News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Gilbert Fiorentino, 54, and Carl Fiorentino, 57, both of Coral Gables, Florida, were sentenced yesterday in Federal Court in the Southern District of Florida, in connection with their participation in an illegal scheme to obtain more than $11 million dollars in kickbacks and other benefits, and to conceal...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Due to inclement weather and a change in the House schedule, tomorrow’s scheduled committee activity has been postponed. Rescheduled dates to be announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairmen John Kline (R-MN), Paul Ryan (R-WI), and Fred Upton (R-MI) responded to today’s Supreme Court oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case. The chairmen, who attended this morning’s oral arguments, are leading the House Republican working group to develop a plan to replace the...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “The 21st Century Electricity Challenge: Ensuring a Secure, Reliable and Modern Electricity System." A strong electricity system is critical to our economic and national security, and today’s hearing focused on efforts to modernize the nation’s electric grid to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Washington - Leaders from six state agriculture departments and 21 U.S. agribusinesses and organizations will accompany U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary Michael Scuse on a trade mission to Southeast Asia from March 9 to March 13 to expand export opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held the first of a series of hearings on cybersecurity and the broader implications for businesses and consumers in today’s 21st Century economy. Today’s hearing provided an overview of the issue, focusing on the history, evolution, and future of cybersecurity.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: On Feb. 27, the White House released its 2014 White House Tribal Nations Conference Progress Report, Investing in the Future of Tribal Nations. The report gives substance to the President’s stated commitment to strengthening nation-to-nation relationships with Indian Tribes by documenting the progress the Administration has made in Indian Country over the past year.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairmen John Kline (R-MN), Paul Ryan (R-WI), and Fred Upton (R-MI) responded to today’s Supreme Court oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case. The chairmen, who attended this morning’s oral arguments, are leading the House Republican working group to develop a plan to replace the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), assisted by investigators from local, county, state and federal partner agencies, arrested multiple individuals throughout South Jersey and Pennsylvania this morning for illegally selling and possessing 82 firearms in the Camden area over a 12-month period, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - At a Legislative Action Conference for the School Nutrition Association (SNA), U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today said he would bring everyone to the table as the debate over reauthorizing child nutrition programs begins.
By State Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement at a hearing of the full committee on the crisis in Ukraine...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Fritch, TX- Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument is undergoing renovations and will receive brand new museum exhibits. To complete the installation, the Visitors Center will be closed March 9-20, 2015. Park Headquarters at Lake Meredith Recreation Area will remain open during normal business hours M-F 8:00-4:30 p.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing on “The 21st Century Electricity Challenge: Ensuring a Secure, Reliable and Modern Electricity System." A strong electricity system is critical to our economic and national security, and today’s hearing focused on efforts to modernize the nation’s electric grid to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Clarence Scarberry, 51, of Charleston, was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston to 21 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Scarberry pled guilty late last year to the distribution of pills containing hydrocodone. Scarberry admitted that he sold pills to an undercover police officer. Scarberry also admitted that he and others had obtained the pills during trips to Florida.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, March 4, 2015 - Continuing USDA’s focus on childhood hunger during National Nutrition Month, Food and Nutrition Service Administrator Audrey Rowe today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2015 goal of serving 200 million meals to children and teens in low-income communities...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate you holding the hearing.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held the first of a series of hearings on cybersecurity and the broader implications for businesses and consumers in today’s 21st Century economy. Today’s hearing provided an overview of the issue, focusing on the history, evolution, and future of cybersecurity.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: PACER Case Reference: 14-27. MISSOULA - A Mount Washington, Kentucky man has changed his plea to guilty for his role in an international child pornography web-based bulletin board. Ryan Hatfield, 25, plead guilty today to conspiracy to advertise child pornography in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LASHANDA VINNETT, age 30, of Destrehan, was sentenced today for conspiracy to defraud the United States and, specifically, the Internal Revenue Service.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today heard from FCC Managing Director Jon Wilkins as members began their review of the Federal Communications Commission’s $530 million Fiscal Year 2016 budget request. As part of the committee’s...
