News from July 2020
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Committee advanced seven communications bills and one House resolution to the full House of Representatives...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at a Full Committee markup of 30 bipartisan health, energy, and communications and technology bills.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered JHOS Logistics and Transportation Inc. to reinstate an employee terminated for refusing to drive what the employee reasonably believed to be an overweight vehicle at the company's Wilmington, California facility. OSHA also ordered the company to pay more than $190,000 in back wages, $25,000 in punitive damages, $5,000 in compensatory damages and attorney's fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a criminal complaint charging KEANU DEWONE ROSS, 28, and ANTOINETTE DENIECE MAE DOBYNE, 28, for their roles in the armed robbery of a Super 8 Hotel. ROSS and DOBYNE made their initial appearances before Magistrate Judge Katherine M. Menendez in U.S. District Court. ROSS was ordered to remain in custody pending a formal detention hearing, which is scheduled for Monday, July 20, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A leader of the Worcester Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") pleaded guilty today to drug distribution charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Des Moines, Iowa-On July 10, 2020, Vance Allan Misel, age 31, of Des Moines, appeared before United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger and was sentenced to nine years in prison for possession of child pornography with eight years of supervised release to follow his prison term. Misel pleaded guilty to the offense on April 13, 2020. Misel was also ordered by the Court to pay $1,000 restitution and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Defendant posted online about anger at police - Started fire at building during CHOP occupation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Titus J. Miller, age 27, of Lincoln, Nebraska, entered a plea of guilty today in federal court in Lincoln before United States Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart for producing child pornography. Miller admitted to the sexual exploitation of five children...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Today, President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr announced significant cases related to Joint Task Force Vulcan (JTFV), an initiative launched in August 2019 aimed at disrupting, dismantling, and ultimately, destroying MS-13.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Committee advanced seven communications bills and one House resolution to the full House of Representatives...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on today’s expected announcement that the Trump administration is weakening National Environmental Policy Act regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Department of Justice Seeks Recovery of Approximately $3.5 Million in Corruption Proceeds Linked to Ex-President of The Gambia.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today unanimously approved the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, a bill that authorizes projects to improve America’s ports and harbors, inland waterway navigation, flood and storm protection, and other water resources infrastructure.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2021 Financial Services and General Government bill on a vote of 30 to 22. The legislation provides annual funding for the Department of the Treasury, the Judiciary, the Executive Office of the President, and other independent agencies, including the Small Business Administration.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement on the United Kingdom’s decision to ban Chinese telecommunications provider Huawei from its networks.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at a Full Committee markup of 30 bipartisan health, energy, and communications and technology bills.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - At today’s markup, the Energy and Commerce Committee advanced 30 bipartisan bills across three subcommittees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Richmond, VA - The U.S. Marshals Service’s Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force is asking for the public’s assistance in finding two violent felons who escaped from the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center in Chesterfield County, Virginia, July 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Catherine Stuckey, 27, of Woodland Hills, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - At today’s markup, the Energy and Commerce Committee advanced 30 bipartisan bills across three subcommittees.
