News from September 2019
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing, “Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee passed a series of bills to help respond to gun violence -- H.R. 1186, the Keep Americans Safe Act passed by a vote of 23-16; H.R. 1236, the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019, amended to also include provisions from H.R. 3076, the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act, passed by a vote of 22-16; and H.R. 2708, the Disarm Hate Act passed by a vote of 23-15.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds dairy producers that the deadline to enroll in the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program for 2019 is Sept. 20, 2019.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, along with Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, led a letter ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three former security guards for Blackwater USA were sentenced September 5, 2019, for their roles in the Sept. 16, 2007, shooting at Nisur Square in Baghdad, Iraq, that resulted in the killing of 14 unarmed civilians and the wounding of numerous others.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Five men indicted in federal court in Wichita are among hundreds of defendants charged in an international fraud investigation, U.S. Attorney Stephan McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Defendant Admitted Stealing Millions of Dollars for Personal Expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANKIE VEGA, also known as “Lips," 35, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Abel Lomas Murillo, 26, of Weston, Oregon, was sentenced today to 235 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Announces August Enforcement Actions Decline by Nearly 25%.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan will travel to New York, N.Y. to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with current and former federal, state, and local leaders and law enforcement officials.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2019 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service Administrator Bruce Lammers today announced that USDA is making $150 million in grants available through the Community Facilities Program to help rural communities continue their recovery from the devastating effects of hurricanes, fires and other natural disasters.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division joined U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Southern District of Mississippi, U.S. Attorney Chad Lamar, Northern District of Mississippi, Commissioner Marshall Fisher, Mississippi Department of Public Safety, and Philip Gunn, Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, today to announce the creation and launch of a new, statewide Mississippi Human Trafficking Council.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: The Honorable Judge Keith Starrett, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, sentenced defendant Louie Bernard Revette, 38, to serve 11 years on federal charges for his commission of a crossburning on Oct. 24, 2017, in Seminary, Mississippi. Revette previously pled ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Federal authorities announced today a significant coordinated effort to disrupt Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes that are designed to intercept and hijack wire transfers from businesses and individuals, including many senior citizens. Operation reWired, a coordinated law enforcement effort by ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Credit: Department of Justice On Sept. 10, 2019, United States Attorney General William Barr met with Georgian Minister of Justice Thea Tsulukiani, to reaffirm the law enforcement partnership between the United States Department of Justice and the Ministry of Justice of Georgia. Both officials recognized ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Anthony Daguanno, 62, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison after having pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud in connection with the Detroit Demolition Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: The owner of a chiropractic business was sentenced to 6 months in prison for tax evasion after pleading guilty to the charge in June 2019, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Homestar Financial Group, Inc., Manteno, Illinois Written Agreement, dated Sept. 27, 2010 Terminated Sept. 3, 2019 Additional enforcement actions can be searched for here.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: The following is a cross-post from the White House During Minority Enterprise Development Week, our Nation celebrates the success of minority-owned businesses and recognizes their significant role in strengthening our country’s robust economy. The contributions of these enterprises ensure American companies remain world leaders in the global marketplace.
