bipartisan focus of the Energy and Commerce Committee today as the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), held a hearing to examine the Takata airbag ruptures and recalls. Members questioned witnesses...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the lineup of Republican members to serve on each of the panel’s six subcommittees in the 114th Congress. The committee’s GOP membership will include 24 returning members and seven new members. Upton previously...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ohio woman who claimed she investigates labor unions on behalf of attorneys was sentenced today to six months in prison and six months’ home confinement for impeding a federal investigation, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced his office reached a civil settlement with Dr. J. Louis Pecora, an Endicott, New York ophthalmologist, for $75,000.00. As part of the settlement, Dr. Pecora also voluntarily surrendered his Drug Enforcement (DEA) numbers, which enables physicians to prescribe controlled substances. The settlement was in connection with violations of the Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO -ABSALOM CARLISLE, formerly of St. Louis, was arrested late yesterday on a federal indictment alleging mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with the care of an elderly Clayton man between 2010 and 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces a 30-minute, interpretive fireside chat with a ranger about the region's holiday traditions. Enjoy this time with a ranger next to the wood burning fireplace in Bandy Creek Visitor Center learning about holiday traditions of the past. Visitors...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - Having previously pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury, DeAngelo Logen Walema, 23, of Peach Springs, Ariz. was sentenced on Dec. 1, 2014 by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Loganto 84 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
