News from January 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Fannie Mae employee was sentenced today to 76 months in federal prison for a multimillion-dollar scheme to take bribes and to discount sales of Fannie Mae-owned properties to herself and to real estate brokers in exchange for cash kickbacks.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider H.R. 5430, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Anthony Bueno arranged for undercover FBI agent to make payments to VA official Dwane Nevins for purpose of manipulating government contracting process.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: FBI Seeking Information About a Home Invasion Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: The Defendant Targeted Neighborhoods in North and South Carolina; at Least 1,300 Individuals Had Their Mail Stolen.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing, titled - “A Public Health Emergency: State Efforts to Curb the Opioid Crisis" - where we will be conducting oversight of states’ utilization of federal funding to combat the opioid crisis.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) today requesting assistance in conducting robust oversight of Tennessee’s pending request...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today released the Central Valley Project Final Cost Allocation Study, which determines how to distribute costs of the multipurpose CVP facilities to project beneficiaries.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Florida Roofing Experts Inc. - a Jacksonville, Florida, roofing contractor owned by Travis Slaughter - for failing to protect workers from falls at two work sites in Fleming Island and one in Middleburg, Florida. Florida Roofing Experts Inc. faces penalties totaling $1,007,717.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: The GOP’s reluctance to challenge rising prescription drug costs could be a political liability for the party in 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it is seeking public nominations for positions on 27 Resource Advisory Committees/Councils (RACs) nationwide, including Arizona’s RAC. These citizen-based committees assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 14, 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, “Promoting American Innovation and Jobs: Legislation to Phase Down the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington D.C. man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl, in addition to armed drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ryan Guidry, 43, of Pleasant Hill, pleaded guilty today to participating in a massive fraud scheme involving a solar energy company in Benicia that defrauded investors of approximately $1 billion, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) today requesting assistance in conducting robust oversight of Tennessee’s pending request...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 14, 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, “Promoting American Innovation and Jobs: Legislation to Phase Down the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 14, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm today sentenced Rakesh Kaushal, age 66, of Rockville, Maryland, to three years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the federal charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to defraud his employer of more than $1.7 million. Judge Grimm also ordered Kaushal to pay restitution with the exact amount to be determined at a later hearing.
