News from April 2020
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) reacts to the Senate failing to pass needed funding to replenish the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) playing partisan games, delaying much-needed aid to Americans during a global pandemic.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, asked the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to provide more information about the agency's use of an email address to receive public comments on its proposed revision to the implementing regulations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Yesterday, a bicameral group of Democratic Members of Congress submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of Pennsylvania’s lawsuit challenging a Trump Administration rule that would undermine access to birth control for women across the country. Since the Affordable Care Act’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) reacts to the Senate failing to pass needed funding to replenish the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) playing partisan games, delaying much-needed aid to Americans during a global pandemic.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the temporary suspension of the preclearance program for apples and pears from New Zealand. While APHIS is unable to send preclearance inspectors to New Zealand at this time due to COVID-19 travel restrictions ...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) reacts to the Senate failing to pass needed funding to replenish the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) playing partisan games, delaying much-needed aid to Americans during a global pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) today sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump to express their concern about the lack of a clear, coordinated strategy to produce and acquire the medical supplies necessary to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Justin Chavis, of Williston, South Carolina, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint and charged with child exploitation, child pornography, and distribution of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Cuyahoga Valley National Park News Release, Thursday, April 9, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today blasting the Trump Administration’s unilateral decision to end federal support for Community-Based Testing Sites (CBTS) for COVID-19. According to an advisory issued by FEMA earlier today, states were required to petition the federal government to maintain support for their CBTS facilities by 5 pm tonight...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man was arrested today on charges related to his alleged unlawful distribution of medications through the Darknet, and money laundering involving Bitcoin.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Today, several Republican members of the House Oversight Committee requested that the World Health Organization provide information about its relationship with China regarding its widely criticized response to the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $38 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, Submarine Hydrokinetic And Riverine Kilo-megawatt Systems (SHARKS). The program seeks to design economically attractive Hydrokinetic Turbines (HKT) for tidal and riverine currents.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three people have been charged in connection with their roles in the distribution of heroin - some of which contained fentanyl - and cocaine base (crack) in an affordable housing complex and a nearby senior living community in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today blasting the Trump Administration’s unilateral decision to end federal support for Community-Based Testing Sites (CBTS) for COVID-19. According to an advisory issued by FEMA earlier today, states were required to petition the federal government to maintain support for their CBTS facilities by 5 pm tonight...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) today sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump to express their concern about the lack of a clear, coordinated strategy to produce and acquire the medical supplies necessary to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: Yesterday, a bicameral group of Democratic Members of Congress submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of Pennsylvania’s lawsuit challenging a Trump Administration rule that would undermine access to birth control for women across the country. Since the Affordable Care Act’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2020
News Release: Three men who assaulted two other men in February 2020 were sentenced on April 6, 2020, to two years apiece in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2020
Release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has stopped 17 guns so far this year at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), including three in one day by three different diligent and dedicated officers. During this stressful time in our nation, passengers are reminded to be sure they do not have prohibited items in their bag.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2020
News Release: USDA is expanding access to innovative online food purchase program (Washington, D.C., April 8, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval for Arizona and California’s request to provide online purchasing of food to SNAP Households in the States of Arizona and California. ...
