News from July 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2021 Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that WARREN G. TREME (“TREME"), age 55, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, was charged July 8, 2020 with conspiracy to defraud First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An associate of the DeCavalcante crime family was sentenced today to 76 months in prison for possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute and possession of a firearm during the course of a drug crime, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Wolf: We write to gather information about the United States government’s implementation of U.S.-Canada border restrictions at land ports of entry. In our home state of Michigan - which has high-volume crossings and active border communities - we have heard concerns from constituents...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Consumers Beware: Increased Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, July 21, with officials from five drug manufacturers developing COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Officials from AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Moderna and Pfizer will testify at the hearing.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2021 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs bill on a vote of 29 to 21. The legislation funds the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and other international programs and activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Statement on the Recovery of Human Remains in Methuen, Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeremy Schenck, 25, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 20 years in federal prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release, for producing child pornography. Schenck pleaded guilty to this charge on February 5, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 87 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release on his conviction of possession of material depicting the exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Today, chairs of the House committees with jurisdiction over health care condemned the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for finalizing a rule that weakens protections under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for LGBTQIA+ individuals, women, people with limited English proficiency, immigrants, people of color, people with disabilities, and patients from other marginalized communities and urged HHS Secretary Alex Azar to immediately rescind it.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Georgia woman who operated a telemedicine network through two companies has admitted to participation in an ever-growing healthcare and telemedicine fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Rouda (D-CA-48) and Congressman Ted Budd (R-NC-13), along with 35 Representatives, introduced the bipartisan Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act. This bill would help ensure Drug-Free Communities coalitions can continue to operate and reduce youth substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Texas men are set to appear in federal court on charges of drug distribution that resulted in an overdose, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The leader of a large-scale distribution organization based in St. Louis has pled guilty to conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine, over one kilogram of heroin, and over 400 grams of fentanyl from March 11, 2018 to March 12, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - Members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force and the New York / New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force (NY/NJ RFTF) arrested a New York man wanted in connection to multiple murders today in Martinsburg.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Consumers Beware: Increased Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $21 million in funding for 31 research projects under the federal Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). EPSCoR is designed to build capabilities in underserved regions of the country that will enable them to compete more successfully for other federal R&D funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 9, 2020
News Release: Rios-Saucedo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico was arrested in Woodbury County with Five Pounds of Cocaine in Trunk.