News from January 2020
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 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) today released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed three bipartisan 5G security bills that had advanced through the Committee last year...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that crossed most of South Hampton Roads.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 29-year old McAllen man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Bipartisan Legislation will Help Conserve Wildlife and Wildlife Habitats.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Law enforcement officers protect and serve our community 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year. The least we can do is take one of those days to express our appreciation for their sacrifice. National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day will...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT ALEXANDER pled guilty today to securities fraud and wire fraud in connection to his participation in a scheme to defraud investors by soliciting investments in his online gaming company (the “Company")...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 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) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 10:30 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Lifting Voices: Legislation to Promote Media Marketplace Diversity."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette announced the launch of the Energy Storage Grand Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate the development, commercialization, and utilization of next-generation energy storage technologies and sustain American global leadership in energy storage. The Grand Challenge builds on the $158 million Advanced Energy Storage Initiative announced in President Trump's Fiscal Year 2020 budget request.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for assaulting a woman aboard a cruise ship.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced Lorenzo Elias Mendez, age 39, a former Yakama Nation police officer, was sentenced after a jury found him guilty of attempted production of child pornography, on Aug. 16, 2019. United States District Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. sentenced Mendez to a 20-year term of imprisonment, to be followed by a 20-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On January 6, 2020, Pete Terry, 42, of Sacaton, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 51 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. The defendant pleaded guilty on Oct. 3, 2019, to Assault on a Federal Officer and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, “Legislation to Improve Americans’ Health Care Coverage and Outcomes."
By State Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), today issued the following joint statement in support of Juan Guaidó’s reelection as president of the Venezuelan National Assembly and as interim president of Venezuela:
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: BARSTOW, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will implement a temporary closure of public lands in the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation Area in San Bernardino County from Jan. 31 - Feb. 8, to enhance public safety during the 2020 King of the Hammers desert races, which is authorized by a BLM Special Recreation Permit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Dr. Eugene Gosy, 59, of Clarence, N.Y., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and healthcare fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has agreed to pay the government $4,552,058.03 to resolve an overpayment resulting from errors in grant accounting procedures from Jan. 1, 2007 through June 30, 2011, and from Oct. 1, 2014 through March 31, 2017, U.S. Attorney Matthew G. T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announced today that Hawai‘i-based construction company, Jas W. Glover, Ltd., was awarded the contract to repair roads and paved trails damaged during Kīlauea Volcano’s 2018 eruption and summit collapse.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: The committee will come to order. We are meeting today to consider H.R. 5430, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act.
