News from June 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery for the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “On the Front Line: How Governors are Battling the COVID-19 Pandemic" are enclosed below...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: Oklahoma Contractors to Pay $2.8 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Fraudulently Obtained Small Business Contracts.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “On the Front Lines: How Governors are Battling the COVID-19 Pandemic."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 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 a number recommendations related to testing and surveillance that officials should consider to better position the country for any future spikes in COVID-19 infections.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: Justin E. Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that Jayvon Wynne, age 25, of Toledo, has been sentenced to a term of 240 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to federal charges including drug conspiracy, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: Pharmacy Shut Down and Ordered to Pay $250,000 in Community Restitution and Forfeiture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: LONDON, Ky. Chris Michael Moberly, 33, and Caitlin Sue Maggard, 31, both from Lexington, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday, before U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, for their roles in conspiring to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery for the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “On the Front Line: How Governors are Battling the COVID-19 Pandemic" are enclosed below...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued guidance that includes recommended actions to protect agriculture workers from exposure to the coronavirus.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III, today sentenced Ceasar Vaughan, age 27, of Baltimore, to 63 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, June 9, at 12 p.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Pollution and Pandemics: COVID-19’s Disproportionate Impact on Environmental Justice Communities."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, “On the Front Lines: How Governors are Battling the COVID-19 Pandemic."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on June 1, 2020, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida,.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on May 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Michael Tom Lindsey (Lindsey) of Bernice, La., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: Recipients include: El Paso County Sheriff's Office; Socorro Police Department; City of Temple; and San Antonio Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister today announced grants for law enforcement agencies in Kansas to hire officers.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Twenty-four Democratic Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai urging him to delay a vote on a Declaratory Ruling that would limit local governments‘ role in the deployment of wireless infrastructure.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, June 9, at 12 p.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “Pollution and Pandemics: COVID-19’s Disproportionate Impact on Environmental Justice Communities."
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2020
News Release: BOISE, ID - As wildfire activity increases across the American West and Alaska, the Bureau of Land Management is responding. The BLM has mobilized wildland firefighters and aviation support to incidents in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado and other states, with the goal of catching wildfires before they grow into large, problematic incidents.
