News from August 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a virtual hearing entitled “The Devastating Health Impacts of Climate Change" to examine the health and economic impacts of climate change over the next century if we do not act immediately to limit global warming.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: * Yellowstone’s wildfire season began recently with two lightning-ignited wildfires.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Troy Livingston, 20, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Bread Springs, New Mexico, pled guilty in federal court in Albuquerque yesterday to second degree murder in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: LAPWAI, Idaho - The fight for universal voting rights did not end with the ratification of the 19th Amendment. On Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Spalding Visitor Center, Mary Jane Oatman will explore the complexity of the fight for the vote from the perspective of the Nez Perce.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three executives from Imperial Pacific International (IPI) and MCC International Saipan have been indicted on federal criminal charges, including Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conspiracy, harboring illegal aliens, unlawful employment of aliens, and international...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - A 37-year-old Mexican citizen has been ordered to federal prison following his involvement in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a large amount of meth within the Houston area, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a second oversight letter to the Trump Administration, writing to White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Lee, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a second oversight letter to the Trump Administration, writing to White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the Cyber Career Pathways Tool, an interactive approach for current and future cybersecurity professionals to envision their career and navigate next steps within the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - A Type 3 Incident Management Team from the BLM Wyoming High Desert District took command of the Richard Mountain Fire yesterday evening. The fire is located approximately 40 miles south of Rock Springs, Wyoming and has grown to about 6500 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Colorado Fugitive Luis Archuleta Wanted for Decades Apprehended.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a second oversight letter to the Trump Administration, writing to White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. -- South Florida federal prosecutors have charged a former Economics Minister of Guatemala, Asisclo Valladares Urruela, 44, with helping to launder close to $10 million of illegal drug proceeds and other ill-gotten money. Prosecutors allege that during a four-year conspiracy, Valladares Urruela enabled the illegal drug trade by creating a demand for untraceable cash, cash that Valladares Urruela used to bribe corrupt Guatemalan politicians.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Two Orange County residents were sentenced late this afternoon - with one being ordered to serve 12 years in federal prison - for their key roles in businesses that offered bogus modification programs to homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Hearing to Examine a Discussion Draft Bill, S.____, American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020."
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation will begin lowering the pool elevation of Lucky Peak Reservoir on Monday, August 17. The lowering of Lucky Peak Reservoir follows a typical end of season reservoir drawdown for irrigation as experienced in prior years. Lucky Peak Reservoir pool began lowering on August 14 in 2018 and on August 18 in 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources, introduced the bipartisan Rural Forests Markets Act ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, today issued the following statement on the resignation of State Department Acting Inspector General (IG) Stephen Akard...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Vito Difalco Used His Brooklyn Bar, “Tryst," to Promote Illegal Activities.
