News from July 2020
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today the appointment of E. Ingrid Cumberlidge to serve as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Coordinator for the District of Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on July 8, 2020, Robert Matthew Justice, age 41, of Glenwood, was sentenced to 156 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release and his co-defendant, Stacey Madonna Morrison, age 44, of Council Bluffs was sentenced to 61 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release by United States District Court Senior Judge James Gritzner for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOE 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
Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers discovered two prohibited items at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) checkpoints Sunday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Defendant Faces a Forfeiture Allegation of $779,135.00.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: The report, 2019 State of High-Tide Flooding and 2020 Outlook, documents changes in high-tide flooding patterns from May 2019 to April 2020 at 98 NOAA tidal gauges along the U.S. coast, and provides a flooding outlook for these locations for the coming meteorological year, May 2020 to April 2021, and projections for the next several decades
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daren Lewis, 39, of Quincy, MA, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announces a plea in the murders of 8 veterans.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette announced additional details today for the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, July 21, at 10:00 am. The hearing is entitled, “Pathway to a Vaccine: Efforts to Develop a Safe, Effective and Accessible COVID-19 Vaccine."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette announced additional details today for the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, July 21, at 10:00 am. The hearing is entitled, “Pathway to a Vaccine: Efforts to Develop a Safe, Effective and Accessible COVID-19 Vaccine."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A Porterville man was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a five‑count indictment on July 9, charging him with mail fraud and introducing a misbranded drug into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Nathanael Arroyo - a 19-year old man with past addresses in Carlisle.
By EPA 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 USDA Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against B & B Organics Inc. The company, operating from Indiana, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 23 produce sellers in the amount of $1,038,238 from June 2017 through April 2019.
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A California couple pleaded guilty today to conspiracy charges in connection with agreeing to pay $250,000 to secure the fraudulent admission of their daughter to the University of Southern California (USC) as a purported athletic recruit.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: MONTROSE, CO - As part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to both responsibly develop our natural resources and be a good neighbor to local communities, the Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal to replace and bury approximately 700 feet of an above-ground...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Promised Falsely High Rates of Return for Investments in Wholesale Jewelry Purchases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2020
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An alleged drug trafficking pipeline that U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents believe may have been responsible for the shipment through the U.S. Mail of upwards of 100 kilos of cocaine into Rhode Island from Puerto Rico was shut down today when five individuals were charged in U.S. District Court in Providence and more than a dozen firearms were seized.