News from March 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the November 2010 conviction of asbestos contractor Keith Gordon-Smith, owner of Gordon-Smith Contracting. The defendant was convicted after a jury trial of multiple...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On February 4, 2014, Heather L. Richey, 38, and Leeann M. Simmerman, 20, both of Carbondale, were charged by indictment with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States...
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, H.R. 4278, the Ukraine Support Act, as amended. The legislation, introduced last week by Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY), promotes Ukraine’s sovereignty and democratic institutions while sanctioning those who have sought to undermine Ukraine’s independence and stability.this afternoon.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led all EPW Republican Senators in sending a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding funding for state drinking water investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Carnell Ragan, 48, of Philadelphia, was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for an identity theft scheme that caused at least $95,233.22 in losses to his victims. The prison term includes a two year mandatory term. Ragan stole personal information of hundreds of unsuspecting individuals.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 25, 2014 - Today, the House of Representatives approved H.R. 2824, the Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America Act, with a bipartisan vote of 229-192. Sponsored by Representative Bill Johnson (OH-06) and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A New Jersey man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) introduced the "Regulatory Fairness Act of 2014," which would limit the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) role in reviewing Clean Water Act (CWA) permits by prohibiting the agency from preemptive or retroactively vetoing a permit under Section 404 of the Act.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today examined H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act. The legislation, authored by Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), will cut through red tape and accelerate approvals of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement in response to a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) to update and clarify protections under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today examined H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act. The legislation, authored by Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), will cut through red tape and accelerate approvals of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Mei.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - The owner of ABC Disposal Inc., a Kankakee waste management company, was sentenced late yesterday to a prison sentence for filing false income tax returns and structuring cash withdrawals to avoid detection by the IRS. Joseph S. Deno, 67, was ordered to serve 12 months and one day in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Indictment Includes Charges That Defendant Solicited Murder From Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a man from Michoacan, Mexico, convicted of Illegal Reentry after Deportation was sentenced on March 24, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations to serve on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement on the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rulemaking , which could significantly expand federal authority over streams, ditches, ponds, and other local waterbodies - many of which are located on private property throughout the U.S.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, today questioned the intent of a proposed rule to clarify the reach of the Clean Water Act over streams and wetlands, and encouraged the agriculture and business communities to weigh in on the environmental regulatory proposal.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today issued the below statement following the unveiling of the Norman Borlaug statue in the U.S. Capitol. Borlaug, whose statue will represent the state of Iowa in Statuary Hall, was one of ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today advanced bipartisan draft legislation to reauthorize the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, which contains provisions set to expire Dec. 31, 2014. This draft legislation would...
