News from February 2015
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) today sent letters to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew regarding payments the administration has made to insurance...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on Feb. 2, 2015, United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Donald James Wilson of Bothell, Washington, age 44, to a 41 month term of imprisonment, following his conviction for wire fraud. After his release from prison, Wilson will begin a term of supervised release of 3 years. Wilson was also ordered to make restitution in the amount of $605,592.53.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) today sent letters to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew regarding payments the administration has made to insurance...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Stolen Firearm was sentenced on Feb. 2, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange. Shilo Hill, a/k/a Shilo Robideau, age 19, was sentenced to 2 months in custody, 18 months of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson sent letters today to the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ commanding general and chief of engineers asking for details about the agencies’ consultations with states, the agencies’ outreach to the agricultural community, and the agencies’ evaluation of their legal authority as it pertains to the proposed “Waters of the United States" rule.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: Valley Forge, PA -For George Washington's 46th birthday, Martha surprised him with a public celebration at his headquarters in Valley Forge, bringing some mid-winter excitement (and cake) to the General and his troops. Following in her footsteps, Valley Forge National Historical Park has planned a weekend of programs and activities to celebrate Washington's 283rd birthday this year.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce today released details of the President's budget request for fiscal year 2016 for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The total discretionary request for NIST is $1.1 billion, $255.8 million above the FY 2015 enacted level. The funding request highlights NIST's expertise in areas of economic importance such as advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, disaster resilience and "smart cities."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Thomas Schropp, 52, of Omaha, Nebraska, was convicted today after a jury found him guilty of arson, mail and wire fraud. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, Senior United States District Judge, presided over the trial that was held the past two weeks...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) today sent letters to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew regarding payments the administration has made to insurance...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Randal Jernigan, age 31, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was sentenced today on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. Jernigan was sentenced to 84 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. United States District Court Judge P. K. Holmes, III presided over the sentencing in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - A man, who, along with his sister, was indicted last year on felony offenses stemming from their attempts to extort money from a business in Dallas, pleaded guilty in federal court today, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Fernando DeAzevedo Melo, 46, a citizen of Portugal, who was convicted of attempting to re-enter the United States following a subsequent felony conviction, was sentenced to time served (seven months) by U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy has scheduled a markup on Thursday, February 5, 2015, to consider H.R. 212, the Drinking Water Protection Act. The markup will begin immediately following the conclusion of the subcommittee’s hearing on the legislation.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy has scheduled a markup on Thursday, February 5, 2015, to consider H.R. 212, the Drinking Water Protection Act. The markup will begin immediately following the conclusion of the subcommittee’s hearing on the legislation.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, issued this joint statement following the murder by ISIS of Jordanian military pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - President Obama's budget request for fiscal year 2016 -the centennial year of the National Park Service -includes $3 billion for the bureau's critical conservation, preservation, and recreation mission. The budget boosts the National Park Service's essential programs and operational...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) introduced H.R. 599, the Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Long Island man was sentenced on Jan. 29, 2015 in federal court in Wilkes-Barre, by Senior United States District Judge A. Richard Caputo, to serve 42 months in prison on a charge of conspiracy to distribute methylone.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on Jan. 30, 2015, James Nastri, 34, of Deep River, Connecticut, was sentenced to 210 months in prison, having been convicted of conspiracy to distribute at least 100 grams of heroin. On June 2, 2014, following a five-day ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2015
News Release: Two brothers, one a resident of Carnegie, Pa., and the other a resident of Greentree, Pa., have each been sentenced in federal court to two years’ probation with six months of home detention on their convictions of conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The defendants were also ordered to pay restitution of $199,605.38 pursuant to related Civil Settlement Agreements entered into by the defendants and the United States.
