News from February 2020
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 2339, the Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah - Each spring raptors return to the Indian Creek area for nesting. Eagles, falcons, and other migratory birds use shallow depressions on ledges, cliffs and rock walls, and often return to the same site year after year to raise their young. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requests...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment against Robert Rowen and Teresa Su, charging them with conspiracy to defraud the United States, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Agent in Charge Kareem Carter. In addition, each defendant also was charged with a separate count of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Brothers Victor Smith, 43, and Michael Smith, 42, of Hattiesburg, were found guilty on Wednesday of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of stolen firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Kernersville man was sentenced today in federal court in Greensboro for impersonating a Deputy United States Marshal, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the notice of apparent liability for four carriers who failed to protect consumers’ real-time location data...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: Last week, press reports revealed inter- and intradepartmental disagreement regarding the process for repatriating American passengers infected by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. We are concerned the expertise of public health officials...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) react to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) C-band auction order.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Illinois Man Sentenced for Production of Child Pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) react to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) C-band auction order.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: DAYTON - Gene Talley, 48, of Dayton, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives voted to pass his legislation, H.R. 2339, the Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Barstow, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on construction and installation of telecommunications facilities within three Southern California Edison (SCE) rights-of-way, which crosses public lands in California and Nevada. The 30-day public comment period on the Environmental Assessment ends on March 30.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: NEEDLES, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has approved Castle Mountain Venture’s (CMV) modification to their plan of operations. The Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact released today authorizes the construction of five new monitoring wells and expansion of the project footprint.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today demanded answers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the recent whistleblower report that HHS deployed federal non-health care staff from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to two coronavirus quarantine sites in California without adequate procedures, safety protocols, training or protective equipment.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces the following upcoming flight plans for March 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: The defendant bought and sold minors’ identities to be claimed as dependents.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing on the ways the Trump Administration is undermining LGBTQ rights.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Dec. 17, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued an administrative complaint against Isaiah Michael Perry (Perry) of Tennessee for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today Sandra M. Urich, 54, Indianapolis, was sentenced in federal court for her role in a scheme to steal over $770,000 from her Indianapolis-based employer. Urich was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge James R. Sweeney II.
