News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Tina Oleszczuk (45, New Port Richey) to 18 months in federal prison for trafficking in counterfeit cosmetics. As part of her sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $944,839.75, the proceeds of her criminal conduct. She pleaded guilty on Sept. 25, 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health has scheduled a markup on Thursday, July 23, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider four bipartisan bills to strengthen the public health. The Energy and Commerce Committee looks to build upon its #RecordOfSuccess in health care after having over two dozen bills to improve the public health become law last Congress.
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- 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, announced that on Tuesday, July 28 at 10 a.m., Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew, and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will testify before the Committee on the recently completed Iran nuclear agreement.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: Comments will be accepted through Aug. 17, 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: The Energy Department today announced over 65 organizations are participating in the Better Buildings Alliance's Interior Lighting Campaign (ILC) and committing to drive greater energy efficiency through new interior lighting technologies. The goal for the first year is for partners to install 100,000...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today released the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: Wes Rosenbalm Admits to Defrauding the Internal Revenue Service and Corruptly Soliciting Things of Value from Vendors of BVU.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, July 28, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Continuing Concerns with the Federal Select Agent Program: Department of Defense Shipments of Live Anthrax."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: Ordered to pay $114,018 restitution to the victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Ronen Bakshi, 54, of Voorhees, New Jersey, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for falsifying records to obstruct a matter within the jurisdiction of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and wire fraud. Bakshi submitted false documents to the City of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs has awarded a $72,125 grant to the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice to support substance abuse treatment programs for prisoners.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: ARCADIA, Wis. - A 56-year-old employee of furniture manufacturer Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. had his right ring finger amputated because the company has continued to ignore safety requirements to protect workers from moving machine parts. The company also failed to report the injury to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, as required.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: In order to improve the overall health of the Big Spring deer herd, managed deer hunts will be conducted in October and November 2015 at Big Spring, within Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Hunting opportunities are being extended to two special groups - military service members with related injuries and youth hunters.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Due to a scheduling change in the House of Representatives, committee activity scheduled for Friday, July 24, has been postponed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The leader of an extensive scheme to obtain millions of dollars through fraudulently obtained tax refund checks issued by the U.S. Treasury was sentenced today to 84 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL) issued the following statement today regarding the subcommittee’s scheduled markup of a bipartisan Committee Print released yesterday. The markup is set for tomorrow, July 22nd...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: Bipartisan Legislation Provides State, Local Governments Certainty For Multi-Year Transportation Investments
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: SAN JOSE - Justin Everett Crutchfield and Demontae Terrell Toliver pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to posting information about a minor on the internet to solicit prostitution customers, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an inmate at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., was indicted by a federal grand jury today for assaulting a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Lavonne Boose, 43, of Benton, a former nurse at the Federal Correctional Institution in Yazoo City, MS, was sentenced today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Linda R. Anderson to 60 days in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release for smuggling a cell phone into the prison, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced. Boose was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
