News from January 2014
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 2279 by a vote of 225 to 188. The legislation is a product of a series of bills advanced by the Energy and Commerce Committee, including the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act, the Federal and State Partnership for Environmental...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders expressed disappointment following today’s White House release of its Statement of Administration Policy opposing H.R. 3811 - the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act. The legislation, introduced by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas J. Cannon, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), and William J. Bratton, the Police Commissioner for the City of New York (“NYPD"), ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) formally introduced the Electricity Security and Affordability Act today in the House and Senate. The lawmakers put forward a draft of the legislation last fall to offer a reasonable alternative to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Anthony Kellum, a/k/a Nitti, 26, of Rochester, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 28 grams or more of cocaine base, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a federal ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders expressed disappointment following today’s White House release of its Statement of Administration Policy opposing H.R. 3811 - the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act. The legislation, introduced by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe...
By State Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke on the House floor to express his support for Human Traffic Awareness Day and encouraged his colleagues to continue to fight against this form of modern-day slavery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Tavon McPhaul, age 22, of Baltimore, Maryland today to 145 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for a commercial robbery conspiracy and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) formally introduced the Electricity Security and Affordability Act today in the House and Senate. The lawmakers put forward a draft of the legislation last fall to offer a reasonable alternative to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Thursday, January 9, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office collected $11.6 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2013. Of this amount, $4.3 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced thatAnthony Larance Williams, 36, of Many, La., was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Maurice S. Hicks Jr. to 42 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Williams pleaded guilty on July 24, 2013.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing, “The Extenders Policies: What Are They and How Should They Continue Under a Permanent SGR Repeal Landscape?"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Alexandria, Virginia - Acting U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente announced today that the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) collected $45,088,361.82 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2013. Of this amount, $24,291,184.24 was collected in criminal actions and $20,797,177.58 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Investigation focused on Government contracts for radiology equipment and personnel worth millions.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today held a hearing, “The Extenders Policies: What Are They and How Should They Continue Under a Permanent SGR Repeal Landscape?"
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was convicted today for the 2012 robbery of an ATM in Boston’s South End.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: Using conventional breeding methods, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new rice cultivar that can hold its own against barnyardgrass and other costly weeds, opening the door to reduced herbicide use.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: MOBILE, AL-- The United States Attorney, Kenyen R. Brown, announces thatFrederick Bernard Collins wassentenced today by United States District Court Judge William H. Steele to thirty months imprisonment after pleading guilty in September to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of Title...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Walt Green announced today the indictment of a Colorado man charged with attempting to transport more than seventy (70) pounds of cocaine through Baton Rouge on a private aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Neel Jackson, 35, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Information with Health Care Fraud and aiding and abetting health care fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
