News from March 2020
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, March 10, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue attended the School Nutrition Association’s (SNA) 48th Annual Legislative Action Conference yesterday where he participated in a fireside chat with SNA President Gay Anderson and SNA CEO Patricia Montague. The Secretary discussed...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
Release: Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the Department of Commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Laura J. Entrikin, age 60 of Boardman, Ohio, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison and one year of supervised release for using her deceased mother’s identity to steal social security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Shawn Kendall Murray, of Gainesville, Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in connection with using the identity of a U.S. citizen.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to five counts of bank robbery.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) during today’s hearing titled: “The International Role of the United State Coast Guard."
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California delivered the following statement at today's hearing on stakeholder perspectives on agricultural trade.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement today urging water utility companies across the country to avoid shutting off water service in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Department of Justice Begins First Distribution of Funds Recovered Through Asset Forfeiture to Compensate Victims of Western Union Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On March 9, 2020, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Paul Morales Castillo, age 25, of West Des Moines, to 216 months in prison for Transportation of Child Pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Morales Castillo was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term, pay $3,000 in restitution, and comply with sex offender registry requirements upon release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Marcin Stanislaw Garbacz, age 41, formerly an ordained priest assigned to the Catholic Diocese in Rapid City, South Dakota, was found guilty by a federal trial jury of 50 counts of Wire Fraud, nine counts of Money Laundering, one count of Transportation of Stolen Money, and five counts of Making and Subscribing a False Tax Return following a week-long jury trial at the federal courthouse in Rapid City.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's Public Witness Day.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: In order to maintain the highest safety standards possible, and out of an abundance of caution, Eisenhower National Historic Site staff safely removed a WWII era armament from the museum collection. The grenade had been on display since March 2018 in an exhibit at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center entitled “Eisenhower’s Leadership from Camp Colt to D-Day".
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C., March 10, 2020 – Consistent with the Commerce Department’s Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar From Mexico (the Agreement), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today notified the Department of Commerce (Commerce) of an additional need for sugar ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that China has continued its progress in implementing the U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement and has taken several additional actions to realize its agriculture-related commitments. The agreement entered ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 10, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue attended the School Nutrition Association’s (SNA) 48th Annual Legislative Action Conference yesterday where he participated in a fireside chat with SNA President Gay Anderson and SNA CEO Patricia Montague. The Secretary discussed ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 10, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced proactive flexibilities to allow meal service during school closures to minimize potential exposure to the coronavirus. You may click HERE or on the image below to watch Secretary Perdue discuss the proactive flexibilities during today’s House Appropriations hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that the Western Union Remission Fund began its first distribution of approximately $153 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. government from the Western Union Company (Western Union) to over 109,000 victims located in the United States and abroad. These victims, many of whom were elderly victims of consumer fraud and abuse, will be recovering the full amount of their losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: The 2020 National Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) Forum takes place today through Thursday at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.
