News from September 2015
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1624, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY). This bipartisan, commonsense legislation will help protect employees from cancelled health...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Senator Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., today applauded the House of Representatives’ passage of the “Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act," bipartisan legislation that makes...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: On Wednesday, September 30 at 10:30 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will consider a reconciliation proposal introduced pursuant to S.Con.Res. 11, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016. The markup will take place in room HVC 210 in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute five kilograms grams or more of cocaine and 100 grams or more of heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin, D-Mich., today introduced a bill to ensure Americans receiving Social Security disability benefits will not have their benefits unnecessarily cut at the end of next...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Educators have a new tool to help teach children how harnessing the power of water transformed the West. “The Electric Project": The Minidoka Dam and Powerplant, is a new Teaching with Historic Places online lesson plan developed by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Reclamation. The curriculum...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: FOND DU LAC, Wis. - A cubic foot of soil can weigh more than 100 pounds, and workers caught beneath a few feet of soil can be seriously - or fatally - injured. A 19-year-old pipe layer in a Van Dyne farm field was exposed to dangerous cave-in hazards while installing a drain tile in an unprotected trench more than 5 feet deep.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Sarith Chim, 34, of Long Beach, was sentenced today to six years and four months in prison by U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: "A real mentor!" "Passionate about the National Park Service's (NPS) mission in protecting park resources." "Calm even in emergency situations." "Understands the real meaning of a team." "Thoroughly researches solutions for an issue." Such accolades for Jenny Beeler, Cumberland Gap National Historical...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Galveston County, Texas, to Improve Accessibility of Services and Programs.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: KING OF PRUSSIA - Cristina Ramirez, graduate of the University of Virginia, will help prepare Valley Forge National Historical Park and Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016. Cristina is one of 70 energetic, young Centennial Volunteer Ambassador...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE - The leader of a sex trafficking ring was sentenced today to serve one hundred fifteen (115) months in prison for operating an interstate prostitution enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Richard Madrigal, 42, and Damian Erik Alcala, 37, both of Amarillo, Texas, appeared this morning in federal court before U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson and each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Alleged Members of Gangster Disciples Indicted for Roles in Five Attempted Murders.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Rosanna Malouf- Peterson dismissed a civil rights lawsuit brought by Manuel Sanchez. Sanchez, who is currently a Federal prisoner, claimed that his civil rights were...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Louis, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Reach Settlement to Resolve Allegations of Auto Lending Discrimination by Fifth Third Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jeffrey P. Wheeler, Jr., 31, of Sebago, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to theft from interstate shipments of goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - DEA special agents and Task Force Officers from the Philadelphia Field Division assisted the U.S. Secret Service with security for Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families conference on September 26th and 27th, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) and Gunston Elementary School are teaming up to celebrate National Public Lands Day (NPLD) on Sept. 26, with a workday on BLM trails connecting to the schoolyard. Registration for the event will begin at 9 a.m. at...
