News from July 2020
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is increasing recreational access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today released the second pillar of the Second Wave Preparedness Project with recommendations officials should consider in order to better prepare to produce and distribute a vaccine and new therapies for COVID-19.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $100 million in funding for 10 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a twenty-first-century energy economy and strengthen U.S. economic leadership and energy security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Civil Rights Conference Call. Today, July 1, 2020, SAC Brown participated in a conference call facilitated by Game Changers’ Christopher 2X. Speaking with young adults and U.S. Senator Rand Paul afforded us the opportunity to start a broader conversation with the public on the FBI’s role in investigating...
By DOE 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 Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced that the Full Committee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, July 8, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on the growing health, environmental and accessibility needs of tribal communities across the country. The hearing is entitled, “Addressing the Urgent Needs of Our Tribal Communities."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Krystian Zarate was sentenced to 10 years (120 months) in prison for conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 30-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, Ranking Members Greg Walden (R-OR) and Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise (R-LA) to set the record straight in response to the release of Senate Democrats’ report blaming the Trump Administration for America’s nursing home crisis in clear ignorance of the facts...
By State Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the hearing with Under Secretary of State for Management Brian Bulatao as part of the Committee’s investigation into the firing of former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick...
By Commerce 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: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to over 10 years in prison for his execution of a $7 million investment fraud scheme he operated for nearly a decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A West Hills man was arrested this morning on federal charges alleging he started a fire that caused substantial damage to the Sake House by Hikari in Santa Monica on May 31.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) released statements after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s watchdog released its report, “Timeline of Activities Leading...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Carthage, Missouri, husband and wife have pleaded guilty in federal court to their involvement in a four-year-long scheme to embezzle from a Joplin, Missouri, business owner.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: Charged With Receiving Child Pornography. HAMMOND - Brian Kunze, age 31, of Valparaiso, Indiana, was charged by criminal Complaint with receiving child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. According to documents in the case, Mr. Kunze, a former Wheeler High School teacher, used...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A California woman was sentenced today to two years in prison for running a scheme to defraud Iranian nationals out of over $120,000 in exchange for guaranteed United States immigration benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, DEA Chicago Division, announced today that on June 23, 2020, pediatrician Jonathon W. Cavins, 42, of Lebanon, Indiana, surrendered “For Cause" his DEA controlled substances registration. Cavins was recently sentenced to the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) following a guilty verdict in a jury trial for child molestation charges. This investigation was prosecuted by the Boone County, Indiana, Prosecutor’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that GARY R. GIBBS (“GIBBS"), age 66, a resident of Niceville, Florida, was charged today with conspiracy to defraud First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2020
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Tracy Wright Jr., age 25, of Crossett, Arkansas, was sentenced on June 30, 2020 to 70 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for one count of being a Felon In Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
