News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Ian Finn, age 39, of Summit, New Jersey, was sentenced yesterday to 21 months of imprisonment for a wire fraud conviction arising from his theft of $238,000 from a charity, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Andrew W. Vale, Special-Agent-in-Charge of the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the creation of a Medicaid Task Force to strengthen and sustain the critical program for the nation’s most vulnerable citizens. Upton announced that Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) will chair the Republican task force. Upton’s announcement builds upon the Health Subcommittee’s substantial legislative efforts over the last several months.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held an investigative hearing examining the failed Obamacare CO-OPs and the $2.4 billion in insurance loans paid out. To date, 12 of the original 23 CO-OPs have closed, bringing the total cost to taxpayers at more than $1.23 billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, Carlos I. Arce-López, aka “Ferretero," was sentenced to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. On April 23, 2015, the defendant pled guilty...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. -Entrance fees to Glacier National Park will be waived on Veterans Day,Wednesday, Nov. 11, in honor of those that serve and have served in the United States Military.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: A two year investigation of a major drug trafficking ring in King and Snohomish counties culminated in 12 arrests today following the unsealing of a grand jury indictment and filing of criminal complaints against two dozen defendants, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. Over the two years of the...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Following three days of debate, during which over 100 amendments were considered, the U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan, multi-year surface transportation bill to reauthorize and reform federal highway, transit, and highway safety programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of production, distribution and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Defendant Trafficked High-Purity Crystal Methamphetamine with a Street Value of more than $5 million.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held an investigative hearing examining the failed Obamacare CO-OPs and the $2.4 billion in insurance loans paid out. To date, 12 of the original 23 CO-OPs have closed, bringing the total cost to taxpayers at more than $1.23 billion.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) delivered the following opening statement during a hearing on presidential authority to waive anti-terror provisions in the tax code with respect to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Brian Newton (58, New Smyrna Beach) and Victoria Snow (55, Clearwater) for their role in defrauding more than 60 victims out of over $7.2 million. Newton was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison, and Snow was sentenced to 4 years and 9 months’ imprisonment. They were both ordered to pay more than $7.2 million in restitution. A federal jury convicted Newton and Snow on July 20, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power today was joined by the Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Jerzy Buzek and members of the European Parliament in a roundtable discussion about energy policy and security. Earlier this year, bipartisan members of the committee...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a guide to deploying automated application whitelisting to help thwart malicious software from gaining access to organizations' computer systems. Guide to Application Whitelisting (Special Publication 800-167) explains the basics of the technology and provides step-by-step instructions.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced the creation of a Medicaid Task Force to strengthen and sustain the critical program for the nation’s most vulnerable citizens. Upton announced that Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) will chair the Republican task force. Upton’s announcement builds upon the Health Subcommittee’s substantial legislative efforts over the last several months.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Anita Marshall, 43, of Daphne, Alabama and formerly of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, pleaded guilty yesterday to defrauding a Fort Campbell charitable organization, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the committee’s ongoing #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved five committee member bills as part of the broader highway bill. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) stated, “These bills aim to boost our energy security at home...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ranking member of the Senate EPW Committee, today released a statement following the House passage of H.R. 3819, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act (STRR Act), a bipartisan, multi-year surface transportation bill to reauthorize and reform federal highway, transit, and highway safety programs...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at today’s hearing on wildfires.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Building on the committee’s ongoing #RecordOfSuccess, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved five committee member bills as part of the broader highway bill. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) stated, “These bills aim to boost our energy security at home...
