News from December 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, on a strong bipartisan basis, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 647, the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014, by a vote of 404 to 17. The House also passed H.R. 5771, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, by a vote of 378 to 46.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fontana, California, man convicted of Possession of an Unregistered Firearm was sentenced on Dec. 16, 2014, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today announced the public release of the results of the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC)...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
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By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the senior Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today sent letters to the individual members of the...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Join Natural Resource Specialist Jesse Bolli onTuesday, Dec. 30, 2014as he explores the trails of Homestead to discover which of our feathered friends spend the holidays at Homestead. The bird walk will start at10 a.m.at the Education Center;cookies and coffee will be available starting at9:30 a.m.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the senior Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with House Republican leaders on energy policy, today sent letters to the individual members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seeking information on their ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that HANK JOSHUA BELL, age 34, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced H.R. 5825, the No Healthcare Subsidies for Foreign Diplomats Act, legislation to prevent foreign diplomats from receiving...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) highlighted a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report detailing how the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) $200 billion disability benefits programs are at risk for physician-assisted fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that John J. Myers, 41, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin today announced that William Leon Sales, 37, of Dunbar, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin, in a hearing before U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr., in Charleston.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the senior Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today sent letters to the individual members of the...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the senior Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today sent letters to the individual members of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Dec. 19, 2014, Terry Joe Burns, age 49, formerly of North Liberty, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Jarvey to 180 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Burns was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following the imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee has built a strong, bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess throughout the 113th Congress. In December alone, 16 committee bills have become law, bringing the grand total to 51 bills that have been signed into law in the 113th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: html xmlns=". USDOJ: US Attorney's Office - CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - 165. Covina Hospice Sought Millions for ‘Treating’ Patients who were not Terminally Ill. LOS ANGELES - A Placentia woman already serving a prison sentence for defrauding Medi-Cal is expected to...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Joseph N. Reilly, 69, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for with mail fraud in connection with a million dollar fraud scheme. According to the information, Reilly, who owned Joseph N. Reilly Real Estate, Inc., diverted more than $1 million in client funds to himself, between January 2009 and April 2011, defrauding approximately 50 clients. He pleaded guilty on May 29, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Dec. 19, 2014, Lennon Hunter, Jr., age 56, formerly of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Hunter was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following the imprisonment, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 22, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee has built a strong, bipartisan #RecordOfSuccess throughout the 113th Congress. In December alone, 16 committee bills have become law, bringing the grand total to 51 bills that have been signed into law in the 113th Congress.
