News from March 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Wilford Richard Tracy was sentenced to 63 months of imprisonment on March 11, 2020. Tracy pled guilty to the bank robbery charge in December 2019. United States District Court Judge Callie V. Granade imposed the sentence and ordered that when Tracy is released from imprisonment, he will serve three years of supervised release and refrain from frequenting any gaming establishment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The City of San Clemente has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States to ensure that individuals with disabilities have equal access to its transportation program, the Department of Justice announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today made the following statement on the Russian State Duma voting to allow President Vladimir Putin to continue his presidency for two more six-year terms, until 2036...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee markup of H.R. 6160, a bill to extend the authorization for the Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Standards (CFATS) program, and H.R. 5544, the American Innovation and Manufacturing Leadership Act...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 12, 2020 - Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their 2019 crop year elections for and enrollment in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs must schedule an appointment to do so with their local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) by Monday, March 16.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of the Interior celebrates the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump signing into law the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (P.L. 116-9). The Dingell Act is the single most important public lands management law to be passed in over a decade. The Act:.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Following President Trump signing the bipartisan Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (H.R. 4998 ) into law to help secure America’s telecommunications supply chain, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Roberta Gorman has been selected as the new structural fire prevention program manager for the National Park Service (NPS) Structural Fire Program under the Division of Fire and Aviation Management (DFAM). In her new role, Roberta will be responsible for the Structural Fire Prevention Program, which centers on the preservation of life and the protection of NPS buildings and their contents from structure fires.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) prepared remarks at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee markup of two bills on Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program and Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - As part of a multistate investigation, two San Gabriel Valley residents were arrested this morning on federal charges that allege they orchestrated a scheme in which Chinese nationals paid up to $60,000 to enter into sham marriages with United States citizens in the hope of obtaining lawful permanent resident status - commonly called getting a "Green Card" - that would allow them to legally reside in the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) praises the confirmation of James Danly, to serve as a commissioner with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County man was arrested today for defrauding lenders and corporations of millions of dollars by impersonating two bank executives interested in funding syndicated loans for global companies, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A defendant known as “Shadow" was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 30 years in prison for participating in a racketeering conspiracy and murder through the use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A California lawyer and former Rialto Police officer was sentenced this afternoon to 24 months in federal prison for possessing unregistered firearms, silencers and a hand grenade inside his pickup truck during a law enforcement stop.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Due to rain and flash flood activity on March 12, 2020, park officials have closed Pinto Basin Road, all dirt roads, and the Joshua Tree Visitor Center at this time. Additional roads and infrastructure in the park are subject to closure due to weather impacts. The Keys Ranch Tour will be canceled tomorrow.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee markup of H.R. 6160, a bill to extend the authorization for the Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Standards (CFATS) program, and H.R. 5544, the American Innovation and Manufacturing Leadership Act...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Following President Trump signing the bipartisan Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (H.R. 4998 ) into law to help secure America’s telecommunications supply chain, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to introduce the Cover Crop Flexibility Act of 2020 (S. 3479 ), legislation to permanently remove the prohibition on ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Following President Trump signing their bipartisan Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (H.R. 4998 ) into law to help secure America’s telecommunications supply chain, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), and Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement...
