News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Joseph Nolan, 59, a Malibu businessman and Ventura County resident, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana cultivated at a warehouse that he owned in Bakersfield, according to U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: The letter was sent by House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), and House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA).
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Vice Admiral Peter V. Neffenger to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: The letter was sent by House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), and House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA).
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: “We know that climate change is a global phenomenon that requires a global response, but this peer-reviewed EPA report reminds us that climate change will also have real costs across the United States. This report reiterates that climate change cannot be viewed solely as an environmental issue, but must...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on important legislation that will bring much-needed reform to the decades-old Toxic Substances Control Act. H.R. 2576, the TSCA Modernization Act, is authored by Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Travis Butler, 28, of Meridian, pleaded guilty today to violating the Endangered Species Act and to obstructing the federal investigation into the killing of a Louisiana Black Bear in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. The Louisiana Black Blear is a protected species under the Endangered Species Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a groundbreaking, peer-reviewed report on the threat that climate change poses to the American people. The report compared the impacts of taking steps to reduce dangerous carbon pollution, versus allowing unchecked climate change to occur, which will increase global temperatures.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: “We know that climate change is a global phenomenon that requires a global response, but this peer-reviewed EPA report reminds us that climate change will also have real costs across the United States. This report reiterates that climate change cannot be viewed solely as an environmental issue, but must...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: The letter was sent by House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), and House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA).
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below regarding a new report published by the oldest, and one of the most renowned, international medical journals - the Lancet. The report titled "2015 Lancet Commission ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), today commented on a report by the Department of Transportation’s...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm the nomination of Vice Adm. Peter Neffenger to be the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) by a vote of 81 to 1...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: A North Miami Beach resident was sentenced to 48 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution of $110,325, for his involvement in a conspiracy to commit state income tax fraud using stolen identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Angelia Fortenberry, 36, of Newton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 46 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Adrian Rubin, 58, of Jenkintown, PA, has been charged with participation in a racketeering conspiracy for the operation of a “payday lending" business that allegedly violated the usury laws of Pennsylvania and other states, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Rubin is...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management, Elko District Office, Wells Field Office released the Decision Record for the Wood Hills area Wild Horse Water/Bait Trapping Gather June 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: Defendant Also Possessed Equipment to Make Counterfeit IDs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Peter Foy, 61, of Alburg, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge that he concealed assets in his bankruptcy case. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III released Foy on conditions pending sentencing, which is set for October 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joshua Rakestraw, 24, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Farmington, N.M., pled guilty on Friday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to involuntary manslaughter and assault charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Rakestraw will be sentenced to 48 months in prison followed by up to three years of supervised release.
