News from December 2020
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is working to maintain services to the American people and our stakeholders, consistent with evolving guidance provided by the Center for Disease Control and state and local health authorities. The health and safety of our visitors and staff remains...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered farewell remarks on the House Floor today. Walden will retire from over 30 years of public service, including 22 in Congress, at the end of the 116th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: JILA researchers have developed tools to “turn on" quantum gases of ultracold molecules, gaining control of long-distance molecular interactions for potential applications such as encoding data for quantum computing and simulations.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for the 116th Congress Greg Walden (R-OR), Republican Leader for the 117th Congress Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on House passage of a resolution to reaffirm the House’s commitment to media diversity.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - Friends of New River Gorge National River had a productive year in 2020 with plans underway for more in 2021. New members are being recruited to assist in their efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ARNULFO FERRERA-ARRAZOLA, age 35, a citizen of Honduras, pleaded guilty on December 8, 2020 before U.S. District Court Judge Wendy B. Vitter today to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien, previously convicted of an aggravated felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man was arrested on a federal firearm charge after law enforcement this week seized machine guns and more than 100 “switch" devices from his home. Each device is capable of converting a semi-automatic pistol into a machine gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Two men who organized the plot scheduled for trial in March 2021.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for the 116th Congress Greg Walden (R-OR), Republican Leader for the 117th Congress Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement on House passage of four bipartisan energy bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Devante Terrell Hatch, 28, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On December 7, 2020, United States District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Bryant Dale Voss, age 33, of West Des Moines, to 84 months in prison for Possession of Child Pornography announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Voss was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term and comply with sex offender registry requirements upon release.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H. Res 549, a resolution reaffirming the House’s commitment to diversity in media...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former sales representative today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud a New Jersey state health benefits program, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 257,071 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that Andrew Martin Hopkins, 58, of Parkersburg, was sentenced to 48 months in prison pursuant to his previous guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington, D.C., Field Office...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered farewell remarks on the House Floor today. Walden will retire from over 30 years of public service, including 22 in Congress, at the end of the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Keith Joseph, of Miami, Florida, was indicted on multiple counts of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Hickey Enterprises LLP, doing business.as Elk City Livestock Auction (Hickey) of Elk City, Okla., on Nov. 25, 2020, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Hickey waived its rights to a hearing and paid a penalty of $1,100.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2020
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kami Rai Gill, age 34, of Del City, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Drug Conspiracy in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, punishable by not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000,000.00, or both.
