News from March 2020
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 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 Member Day.

By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) reacted to the emergency supplemental funding package for the coronavirus.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay" Pak joined Attorney General William P. Barr, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, and Chief Postal Inspector Gary R. Barksdale to announce the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. This year, prosecutors charged more than 400 defendants, far surpassing...

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulates the commercial nuclear industry-helping to ensure safe use of nuclear power and other radiological materials.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: HONOLULU, Hawaii - A federal jury yesterday found Anthony T. Williams, 48, of Nashville, Tennessee guilty of 32 counts of wire and mail fraud. The verdict followed a four-week trial before United States District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi. Sentencing is scheduled for June 24, 2020.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Madison, Alabama, man was sentenced in federal court today for enticing a 16-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, victim into engaging in illegal sexual activity.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways & Means Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., today urged Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Andrew Saul to return telework options to SSA employees amid the outbreak of COVID-19.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: 7.5 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA IN 2019.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reform: Addressing America’s Plastic Waste Crisis."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of Homeland Security...

By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulates the commercial nuclear industry-helping to ensure safe use of nuclear power and other radiological materials.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Buyer Beware: Fake and Unsafe Products on Online Marketplaces:"

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) had the following prepared remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reform: Addressing America’s Plastic Waste Crisis:"

By DOL Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, led 37 Democratic Senators in demanding that Secretary of Health and Human...

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Donald Trump has signed into law a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and John Cornyn (R-TX) to address the shortage of agricultural inspectors who protect the nation’s food supply and agricultural industry...

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor on how it's time to pass America's Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Larry Arnowitz, 66, of St. Louis, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of mail fraud related to his illegal use of campaign funds for his personal use and expenses.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the Environmental Protection Agency.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 4, 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 hearing on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after voting in favor of an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to address the coronavirus (COVID-19)...