News from May 2020
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) react to the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act introduced by House and Senate Democrats.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the House Floor in support of H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted a Chicago man for allegedly trafficking fentanyl-laced heroin and illegally possessing a loaded assault rifle while on parole from a previous drug conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: OXFORD, Miss. - A Horn Lake man has been sentenced to serve 21 years in federal prison following his convictions for multiple gun and drug crimes. A jury convicted Dan V. Sharp, 39, formerly of Memphis, Tennessee and Horn Lake, Mississippi, of 15 counts of federal gun and drug charges following a four-day...
By DOE Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) react to the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act introduced by House and Senate Democrats.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: A Waco man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for a scheme that deceived numerous victims, including several former law enforcement, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 50-year-old Gregory Parris to 30 years in federal prison for distribution and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Charleroi, PA, has pleaded guilty to federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man will make his initial appearance today on charges of producing and distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) Units of Western Pennsylvania - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Flight 93 National Memorial, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Friendship Hill National Historic Site and Johnstown Flood National Memorial are increasing recreational access.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation seeks public input on the B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project, a proposed project that would raise the height of B.F. Sisk Dam by 10 feet to create an additional 120,000 acre-feet of storage in San Luis Reservoir.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 14, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from Wyoming to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow Wyoming to expedite the implementation of online purchasing...
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 14, 2020) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a final rule updating and modernizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) biotechnology regulations under the Plant Protection Act. The Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient ...
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Since October 2019, USDA has invested $744 Million to bring high-speed broadband e-Connectivity to 172,000 households across 34 states WASHINGTON, May 14, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA is investing more than $500,000 to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Iowa. This investment is part of USDA’s round one investments through the ReConnect Pilot Program.
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: USDA is expanding access to innovative online food purchase program (Washington, D.C., May 14, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from Wyoming to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This ...
By USDA Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Pandemic EBT to Feed Children during COVID-19 National Emergency (Washington, D.C., May 14, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced New Hampshire has been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman of the Northern District of Ohio, and FBI Cleveland Special Agent in Charge Eric B. Smith announced a former Cleveland Clinic employee was arrested yesterday without incident by law enforcement and had his initial court appearance today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: A federal court in Muskogee, Oklahoma, entered a temporary restraining order halting the sale of an unapproved colloidal silver product to treat COVID-19, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Fed Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Financial circumstances were generally positive for most adults at the end of 2019. However, the Federal Reserve Board's latest Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households, Featuring Supplemental Data from April 2020, found that financial conditions changed dramatically for people who experienced job loss or reduced hours during March 2020 as the spread of COVID-19 intensified in the United States.
By Commerce News Now | May 14, 2020
News Release: Introduced by White House AAPI Commissioner Prem Parameswaran, Group Chief Financial Officer and President of Eros International Plc’s North America Operations Thank you, Prem, for the kind introduction, and for your steadfast leadership of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific ...
