News from July 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former employee of the United States Postal Service was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison for accepting bribes from business customers in exchange for falsely approving unpaid or underpaid bulk mail shipments, causing more than $11.7 million in total losses to his employer.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 233-188...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2, the Democrats’ partisan infrastructure package.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jean Green-Alvarez, 33, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: ICYMI - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., took to the Senate floor this week to urge their colleagues to pass the American Energy Innovation Act (AEIA), rather than leaving behind years of important bipartisan work and resigning our nation’s energy policies to at least another year without modernization.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, July 9, at 12 pm (EDT) entitled “Consumers Beware: Increased Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MEEM JANNAT, 24, of Brooklyn, New York, formerly of Waterbury, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge William I. Garfinkel to one count of one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud stemming from her role in a counterfeit check scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Ft. Lauderdale, FL. - U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn sentenced Adrian Fierros, 22, from California, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for coercing young girls into taking and sending him sexually explicit photographs and videos of themselves. Making good on a threat to one of his victims, Fierros shared nude photographs of the 11-year-old girl with six of her school friends, one of whom was nine-years-old.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2, the Democrats’ partisan infrastructure package.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: A federal criminal complaint was filed late on Friday, June 19, against a Madison County pastor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: A federal criminal complaint was filed late on Friday, June 19, against a Madison County pastor.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for proposals for research and development (R&D) projects that support DOE’s H2@Scale vision for large-scale, affordable hydrogen production, storage, distribution, and utilization across multiple sectors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Daniel Lee Rippy, 29, of Livermore, California pleaded guilty today to threatening a shooting at The Ohio State University and vowing to hurt football players. He sent the online threat during the 2018 football game between Ohio State and Michigan, which was played in Columbus.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrests in Santa Cruz, California, resulted in MS-13 gang members receiving a 30-year prison sentence and a 27-year sentence.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing titled “Better, Faster, Cheaper, Smarter, and Stronger: Infrastructure Development Opportunities to Drive Economic Recovery and Resiliency." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), slammed House Democrats for passing a partisan infrastructure bill.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Portland, Ore. - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials have updated the 2020 prohibitions regarding the use of fire-causing materials on BLM lands to include the prohibition of using metal targets throughout Oregon and Washington. This is in addition to the original prohibition of using fireworks, exploding targets, and tracer or incendiary devices. The prohibition is effective May 10, 2020, until Oct. 31, 2020.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) taking effect today.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, July 9, at 12 pm (EDT) entitled “Consumers Beware: Increased Risks During the COVID-19 Pandemic."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Northern Virginia resident was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for the distribution of heroin that resulted in the death of a Leesburg man in March 2016.
