News from February 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - Alisa Grisson has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of one count of making a false claim against the government, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Lucy Cruz, of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). Grissom pleaded guilty Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that David Earl Sepulvado Jr., 33, of Zwolle, La., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Foote to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release for one count of felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. He pleaded guilty Sept. 25, 2013.
By State Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the below opening statement at today’s hearing on Iran nuclear negotiations.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Stabenow says “it’s time for a new era"
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Key Facts Ignored As White House Turns to Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors in Panicked Attempt to Defend CBO Analysis
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Jury Convicts Defendant On All Counts.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Statement of Senator Boxer Hearing on Examination of the Safety and Security of Drinking Water Supplies Following the Central West Virginia Drinking Water Crisis February 4, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I am very pleased we have quickly moved forward with this important hearing to examine ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, N.J., woman today admitted her role in a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that caused millions of dollars in losses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) welcomed a recent announcement by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that, because of increased funding secured with Murkowski’s help, it would be able to accelerate cleanup work on decades-old exploration wells drilled and then abandoned by federal surveyors in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A)
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Congress Achieves Rare Bipartisan Agreement on Major Jobs Bill; Legislation Makes Landmark Reforms in Agriculture Policy, Saves $23 Billion
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha today announced the appointment of Assistant United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch to the position of First Assistant United States Attorney. The position was most recently held by Kenneth P. Madden, who retired on Jan. 31, 2014, after serving thirty-eight years in public service as a prosecutor.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: Key Facts Ignored As White House Turns to Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors in Panicked Attempt to Defend CBO Analysis
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today continued its examination of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), focusing on sections of the law that require testing and reporting.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Scott Lee Feuer, 58, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to six years in prison for robbing two banks in December 2012, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and Edwin D. Sloane, U.S. Marshal for the District Court of the District of Columbia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: MONROE, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Francis C. Broussard, 54, of West Monroe, La., was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert G. James to 28 months in prison and three years of supervised release for making false, fictitious, and fraudulent claims to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in an attempt to receive more than $9.7 million in tax refunds. He pleaded guilty April 19, 2013.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - A local man, who operated a prostitution ring in the Indianapolis area, faces charges of sex trafficking women and girls, including a 12-year-old, announced Joseph H. Hogsett, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders responded to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest Budget and Economic Outlook which was released today. The CBO baseline offers an updated look at the president’s health care law and its effect on the economy over the next ten years.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new memo prepared by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service raises serious questions about the ability of the Obama administration to pay insurers through the health care law’s risk corridor program. House Energy and Commerce Committee staff recently requested CRS address the...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today responded to President Obama’s announcement regarding the Universal Service Fund’s Schools and Library Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today continued its examination of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), focusing on sections of the law that require testing and reporting.
