News from June 2015
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: Good morning. Today we are considering 17 bills and three nominees to report out of our committee. That's a big lift in a small window of time, and I thank Ranking Member Tom Carper and other committee members and their staff for their hard work and preparation. If my math is right, 11 senators of...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), today held the latest in a series of hearings on federal child nutrition programs. The hearing provided members an opportunity to learn from state and local education leaders about how federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Cory Charles Weise, 33, Eugene, Oregon, was sentenced on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Michael McShane to 120 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm. Following his release from prison, Weise will be on supervised release for three years.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today applauded Committee passage of a number of bipartisan health bills. With the passage of today’s 12 bills, the Finance Committee has processed a total of 36 bipartisan bills since the beginning of the 114th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Maryland Day Camp to Ensure Equal Rights for Children with Epilepsy.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: FRANKFURT, Germany - Two German brothers who defrauded German banks out of more than $2.76 million in U.S. currency were removed from the U.S. June 16 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in Los Angeles, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: Former Lowndes County, Georgia, Sheriff's Deputy and Civilian Co-Conspirators Sentenced for Civil Rights Conspiracy Challenge.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved a bipartisan bill to curb waste, fraud and abuse in federal agency travel and purchase cards spending. The Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2015 (S.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Michael Erwin Basham, 35, of Glen Daniel, was sentenced today to serve two years in federal prison, followed by a one year term of supervised release. Basham previously pled guilty in February of 2015, to using a telephone to arrange a sale of oxycodone to a person cooperating with law enforcement authorities. The phone call was made near Glen Daniel.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House of Representatives approved legislation to establish trade promotion authority or TPA. Upon passage, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan issued the following statement...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA). Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials. Hearing on “The State of Positive Train Control in the United States". June 24, 2015. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Our hearing today will focus on the implementation of Positive Train Control in the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - Forty-two defendants are facing state or federal narcotics charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin in the area of West Grenshaw Street and Independence Boulevard, in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the city’s west side. An investigation led by officers of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Senior District Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr. has sentenced Silvester L. Bowens (49, Jacksonville) to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States and for receiving stolen property of the United States, namely tax refunds in excess...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: Boston - A federal judge in Boston formally sentenced Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev today for his role in using weapons of mass destruction at the 2013 Boston Marathon. United States District Judge George A. O’Toole imposed a sentence of death and multiple consecutive life sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury this afternoon returned guilty verdicts against three deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department who violated the civil rights of a visitor to the Men’s Central Jail by beating him while he was restrained with handcuffs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA -United States Attorney Walt Green announced that TA’SHA THOMAS, age 26, of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, pled guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to access device fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(2), and aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028A.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Lisa Mensah announced today that 13 Maine businesses have been selected to receive grants under the USDA Rural Development Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Branson, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing hundreds of thousands of images of child pornography over the Internet. Paul...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: Case Is One of Many Prosecutions Brought As Part of.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: A Nebraska woman was sentenced June 26, 2015, to 4 months in federal prison.
