News from April 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -As Americans receive illegal robocalls during the COVID-19 outbreak, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) and Chair Mike Doyle (D-PA) penned a bipartisan letter urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to use the enforcement tools they were given under last year’s congressional effort to stop robocalls.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Mexican national was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for being found in the United States after removal, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: $1,347,968 available to Rhode Island local and state law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: ROANKOE, Va. - United States Attorneys Thomas T. Cullen and G. Zachary Terwilliger announced today that the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, has made available more than $16 million to help Virginia public safety agencies and local government agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
Release: he government of Ethiopia has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of rosemary for consumption into the continental United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment that describes potential pests associated with the commodity. APHIS shares ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a joint statement today condemning President Trump’s decision not to establish a special Affordable Care Act open enrollment period in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: $7.2 Million Available to Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn.- The Department of Justice today announced that it is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas -The Department of Justice today announced that it is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the recent stimulus legislation signed...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A British man was named today in a federal criminal complaint that charges him with smuggling into the United States mislabeled drugs purported to be a treatment for those suffering from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - U.S. Attorney Michael Bailey today announced that more than $163 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities address America’s addiction crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Public safety agencies in the Western District of Missouri are eligible for more than $3.2 million in Department of Justice grants announced today to aid their response to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Jaiswinkumar Jagdishbhai Patel, who submitted fraudulent travel reimbursement vouchers to his employer over a period of several years, has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Hopkins, SC - Congaree National Park is announcing additional modifications to operations in response to guidance from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and the Governor of South Carolina. The health and safety of our visitors, employees, volunteers, and partners is our number one priority. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -As Americans receive illegal robocalls during the COVID-19 outbreak, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) and Chair Mike Doyle (D-PA) penned a bipartisan letter urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to use the enforcement tools they were given under last year’s congressional effort to stop robocalls.
By State Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Washington D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on reports that U.S. intelligence confirmed that the Chinese Communist Party concealed the extent of the coronavirus outbreak and under-reported the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in China.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Fourteen House Committee Chairs sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought today requesting an immediate extension of public comment periods, hearings and meetings due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Committee leaders asked that OMB direct agencies to extend public comment periods by at least 45 days beyond the end of the declared national emergency.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a joint statement today condemning President Trump’s decision not to establish a special Affordable Care Act open enrollment period in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: $831,000 Available to North Dakota. Bismarck - The Department of Justice announced that it is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by the recent stimulus...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -As Americans receive illegal robocalls during the COVID-19 outbreak, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) and Chair Mike Doyle (D-PA) penned a bipartisan letter urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to use the enforcement tools they were given under last year’s congressional effort to stop robocalls.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) releasing its draft risk evaluation of asbestos...
