News published on Federal Newswire in February 2020

News from February 2020


Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Autonomous Vehicles

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Autonomous Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of Evolving Automotive Technologies:"


News Release: BOSTON - A California man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with his role in an international money laundering scheme designed to hide the illicit proceeds of business email compromise (BEC) schemes.


Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the United States Capitol Police.


Former Dayton Agency Director Pleads Guilty

News Release: DAYTON - The former director of Dayton’s Minority Business Assistance Center pleaded guilty today to accepting a thing of value in connection with a local government.


News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Westmoreland County man has pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of Homeland Security Investigations...


President Requests $930.7 Million for Fossil Energy Programs

News Release: President Trump’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Congressional Budget Request seeks $930.7 million to fund the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE). The Budget Request is guided by FE’s commitment to addressing the Nation’s energy and environmental challenges. The Budget Request includes.


Walden at AV hearing: “…the cost of inaction is clear: we are behind.”

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) opening remarks at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “Autonomous Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of Evolving Automotive Technologies."


Pallone Remarks at Hearing on Autonomous Vehicles

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Autonomous Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of Evolving Automotive Technologies:"


Michael Louis McCarron Sentenced to Federal Prison for Attempted Enticement and Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor

News Release: Hagatña, Guam - SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant MICHAEL LOUIS MCCARRON, age 34, from Washington, was sentenced in the District Court of Guam to 120 months imprisonment. On Oct. 31, 2019, a federal jury found...


News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


Nadler & Cicilline Denounce NY District Court Approval of T-Mobile & Sprint Merger

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) released the following statements after the New York District Court approved the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile.


Attorney General William Barr Makes Announcement on Sanctuary Cities at National Sheriffs’ Association Conference

News Release: U.S. Attorney Dunavant Highlights the Work of Federal Law Enforcement to Successfully Prosecute Dangerous Criminal Aliens to Ensure the Safety of West Tennesseans.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) opening remarks at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “Autonomous Vehicles: Promises and Challenges of Evolving Automotive Technologies."


Dominican National Sentenced for Identity Theft and Stealing MassHealth Benefits

News Release: Defendant obtained fraudulent Massachusetts ID card less than one month after arrest for selling heroin, posting bail and then failing to appear at his arraignment.


Park Announces Paving Project in Deep Creek Area

News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that a $1.15 million pavement preservation project will begin on Monday, March 2 in the Deep Creek area near Bryson City, NC. Paving will occur along 2.5 miles of area roadways including West Deep Creek Road, East Deep Creek Road, campground and picnic area roads, and day-use parking areas. Work is expected to be completed by Friday, May 15, weather depending.


Waterbury Man Involved in New Haven Drug Ring Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HAKEEM BASIR, 56, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.


News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard, sentenced LAQUAVIS DESHAWN ARCHER, 32, of Fayetteville to 30 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. ARCHER was named in a single-count Indictment on April 17, 2019, charging him with failing to register as a sex offender. On July 8, 2019, he pled guilty to the Indictment.


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 committee business meeting.


Ute Mountain Ute Man Found Guilty Of Violent Sexual And Physical Assault of Wife Following Week-Long Jury Trial

News Release: DURANGO - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that David Sidney Wells, age 43, of Towaoc, Colorado, was found guilty last week of federal sexual and physical assault charges following a week-long jury trial. Wells appeared at trial in custody and was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service at the trial’s conclusion. The FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) joined in today’s announcement.