News from February 2020

By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: El Centro, CA - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Law Enforcement Rangers will conduct driving under the influence (DUI) and registration checkpoints from noon Feb. 13, to 2 a.m., Feb. 17, on BLM-managed public lands in Imperial County within the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement praising President Donald J. Trump after signing into law the Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act, an extension to ban fentanyl analogues.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A New Hampshire man was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with travelling to have sex with a minor and child pornography offenses.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - To cohesively manage the national monuments and public lands in Utah, and to restore public trust, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) took the following actions today:.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced the establishment of a Primary Day hotline that will be monitored throughout Primary Day on Feb. 11, 2020, from 7 am to 8 pm. The hotline number is 603-230-2503. Inquiries and complaints may also be submitted through the United States Attorney’s Office web site at www.usdoj.gov/usao/nh by clicking on the “e-mail us" link.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: CONCORD - Idrissa Gasana, 53, of Manchester, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with procuring citizenship or naturalization unlawfully based in part on providing false information about his participation in the Rwandan genocide.

By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 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. Res. 826, Expressing Disapproval of the Trump Administration’s Harmful Actions Towards Medicaid...

By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee legislative hearing entitled, “Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Luke E. Steiner, age 31, of Minnesota, pled guilty yesterday to conspiring with Michael T. Mann to defraud financing companies out of millions of dollars.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 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. Res. 826, Expressing Disapproval of the Trump Administration’s Harmful Actions Towards Medicaid...

By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) issued the following statement today after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced his C-Band auction plan...

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage."

By US DOT Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) from today’s hearing entitled, “Assessing the Transportation Needs of Tribes, Federal Land Management Agencies, and U.S. Territories":

By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Letting others make use of what you don’t need is a long-standing Utah tradition, one that the Bureau of Land Management’s Color Country District kept alive by handing off 11 handheld radios and one fire engine to local fire departments.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- Larry Dale Foley, 48, of Berea, Kentucky, was indicted on Thursday in federal court for receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography.

By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) issued the following statement today after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced his C-Band auction plan...

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) issued the following statement today after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced his C-Band auction plan...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Blair County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh on charges of tax evasion and wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Tuesday, February 4, Cheryl Ingstad was sworn in by Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar as the Director of the Artificial Intelligence & Technology Office (AITO). AITO was created on September 5, 2019, to serve as the central body responsible for the development, coordination...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2020
News Release: Texas Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes and Firearm Offenses Related to Aug. 3, 2019, Mass-Shooting in El Paso.