News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: A U.S. Army soldier was sentenced today to life in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a minor, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon Jr. of the Eastern District of North Carolina announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau announced that it will begin following up in select areas with households that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), along with eight of their colleagues, wrote to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler demanding ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent letters...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent letters...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - The U.S Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the owner of Buddy’s Pizza, a Frankfort restaurant, have reached an agreement to improve accessibility to the restaurant, for people with disabilities, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling this morning which will allow employers to deny female employees access to free birth control as required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell T. Vought today requesting an explanation for President...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote is fiscal year 2021 bill. For fiscal year 2021, the legislation provides $158.3 billion in base budgetary resources. In addition, the legislation provides $75 billion to support the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic by investing in our nation’s transportation and housing infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Inflated the Price of Personal Protective Equipment and Lied to Customers About his Ability to Supply the Equipment.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery for today’s Full Committee hearing titled, “Addressing the Urgent Needs of Our Tribal Communities:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell T. Vought today requesting an explanation for President...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: For Distribution of Cocaine Base and Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Improvements to the Bureau of Land Management’s Red Cliffs Recreation Area road will require the temporary closure of the campground and day use areas to protect public safety. The Recreation Area is located in the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, in Washington County, Utah.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a total of $50 million in emergency funding to support U.S. manufacturers in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will allow the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery for today’s Full Committee hearing titled, “Addressing the Urgent Needs of Our Tribal Communities:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: American Contractor Pleads Guilty to Stealing Government Equipment on U.S. Military Base in Afghanistan.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON - Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2021 bill.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has extended to July 24, 2020 the comment period on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the South-Central Florida Metroplex, the agency’s plan to modernize air traffic procedures for 21 airports in the southern half of the state.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Joseph A. Porter, age 35, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 90 months’ imprisonment for receipt and distribution of child pornography. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release...
