News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A federal grand jury returned a Superseding Indictment today against a resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, on charges of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Small businesses are now able to submit proposals for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 20.1 Solicitation to address nine homeland security technology needs.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, issued the following statement regarding passage of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding bill, which largely rejects the Trump Administration’s cuts to the Farm Bill and the USDA.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: NOGALES, Ariz. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and taskforce officers on the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) executed a federal search warrant late Tuesday night and discovered a tunnel along the U.S. Mexico border, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) are calling for bipartisan cooperation from Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats to stop the diversion of 9-1-1 fees for unrelated, non-emergency purposes. In a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Walden and Latta stress the need to act promptly to address this threat to public safety.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a major step to optimize water deliveries and power production for California communities and farms in an environmentally sound manner. The agency released a final environmental impact statement analyzing Central Valley Project and State Water Project long-term operations based on new biological opinions from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries to protect threatened and endangered species.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced today that the District of Colorado collected $781,336,222 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2019. Of this amount, $7,222,012 was collected in criminal actions and $774,114,209 was collected in civil actions.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement denouncing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) vote to upend states’ clean energy plans by favoring fossil fuels over clean sources of energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced to federal prison for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jalen Scruggs, 24, was sentenced to 46 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Derrick Morris, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months incarceration for a firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Anthony Romero, 38, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque on Dec.16 to more than 14 years (171 months) in prison for interference with interstate commerce by robbery and using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai in response to the FCC’s recent announcement that the Mobility Fund Phase II (MF II) will be replaced with a new 5G Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, 46-year-old Christopher Zamarripa was sentenced to 460 months in federal prison for cyberstalking and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Laguna Beach lawyer was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for submitting dozens of fraudulent visa petitions to U.S. immigration authorities and for failing to report her illicit funds to the IRS.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the passage of the SECURE Act-bipartisan legislation which includes several steps to bolster retirement security for workers, retirees, and families-as part of the end of the year funding deal.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement today after the Senate passed their anti-robocalls bill, the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act, by unanimous consent. The House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 417-3 earlier this month...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found Seongchan “Steven" Yun (32, Redondo Beach, CA) guilty of providing a false document to a federal agency. Yun faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 2, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final rule rolling back key portions of the Risk Management Plan updates, also known as the Chemical Disaster Rule...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) today expanded a bipartisan investigation into surprise...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court on bank robbery and Hobbs Act robbery charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
