News from February 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 4, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democrats at today’s hearing of the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States highlighted the environmental, cultural and historical damage the Trump administration’s racist border wall has done to Native American communities, questioning the administration’s repeated...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Feb. 24, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed Thai national Apichart Srivaranon, 35, to Thailand. Srivaranon pleaded guilty to charges in both Maryland and the District of Columbia in January and March 2019, respectively, and was sentenced to 26 months of incarceration.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Dear Mr. Zuckerberg: I am contacting you regarding efforts to combat disinformation and misinformation about the 2020 Census. The outcome of the Decennial Census is crucial for every individual and family. It will help determine the allocation of resources for health care, education, infrastructure,...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 4, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MUHAMMAD ARSHAD, age 64, a resident of Harvey, Louisiana, was sentenced on Feb. 20, 2020 by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe to three years’ probation, which includes 250 hours of community service, in connection with his guilty plea to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. In addition, ARSHAD was fined $23,500 and agreed to pay restitution to the Medicare program.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2021 HHS Budget and Oversight of the Coronavirus Outbreak."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Katrina (Katie) Lynn Danforth, 32, of Post Falls, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 120 months in federal prison for use of interstate commerce facilities in commission of murder for hire, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Danforth to pay a $1,000 fine and serve three years of supervised release following her prison sentence. Danforth pleaded guilty to the charge on August 6, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON-The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement on President Trump’s “Budget for America’s Future"...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has approved a plan to revitalize the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal NHP) through Georgetown. The Georgetown Canal Plan was prepared in partnership with Georgetown Heritage with support from the District of Columbia and the Georgetown Business Improvement District.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A California man was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for smuggling heroin and methamphetamine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced an important step to improve access to medication assisted treatment, especially in rural areas where those suffering with opioid use disorder may have limited treatment options.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the 13 collegiate teams selected to participate in the 2021 Collegiate Wind Competition. Three new schools were selected along with 10 returning teams from previous competitions. The colleges and universities selected to participate in the Collegiate Wind Competition 2021 are...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former leader of the white supremacist group Atomwaffen Division was arrested today on charges related to his alleged role in a conspiracy that conducted multiple swatting events that occurred here in the Eastern District of Virginia.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “The Fiscal Year 2021 HHS Budget and Oversight of the Coronavirus Outbreak:"
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: The high plateaus of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, known for panoramic vistas, wildlife, old gold mines and sports of all kinds, are attracting new pioneers: engineers working to improve emergency communications.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Fiscal Year 2021 HHS Budget and Oversight of the Coronavirus Outbreak."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “In the Dark: Lack of Transparency in the Live Event Ticketing Industry:"
By DOE Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on “In the Dark: Lack of Transparency in the Live Event Ticketing Industry:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: TammyLynn Sterling Barthelmess Stole Social Security Funds Paid Into a Deceased Man’s Checking Account and Hid His Body.
