News published on Federal Newswire in September 2014

News from September 2014


Hearing Notice: Subcommittee on Energy and Power

News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “State Perspectives: Questions Concerning EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan."


Walden Announces Hearing Continuing Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that the subcommittee will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, to discuss the Federal Communications Commission’s management and spending. The hearing will continue the committee’s oversight of the FCC and follows the committee’s requests for documents regarding the commission’s workload and backlog.


Hearing Notice: Subcommittee on Health

News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “21st Century Cures: Examining the Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests." Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the Food and Drug Administration, will be among the witnesses.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced that EFRAIN GRIMALDO, a resident of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Chief Judge Sarah S. Vance to serve 405 months in prison for his role in a large-scale drug conspiracy.


News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - Pull on your hiking boots, and join the Bureau of Land Management for a month-long series of fun filled activities and volunteer opportunities.


Senate EPW, House Oversight Launch Investigation into Improper NRDC Influence Over EPA

News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, along with Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Rep. ...


News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “State Perspectives: Questions Concerning EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan."


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The bipartisan 21st Century Cures initiative heads to Colorado on Wednesday, Sept. 3, as Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) hosts a panel of national and local health care leaders, thinkers, and innovators for a roundtable to discuss opportunities to accelerate the discovery, development, ...


Wilmington Man Pleads Guilty In Child Pornography Case

News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today TODD BALO, 48,pled guilty before Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, to receipt of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252(a)(2).


News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Roni Arriola-Palma, age 24, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as the La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, including an attempted murder and extortion.


News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Bashiri Deon McDaniel, also known as “Chevy", age 36, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to distributing heroin. McDaniel admitted that on Dec. 22, 2011, he sold heroin to what proved to be a confidential informant working with the West Virginia State Police. The transaction...


UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA SEPT 6 – NOV 11

News Release: UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA SEPT 6 - NOV 11.


News Release: A man who was caught with four stolen firearms after a high speed chase through three counties was sentenced today to more than five years in federal prison.


News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that John Clark Schlotter, 30, of Huntington, and originally from Weirton, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 36 months’ probation and six months of weekend confinement for unlawfully possessing a firearm while a drug addict. Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers imposed today’s sentence, which follows Schlotter’s May 2014 guilty plea.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that the subcommittee will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, to discuss the Federal Communications Commission’s management and spending. The hearing will continue the committee’s oversight of the FCC and follows the committee’s requests for documents regarding the commission’s workload and backlog.


News Release: Attorney General’s Advisory Committee to discuss anti-crime strategies with state and local.


Belleville, N.J., Man Admits Role In $15 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring to defraud financial institutions as part of a $15 million mortgage fraud scheme that used phony documents and “straw buyers" to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “21st Century Cures: Examining the Regulation of Laboratory Developed Tests." Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the Food and Drug Administration, will be among the witnesses.


Chris Brown Pleads Guilty To Assault Charge In Physical Altercation Outside Downtown Washington Hotel-Singer’s Bodyguard Earlier Found Guilty In Case-

News Release: WASHINGTON - Chris Brown, 25, pled guilty today to a misdemeanor charge of simple assault stemming from an incident that took place last year outside a hotel in downtown Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced.


Mexican Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 21 Years In Prison

News Release: United States Attorney Anne M. Tompkins Western District Of North Carolina.