News from July 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested Planned Parenthood Federation of America make Dr. Deborah Nucatola available to brief the committee. Dr. Nucatola, Planned Parenthood’s Senior Director of Medical Services, appeared in a recently released video discussing the sale of fetal body parts. Committee leaders launched an investigation on Wednesday.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, July 24, at 9:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “E-manifest: An Update on Implementation"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office hosted its 3rd Annual Youth Symposium on Thursday, July 16, 2015. The symposium included overviews of both federal criminal prosecutions and civil proceedings from various agencies including the Acting U.S. Attorney, with presentations from the FBI, DEA, U.S. Secret Service, the Social Security Administration - Office of the Inspector General, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Todd Elliott, 22, of Somersworth, New Hampshire, appeared in United States District Court today and entered a guilty plea to one count of bank robbery announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - JOSEPH BROGAN was sentenced to 14 months in prison on multiple fraud charges related to a scheme involving applications for home loans.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 20.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, July 24, at 9:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “An Overdue Checkup: Examining the ACA’s State Insurance Marketplaces." Subcommittee members will hear testimony from a handful of states about their experiences implementing the president’s law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jose Millan, 51, of Lodi, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to nine years in prison for possessing almost 10 pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 17, 2015 - Today the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report on fossil fuels produced from federal and Indian lands for FY 2014. Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Albert A. Firlie, age 67, of Severn, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography. Firlie faces an enhanced sentence due to a 1991 child abuse conviction in Howard County, Maryland, involving the sexual abuse of a prepubescent minor female.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: On Thursday, July 16, 2015, a New Hampshire man who filed false tax returns was sentenced to a year in federal Prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, July 24, at 9:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “An Overdue Checkup: Examining the ACA’s State Insurance Marketplaces." Subcommittee members will hear testimony from a handful of states about their experiences implementing the president’s law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for producing child pornography and for enticing a minor to engage in illicit sex. Andrew C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: POCATELLO - Ray Carl Short, 67, of Oakley, Idaho, was sentenced today to 180 months for attempting to produce sexually explicit videos and still images of a minor child, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Short to forfeit the camera and computer equipment used to commit the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: “This defendant, despite having great talent and a road filled with opportunity, chose instead to hurt the very public who once encouraged his success," said U.S. Attorney Hochul. “Arthur Long’s drug trafficking activities have taken him from the basketball court to criminal court where he could receive a lengthy jail sentence.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth R. Moellering, who is handling the case, stated that according to the indictment, the defendant opened bank accounts at five banks in Niagara Falls, NY in November 2014. Loukisas deposited checks drawn on a Canadian bank account held by her company, PM Global Consulting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On July 14, 2015, Desera Jade Allen, 27, and David Michael Stallard, 20, both of Kingsport, Tenn., were sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 151 months and 56 months in prison respectively for their roles in an extensive a-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone)...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 The Department of Homeland Security is closely monitoring the tragic shooting in Chattanooga, and we are supporting the FBI-led investigation. We caution that, at this time, there are many unconfirmed and possibly false reports about events. ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: New Centers to assist small farmers, develop a diverse workforce, and increase global food security WASHINGTON, July 16, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is making a $1 million initial investment to support three Centers of Excellence with the Council of 1890 Colleges, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: Updated Memorandum of Understanding strengthens research and data sharing, promotes STEM and agriculture to younger generations MOFFETT FIELD, California, July 16, 2015—Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden and NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman today announced an expanded partnership between ...
