News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Christopher Longo, 38, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography. United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Longo to 144 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison, Longo will serve a 10-year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: International Sex Trafficking Organization Forced Young Women and Girls from Mexico into Prostitution in the United States for More Than a Decade.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement after the House passed a bipartisan bill by unanimous consent to extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (CFATS).
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement after the House passed a bipartisan bill by unanimous consent to extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (CFATS).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: In advance of House consideration later today, House Democrats have released the text of the bipartisan Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The legislation is expected to be considered on the Floor under suspension of the rules.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives voted in favor of passing H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Pallone is an original co-sponsor of the bill and helped draft key provisions, including a...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following President Donald J. Trump’s memorandum on the availability of respirators during the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued new temporary guidance regarding the enforcement of OSHA’s Respiratory Protection standard. This guidance is aimed at ensuring healthcare workers have full access to needed N95 respiratory protection in light of anticipated shortages.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: In advance of House consideration later today, House Democrats have released the text of the bipartisan Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The legislation is expected to be considered on the Floor under suspension of the rules.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement after the House passed a bipartisan bill by unanimous consent to extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (CFATS).
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives voted in favor of passing H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Pallone is an original co-sponsor of the bill and helped draft key provisions, including a...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives voted in favor of passing H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Pallone is an original co-sponsor of the bill and helped draft key provisions, including a...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: Finally, CR-SNAP gives broad discretion to the Agriculture Secretary to provide much more flexibility for states to manage SNAP caseloads, including more time between periodic reports; allowing more methods of issuance; and a simplified interview process.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON – In order to help prevent the spread of travel-related cases of coronavirus in the United States, today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf issued a Notice of Arrival Restrictions outlining the process for American citizens, legal permanent residents, and their immediate families who are returning home after recently visiting certain European countries (listed below), China, and Iran.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 13, 2020 – Low-income Tennesseans recovering from recent tornadoes could be eligible for assistance from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), announced today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 13, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue yesterday swore in Devon Westhill to serve as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. Following the swearing in, Secretary Perdue issued this statement: “We are excited to ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 13, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued this statement following President Donald J. Trump’s Declaration of a National Emergency in response to the COVID-19 outbreak: “President Trump continues to take decisive action to ensure the safety, security, and ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 13, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after the Canadian Parliament approved the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): “USMCA is a great victory for America’s agriculture industry, and I am pleased to see Canada’s Parliament ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice has charged a New York resident with knowingly providing lists of potential victims to fraudulent mass-mailing schemes that tricked consumers into paying fees for falsely promised cash prizes and purportedly personalized “psychic” services, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Federal officials announced a civil settlement with Plains All American Pipeline L.P. and Plains Pipeline L.P. (Plains) arising out of Plains’ violations of the federal pipeline safety laws and liability for the May 19, 2015, discharge of approximately 2,934 barrels of crude oil from Plains’ Line 901 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: A federal grand jury in Indianapolis, Indiana, returned a 12-count indictment against two officers – Joseph Chase Winkle, 34, and Jeremy Gibson, 30 – and one sergeant, Joseph Krejsa, 50, of the Muncie Police Department for their roles in using excessive force against arrestees and attempting to cover ...
