News from May 2014
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved a discussion draft of the Promoting New Manufacturing Act by a bipartisan vote of 14 to 8. As a key component of the committee’s effort to build the Architecture of Abundance, this legislation takes...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed important and bipartisan foreign affairs legislation to strengthen sanctions against North Korea, combat international human trafficking, and urge Afghanistan to pursue a transparent, credible, and inclusive run-off presidential election next month.
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved a discussion draft of the Promoting New Manufacturing Act by a bipartisan vote of 14 to 8. As a key component of the committee’s effort to build the Architecture of Abundance, this legislation takes...
By EPA Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), author of H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Energy’s proposed procedural change to the authorization of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports...
By State Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at a Committee markup on the North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act (H.R. 1771), the Human Trafficking Prevention Act (H.R. 4449), and a resolution calling for transparent, credible, and inclusive run-off presidential election in Afghanistan (H. Res. 600)...
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Due to favorable weather conditions today, including lower temperatures, higher relative humidity and lighter winds the Galahad Fire showed little growth and is now estimated at 743 acres. The fire remains west of the W-4 Road and south of the historic Kanabownits Cabin.
By US DOT Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement ahead of the Obama Administration's expected June 2, 2014, release of proposed regulations on carbon emissions from existing power plants as part of the President's Climate Action Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Troy Parker, 41, was sentenced today to 188 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for child sex trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Phally Suong, 34, of Rochester, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with committing mail fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of up to $250,000.
By USDA Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture today released its Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade report. USDA projects that Fiscal Year 2014 agricultural exports will reach $149.5 billion, an estimated $6.9 billion higher than previous estimates and, if realized, a new record for American agricultural...
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), author of H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Energy’s proposed procedural change to the authorization of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WEST HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, 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 Fabian Augustine, also known as “J" and “Fabe," 24, of West Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 71 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking crack cocaine and heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), author of H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act, today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Energy’s proposed procedural change to the authorization of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Wasilla resident James C. Riggs plead guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason to possessing an unregistered silencer and for killing a bull moose in Denali National Park in 2012.
By US DOT Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below on the approval by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works of the City of Los Angeles' proposal for a locally-supported revitalization initiative for the Los Angeles River.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: HOUSTON - A former doctor who was a fugitive for more than 13 years has been handed his sentence for filing a false income tax return, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Steven Louis Price pleaded guilty Dec. 19, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Painter and Miami native Tom Weinkle's newest works will fill Biscayne National Park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery starting June 6, 2014. Watercolors: Beneath the Surface features pastel impressions of Biscayne Bay, particularly that area between the water's surface and the sea floor. The show...
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: Subcommittees: * Oversight and Investigations (113th Congress) . Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, will hold a briefing on Thursday, May 29, to highlight the committee’s recent report on its investigation of federal programs addressing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago investment fund manager fraudulently obtained more than $11.3 million from 41 investors and misused the funds for his own benefit, as well as to repay certain investors in a Ponzi-type scheme, according to a criminal fraud case announced today by federal law enforcement officials.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2014
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Freddy David Santos Campuzano, 32, a Mexican National who resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to Conspiracy to Engage in Racketeering and Conspiracy to Launder Money. Santos Campuzano faces a maximum of 40 years’ imprisonment, a fine of $750,000, and three years of supervised...
