News from July 2014
By State Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Dear President Obama: Forty years after the violent conflict that divided Cyprus, we urge you to increase the United States’ attention to the longstanding goal of reunifying the island and restoring the human rights and basic freedoms of all its citizens. As Vice President Biden stated during his recent...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Taking its first step toward improving care for the millions of Americans dealing with chronic illness, the Senate Finance Committee today heard personal stories from people directly affected, and testimony on innovative strategies and solutions from employers, providers and health plans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Carlos Padilla, 29, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport to 84 months of imprisonment for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who participated in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in Huntington in 2013 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Steven Edward Lewis, also known as “Rico," 27, pleaded guilty before Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Department of Energy - in partnership with NRG Energy Inc. and JX Nippon - announced that construction has begun on the first commercial-scale post-combustion carbon capture retrofit project in the U.S., the largest such project in the world. The Petra Nova Project will use this cutting edge technology to help decrease the power plant’s greenhouse gas emissions.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in voting to pass a bill in the House that will help keep American workers on the job building the nation’s transportation network.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Today the Finance Committee focuses its attention on what, in my view, is the biggest challenge ahead for Medicare and the future of America’s health care system: managing chronic illness.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Brian Dyea, 28, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for assaulting his intimate partner by strangulation. Dyea also was ordered to pay a $2,000.00 fine and to undergo domestic violence treatment.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Zion National Park - It’s official: a pair of California condors are raising a chick in Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Manufacturing and Smoking Methamphetamine while Pregnant Results in Enhanced Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that James Presley, a 43-year-old Erie, Pennsylvania resident was indicted by a federal grand jury today for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon in Luzerne County on May 15, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today approved H.R. 4450, the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act, by voice vote. The bipartisan bill, introduced by Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Peter Welch (D-VT), reauthorizes funding for Brand USA, a public-private partnership...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today advanced 7 bipartisan bills to improve the public health and strengthen the economy. Full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) commented, “Last week, the Energy and Commerce Committee released its mid-year report, which highlighted our...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Viacheslav Zhukov, 33, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah for his role in illegally exporting firearm parts from Savannah, Georgia to others in Russia. The indictment alleges that Zhukov, a Russian citizen and lawful permanent resident of the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Following a two week trial in United States District Court in Gulfport, Keith Anthony Kiel, 38, of Mobile, Alabama, and Randy Laverne Marshall, 34, of Pritchard, Alabama, were found guilty of carrying out a series of eight bank robberies across the Southeast, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today addressed the Energy Information Administration 2014 Energy Conference to share his new vision for America’s energy policy - the Architecture of Abundance. Upton outlined the five pillars needed to construct this new...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: Restaurant owner stole unemployment insurance benefits and tax refunds.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today addressed the Energy Information Administration 2014 Energy Conference to share his new vision for America’s energy policy - the Architecture of Abundance. Upton outlined the five pillars needed to construct this new...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 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 continued the process of seeking public input ahead of a #CommActUpdate by releasing a white paper focused on the interconnection of telecommunications networks. The white paper seeks comment on the regulatory framework surrounding network interconnection in light of dramatic ongoing and rapid technological advances.
