News published on Federal Newswire in November 2014

News from November 2014


HOUSE PASSES LEGISLATION TO EXTEND U.S-U.K NUCLEAR SECURITY COOPERATION

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, the House of Representatives passed, H.R. 5681, important legislation extending the 1958 U.S.-U.K Mutual Defense Agreement to allow continued bilateral nuclear security cooperation. The 1958 “Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of...


Georgia Woman Sentenced For Selling Painkillers

News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.


News Release: It is a long holiday weekend. How will you entertain your guests when the turkey is gone?


Vitter: EPA Paid 8 Employees Over $1 Million for Not Working

News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding today's report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG), which found Agency employees accumulating over $1 million while taking paid leave - in some cases, for years.


News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that his office has filed an Information charging Yvondia “Susan" Young, age 57, with Bank Fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1344. The Information alleges that from 2007 to 2013, Young embezzled approximately $325,000 from her employer, the Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union, by issuing official credit union checks to make payments on her credit card bills.


Upton Announces Subcommittee Chairs and Vice Chairs for the 114th Congress

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After once again being selected by his colleagues to serve as Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the committee leadership he intends to appoint for the 114th Congress. Five out of the six subcommittee chairmen will...


Shuster Selected to Return as Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman

News Release: U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) was selected today by the House Republican Conference to serve again as Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, one of the largest committees in Congress.


Medical Clinic Owners Indicted For Medicare And Medicaid Fraud

News Release: ATLANTA - Miguel Angel Hernandez and Maria del Pilar Moreira have been indicted on charges of conspiracy and healthcare fraud for filing fraudulent claims with Medicare and the Georgia Medicaid program.


News Release: Justin Benally to Serve 22-Year Prison Sentence for Aiding and Abetting Murder.


U.S. Attorney's Office In Kansas Collects $11.4 Million In Civil And Criminal Actions For U.S. Taxpayers In Fiscal Year 2014

News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom announced today that the District of Kansas collected more than$11.4 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2014. Of this amount, $5 million was collected in criminal actions and $6.4 million was collected in civil actions.


News Release: Rochester, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jacob Disanto, of Brockport, NY, who was convicted of participating in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana and possessing a firearm in furtherance of the marijuana distribution conspiracy, was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.


Chairman Royce Applauds House Passage of Legislation to Support Women and Girls in Developing Countries

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the House of Representatives passage of H.R. 3398, the Girls Count Act and H.R. 3583, the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act. Both bills passed the Committee earlier this year with bipartisan support.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today again resoundingly approved bipartisan legislation that ensures 1.5 million satellite television subscribers continue to receive service and makes a number of changes to improve the video marketplace for consumers. H.R. 5728, the STELA Reauthorization...


News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After once again being selected by his colleagues to serve as Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the committee leadership he intends to appoint for the 114th Congress. Five out of the six subcommittee chairmen will...


News Release: U.S. Attorney A. Kenneth Polite announced that ELVIS CANO-MORALES, age 33, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today again resoundingly approved bipartisan legislation that ensures 1.5 million satellite television subscribers continue to receive service and makes a number of changes to improve the video marketplace for consumers. H.R. 5728, the STELA Reauthorization...


Harkin Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Infant Health Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today applauded HELP Committee approval of the Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act.


News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Tonia.


News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Willie L. Monroe, 32, of Cleveland, with one count of interference with commerce by means of robbery and one count of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.