News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C. man was sentenced today to one year in prison for aiding and abetting the illegal straw purchase of five firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former leader of the white supremacist group Atomwaffen Division pleaded guilty today to charges related to his role in a conspiracy that conducted multiple swatting events targeting journalists, a Virginia university, a historic Virginia church, and a former cabinet official.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - With the extended tax deadline of July 15 for individual taxpayers quickly approaching, the U.S. Attorney’s Office urges caution. It is important to be aware of tax scams and to be compliant in filing and paying federal taxes timely. Tax cheats are becoming more sophisticated in their schemes and are finding new ways to cheat the system as well as gaining access to your personal and tax information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that today WESLEY T. BISHOP, age 52, of New Orleans was sentenced to 4 (four) years of probation, before U.S. District Judge Greg Guidry, for making a false statement, a crime punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. BISHOP admitted to knowingly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on July 13, 2020, Ryan Nicholas Schwery, age 43, of Shelby County, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 78 months in prison, to be followed by six years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2021 Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to a new report showing that 5.4 million people who lost their jobs lost health care coverage this year from February to May.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the Pamunkey Regional Jail in Hanover, Virginia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of failure to register under SORNA, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its contractor UCOR are preparing to demolish the remaining structures associated with Building 3026, the former Radioisotope Development Lab.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA), Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services, Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “Oversight of DOE During the COVID-19 Pandemic:"
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2021 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies bill on a vote of 30 to 22. The legislation funds the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other related agencies, including the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Saul McDuffie, age 33, of Albany, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; Kevin Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); and Chief Eric Hawkins of the Albany Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - The last remaining defendant indicted in a $5 million fraud against the City of Lynn Haven has pled guilty to a charge stemming from the Hurricane Michael-related scheme. Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that David Wayne Horton...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at a Subcommittee on Energy hearing titled, “Oversight of DOE During the Covid-19 Pandemic."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two people have admitted to participating in a firearms trafficking conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI), Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA), and Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) released the following statement on their newly introduced bipartisan mental health bill, H.R. 7539, the Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: The atomic age began in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, with the Trinity Test - the culmination of the top-secret Manhattan Project.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA), Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services, Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), ...
