News from July 2015
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and the co-chairs of the Congressional Task Force on Seniors Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) today issued the following statement ahead of the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Nicholas Selser, 33, and Michael Fortes, 48, of Cranston, R.I., have pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to the manufacture of (meth) inside a residence at the D’Evan Manor housing complex in Cranston, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha, Cranston Police Chief Colonel Michael J. Winquist.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation, on behalf of the five implementing agencies of the San Joaquin River Restoration Program, today released the Final Revised Framework for Implementation containing a revised budget and schedule in five-year increments for the duration of the Program. The...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate EPW Committee, today praised passage of H.R. 22, the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (DRIVE Act) in a vote of 65 to 34.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: MIAMI - A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JENNIFER WILLIAMS, 33, of Harvey, pled guilty today to a two-count Indictment charging her with one count of disaster fraud and five counts of theft from the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Waterford, Conn. woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Connecticut yesterday in connection with her role in a pyramid scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.-The National Park Service invites the public to the 22nd annual Native American Heritage Days on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, August 6 and 7, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Thirteen members of the U.S. National Guard Bureau have received their sentences for their roles in wide-ranging bribery and fraud schemes that caused more than $170,000 in losses to the United States. Seven of those members were sentenced this past week in Houston.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and the co-chairs of the Congressional Task Force on Seniors Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) today issued the following statement ahead of the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL DRUG CHARGE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Texas men who were convicted along with a member and an associate of the Lucchese organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (LCN) were sentenced today to prison terms for their respective roles in a racketeering conspiracy and related offenses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Defendant Pled Guilty in Cases Filed in the District of Columbia and Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Downing and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Elijah Buckhalter and Alberto Gonzalez were sentenced today to a combined total of over 13 years in federal prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Kenton Lloyd Flook, 45, of Boise pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to two counts of transfer of obscene material to a minor, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Senate Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), and House Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) today met to discuss proceeding with a conference committee to resolve differences in the House- and Senate-passed bills to replace No Child Left Behind.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal grand jury today indicted a Birmingham man for three armed carjackings in April and for being a convicted felon in possession of 9mm pistol, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BILLY WASHINGTON, age 34, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a Bill of Information charging possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Senate unanimously approved legislation to streamline the presidential transition process. The Edward “Ted" Kaufman and Michael Leavitt Presidential Transitions Improvements Act of 2015 (S.1172 ), introduced by Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and the co-chairs of the Congressional Task Force on Seniors Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) today issued the following statement ahead of the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid.
