News from June 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on, “No More Surprises: Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills:"
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: This Friday, June 14, 2019 at 7 pm., Fort Scott National Historic Site (the Fort) and American Legion Post 25 will be hosting an official US Flag Disposal Ceremony. Bring your: United States, POW/MIA, State, and Service (U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard) flags to the fort at or before 7 pm Friday and we will properly and respectfully dispose of them.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM workers broke ground June 10 on two more large-scale units to provide safe and permanent storage for decontaminated waste material at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: A West Union man who sold a stolen firearm and was an unlawful user of marijuana and methamphetamine pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Homeland Security bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Committee, sent a letter to Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) condemning the Chairman’s violation of Committee rules in his rush to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress concerning the reinstitution of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-An increase in federal gun prosecutions resulted in an award for the Little Rock Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF). Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, recognized the Little Rock ATF office on June 4, 2019, for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Matthew Morales, age 25, of Pocono Summit, Monroe County, was sentenced June 6, 2019, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo to six years’ imprisonment and four years on supervised release for his role in a Monroe County-based heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Three South Texas residents were sentenced to at least five years in federal prison Tuesday for illegally importing methamphetamine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced eight finalists in the first stage of the Opioid Detection Challenge , which is a $1.55 million global prize competition for rapid, nonintrusive detection tools that will help find illicit ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – On June 11th, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan issued the following statement regarding the United States Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security released by the White House to address problems faced by women and girls in conflict and disaster affected areas around ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 11, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding 58 grants for projects in 17 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to reduce energy costs for farmers, ag producers and rural-based businesses and institutions.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: (Council Bluffs, IA., June 11, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump Signed the Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products Executive Order. “Our current regulatory framework has impeded innovation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Sam Williamson Farms Inc. (SWF), a strawberry farm in Dover, Florida. The settlement resolves the Department’s investigation into whether SWF violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Zakaryia Abdin, 20, of Ladson, South Carolina, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Abdin previously entered a guilty plea in August of 2018 and has remained in federal custody since his arrest by the FBI in March of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the arrest of almost 1,700 suspected online child sex offenders during a two-month, nationwide operation conducted by Internet Crimes Against Children task forces. The task forces identified 308 offenders who either produced child pornography or committed child sexual abuse, and 357 children who suffered recent, ongoing or historical sexual abuse or were exploited in the production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr today announced the formation of a Domestic Violence Working Group aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of convicted domestic abusers, using the tools of federal prosecution to stop and prevent domestic violence. The group will operate under the auspices of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC) and be comprised of nine U.S. Attorneys across the country, chaired by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Two owners and operators of a Los Angeles, California, home health agency were sentenced to 120 and 78 months in prison yesterday for their roles in a scheme to bill Medicare for various items and services, including home health services, diagnostic testing, medical procedures and durable medical equipment that were not medically necessary and/or were not provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: As the 2019 hurricane season begins, the Department of Justice reminds the public to be on the lookout for fraud against natural disaster victims, and report it to the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF). The Atlantic Hurricane Season opened June 1 and runs through November 30. “Committing fraud ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that Larry Nelson, owner and manager of residential housing in Spring Valley, California, violated the Fair Housing Act by subjecting female tenants of his properties to sexual harassment and retaliation.
