News from June 2015
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel (NY), the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Matt Salmon (AZ), Chairman of the Asia Pacific Subcommittee, along with co-Chairmen of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, Representatives Joseph Pitts (PA) and James...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of today’s expected House floor debate on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) highlighted Republican riders in the bill that would block the Administration’s fracking and stream protection rules, undermine the Endangered Species Act, and deny climate change, all of which are likely targets for Democratic amendments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: DAYTON - A United States District Court jury convicted Demian Pina, 34, of Dayton, Ohio of distribution and possession of child pornography.
By State Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed H.R. 2494, the Global Anti-Poaching Act, bipartisan legislation that will help the United States and partner countries counter the terrorist organizations, rebel groups, and international criminal syndicates that are profiting from...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that PATRICIA BLANCHARD, age 67, formerly of New Orleans, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to mail fraud for her role in embezzling approximately $715,000 from Community Health Charities of Louisiana and Mississippi (“CHC"), a charitable fundraising organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: North Dakota's First Grocery Store SNAP Case.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: By Aram Roston. The leaders of the powerful US Senate Finance Committee last week sent a six-page letter to the nation’s largest for-profit foster care company, National Mentor Holdings, requesting detailed information about the firm’s business practices and treatment of the thousands of children in...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: (Richmond, CA) -On Saturday, July 11th at 11 AM, producer Patricia Weaver will preview her film, "Echoes of World War II -A Bay Area Perspective" at the Visitor Education Center of Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park. The film highlights experiences of children who lived in the Bay Area during WWII.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: In El Paso today, Folk Nation/Gangster Disciples member Richard Gray received three concurrent life sentences for federal sex trafficking violations announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Grab your flashlight and experience a lighthouse at night by joining the National Park Service on a Full Moon Climb at the Cape Hatteras or Bodie Island Lighthouse this summer. Hear stories of keepers of old, view the working light close up in the lantern room, and catch the reflection off the Atlantic Ocean of the newly-risen full moon as you stand on the lighthouse balcony. Tickets are required and must be purchased in advance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The Justice Department announced today that the owner and operator of a payment processing company that was involved in the unauthorized withdrawal of millions of dollars from consumers’ bank accounts was charged with fraud. Neil Godfrey, 76, of Santa Ana, California, was charged, by information, with one count of wire fraud. Godfrey owned and operated Check Site Inc., based in Santa Ana, CA.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Patchogue, New York -Fire Island National Seashore continues its year-long 50th anniversary celebration, with ranger-guided programs, guest lectures, nature hikes, and other events scheduled throughout the summer. A closing celebration will be held September 4-7 at Seashore sites and within Fire Island communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Leonardo Almonte-Ramirez, 31, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 33 months in prison for distributing cocaine, and possessing cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin with the intent to distribute it, announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: On Saturday, July 4, 2015, you are invited to come and celebrate the day 18th Century style! Festivities surrounding July 4th in the 18th Century can be considered markedly different than traditions of today;yet all the same sentiments can be found in the traditions established by some of the soldiers of the Fort Stanwix Garrison during the American Revolution.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine bipartisan legislation to improve health care for newborns, infants, and children.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: “Today, the Supreme Court of the United States reaffirmed that the American people, no matter where they live in this country, still have the right to access quality, affordable health insurance. Legal experts had always considered the case attacking the Affordable Care Act to be legally frivolous.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: Good morning, and welcome. Earlier this month, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that over the past year hackers stole 4.1 million federal employees’ personnel records. Then, just days later, we learned the attack was actually far broader, involving some of the most sensitive data...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today introduced the Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2015 (H.R. 2889). The legislation would end the carried interest loophole and ensure that income earned managing other people's money is taxed at the same ordinary income tax rates as that of the vast majority of Americans.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: “Today, the Supreme Court of the United States reaffirmed that the American people, no matter where they live in this country, still have the right to access quality, affordable health insurance. Legal experts had always considered the case attacking the Affordable Care Act to be legally frivolous.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that JENNIFER LIND PALMER, a/k/a Jennifer L. Barnes and a/k/a Jennifer L. Dunn, age 34, of Wayne, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Destruction of Government Property, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1363 and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.
