News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Nicholas Paul Pedone, age 41, of Abingdon, Maryland, today to 30 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possessing child pornography. Judge Bennett ordered that upon his release from prison, Pedone must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today said the President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Proposal ignores the concerns of the nation’s farmers and ranchers.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Chairman John Thune (R-SD) today sent a letter to President Barack Obama seeking his partnership to establish permanent protections for an open Internet and avoid protracted litigation - goals that can only be achieved through legislation.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, February 4, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a discussion draft of the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: This public health issue returned to public attention last year after an outbreak in Ohio, and a December outbreak that began at Disneyland has led to over 100 measles cases in 14 states and Mexico.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, February 4, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a discussion draft of the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, February 4, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider four bills to help patients and local communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio today, seven New Braunfels Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) members, prospects and associates were sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking and extortion scheme announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw and New Braunfels Police Chief Tom Wibert.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Barbara Moran, 54, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute fentanyl, was sentenced to 41 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: This public health issue returned to public attention last year after an outbreak in Ohio, and a December outbreak that began at Disneyland has led to over 100 measles cases in 14 states and Mexico.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, February 4, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a discussion draft of the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, February 4, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a discussion draft of the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: This public health issue returned to public attention last year after an outbreak in Ohio, and a December outbreak that began at Disneyland has led to over 100 measles cases in 14 states and Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 44-year-old woman, formerly of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, has been sentenced to federal prison for a health care fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, February 4, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider a discussion draft of the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, February 4, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider four bills to help patients and local communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Brian Hooper, age 42, of Woodbridge, Virginia, today to 27 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to steal over $1 million from a consulting company. Judge Hazel entered an order that Hooper forfeit and pay restitution of $1,031,571.96, the loss resulting from his conduct.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, February 4, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider four bills to help patients and local communities.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a markup on Wednesday, February 4, at 2:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider four bills to help patients and local communities.
