News from February 2015
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today applauded passage by the House of legislation approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border. The House approved S.1 by a vote of 270 to 152.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) held a hearing Wednesday titled, "Risky Business: Examining GAO's 2015 List of High-Risk Government Programs." Below is the opening statement of Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, OHIO - Samuel A. Flek, 25, of Orangevale, Calif. was sentenced to 36 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to forfeit $339,045 in currency on one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Flek pleaded guilty to the aforementioned charges on November 5, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing “The Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Energy Budget" will now begin at 1 PM today in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that David Himes, 29, of Cincinnati, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing “The Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Energy Budget" will now begin at 1 PM today in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
Release: Thank you Mr. Chairman. I look forward to working with you and the other members of the Interior and Environment Subcommittee on this bill that funds so many vital commitments to our nation and its people. Our moral and legal responsibility to provide healthcare for Native Americans is one we all...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma announces that Staff Sergeant Kasey Ray Bickerstaff has agreed to pay $12,000 to settle civil penalty claims stemming from allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by submitting, or causing to be submitted, false claims under the Army National Guard’s Recruiting Assistance Program (G-RAP).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved S.1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act, by a bipartisan vote of 270 to 152. The legislation now heads to the president’s desk. Today marks the 11th time the House has voted to advance construction of the jobs and infrastructure project in an effort to overcome the administration’s endless excuses and delays.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A former federal prison chaplain who ministered to convicted killer Frank Calabrese, Sr., pleaded guilty today to passing messages from Calabrese concerning the recovery of a hidden violin from a residence Calabrese once owned in Williams Bay, Wis., federal law enforcement officials announced...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) high-risk list (GAO-15-290). GAO, every two years, releases a report to call attention to government agencies and program...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), who has been recommended to be Ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, today introduced H.R. 861, a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that does not include poison pill riders regarding the President’s executive actions on immigration.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Osmin Alfaro, age 39, a native of El Salvador residing in Rockville, Maryland, late yesterday to 46 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for failing to register as a sex offender and for illegally re-entering...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: Madame Chairwoman, I join you in welcoming our witnesses.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Seaboard Foods LLC. Inspection site: Guymon, Oklahoma. Date Inspection Initiated and What Prompted the Inspection: The targeted inspection, which began October 2014, is part of OSHA's National Emphasis Program on chemicals, and focuses on OSHA's Process Safety Management standards containing...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Mexico pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 6 months time served on his conviction of reentry of removed alien, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “Risky Business: Examining GAO’s 2015 List of High Risk Government Programs. " Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: Weather conditions permitting, at 8:00 am on Saturday, February 14 the National Park Service will open the Denali Park Road as far as the Mountain Vista Rest Area (Mile 12) for travel by private vehicles and commercial vehicles with permits. Visitors should expect to encounter snow and ice on shaded sections of the park road.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: At 7:10 am, National Park Ranger Wallat was driving along Skyline Drive, near Fort Funston in Golden Gate National Recreation Area, when he stopped to assist two Good Samaritans. The citizens had stopped to protect a California sea lion pup that was on the side of the road. The yearling had crossed Skyline...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a three-day trial, a federal jury found Brent Douglas Cole, age 61, resident of Nevada County, guilty of assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon which inflicted bodily injury; assault on a person assisting a federal officer with a deadly weapon which inflicted bodily...
