News published on Federal Newswire in June 2020

News from June 2020


News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced today that MARLON TORRES-HERRERA, age 50, an El Salvadorian national, pled guilty on June 24, 2020 to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a) before U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance.


News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Daitwaun Fair, age 33, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 102 months (eight and one-half years) in prison in connection with his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (“crack cocaine"), possession with intent...


News Release: Chinese National Guilty of Laundering Millions for Mexican Drug Cartels.


Temporary TSA PreCheck™ Application Center to open for appointments At Philadelphia International Airport for one week in July

Release: PHILADELPHIA - Residents of the Philadelphia area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck™ Application Program inside Philadelphia International Airport from July 20 to 24, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in Terminal B.


News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Andrew Reed Cumbie, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for a failure to register charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Keith Edward Ross, of Oak Hill, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for heroin distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.


Glendale Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud for Role in Credit Card ‘Bust-Out’ Scheme Used to Buy Cemetery Plots, Luxury Cars

News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Glendale man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges that he led a series of scams, including “bust-out" schemes where he and others fraudulently charged millions of dollars to credit cards sometimes opened with “synthetic identities" and later used them to buy luxury cars and cemetery plots that he sold for profit.


News Release: Larissa L. Knapp Named Assistant Director of the Security Division.


Cromwell Man Involved in Auto Loan Fraud Scheme Receives Additional Prison Time

News Release: Supervised release violation results in total sentence of 4 years of imprisonment.


Pallone Floor Remarks on the Patient Protection and  Affordable Care Enhancement Act

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor today in support of H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act...


Pallone on Supreme Court’s June Medical Decision Upholding Abortion Access Rights

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in June Medical Services L. L. C. v. Russo that strikes down a Louisiana law severely limiting access to abortion...


Russian national pleads guilty for role in transnational cybercrime organization responsible for more than $568 million in losses

News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nevada - One of the leaders of the Infraud Organization pleaded guilty Friday to Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization Action (RICO) conspiracy following an investigation lead by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Henderson, Nevada Police Department.


Walden Statement on Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act.


Walden Statement on Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act.


News Release: Notes now available for classification and delineation of urban areas in a census, and coding write-in responses in a census.


Pallone on Supreme Court’s June Medical Decision Upholding Abortion Access Rights

News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in June Medical Services L. L. C. v. Russo that strikes down a Louisiana law severely limiting access to abortion...


Walden Statement on Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act.


TSA officers at Hollywood Burbank Airport discover loaded firearm in traveler’s carry-on luggage

Release: BURBANK, Calif. - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Hollywood Burbank Airport detected a loaded firearm in a carry-on bag Sunday afternoon during the routine X-ray screening at the security checkpoint.


U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $400,000 in CARES Act Funding to Boost Economic Development Programs Critical to Helping Southern Maine Respond to Coronavirus

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission, Saco, Maine, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.


Foxx: "No innovation, investment, or solutions, just more of the failed status quo from House Democrats"

News Release: Today, House Democrats passed H.R. 1425, a socialist health care scheme that doubles down on the failures of the Affordable Care Act, limits access to new medicines and cures, and will contribute to skyrocketing healthcare costs.