News from May 2020
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Kenneth Donnell Hoffman, age 43, of District Heights, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, including crack cocaine, for possession...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Director Wray Honors Fallen Law Enforcement Partners During National Police Week.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 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) announced the subcommittee’s agenda to ensure American leadership in emerging technology to beat China and other challenges to global competitiveness.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D., today calling attention to the need to further protect food production workers from...
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA) applauded the introduction of H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, in the House of Representatives today. The Chairmen of the three Committees worked...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to call for a hearing on racial disparities reported in COVID-19 outcomes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: St. Louis, Missouri - A federal grand jury in Cape Girardeau, Missouri indicted Nicholas J. Proffitt, 42, for his conduct in connection with the April 24, 2020 fire at the Cape Girardeau Islamic Center. The indictment charges Proffitt with damaging religious property because of the property’s religious character, using fire to commit a federal felony, and damaging a building used in interstate commerce through the use of fire.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) released a joint statement today following reports that Blue Flame Medical LLC repeatedly failed to deliver on contracts to provide medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) to state and local governments...
By US DOT Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member, and U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR), the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Ranking Member, released the following joint statement on the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Rodrigo Santos was charged in a criminal complaint with bank fraud in connection with a scheme to divert into his personal bank account funds that his clients intended to be paid to the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (“DBI") and other city departments, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) detailed in a letter how Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) has failed to follow committee procedures, from not notifying Republicans on the committee of the hearing before it was announced on Twitter, to failing to follow the committee’s processes and precedents in preparing for the hearing to hear Dr. Bright’s testimony.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D., today calling attention to the need to further protect food production workers from...
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 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) announced the subcommittee’s agenda to ensure American leadership in emerging technology to beat China and other challenges to global competitiveness.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced today that JOSE ARMANDO VILLALOBOS (“VILLALOBOS"), age 49, a citizen of El Salvador, was sentenced on April 30, 2020 to serve (12) months in Federal Prison on a one-count indictment for preventing or hampering his departure from the United States after he was ordered removed by a U.S. Immigration Court in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1253(a)(1)(C).
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) applauded the introduction of The Heroes Act in the House of Representatives, which includes their “COVID-19 Price Gouging Prevention Act," introduced last month. If enacted, the legislation will protect Americans from price gougers during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to call for a hearing on racial disparities reported in COVID-19 outcomes.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) sent a letter to Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) to call for a hearing on racial disparities reported in COVID-19 outcomes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ROBERT GLENN HENNESSEY, age 67, a resident of New Jersey, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to exporting from Louisiana into New Jersey, 25 common box turtles, from May 19, 2017 to June 14, 2017. United States District Court Judge Greg G. Guidry sentenced HENNESSEY to twelve (12) months of probation and ordered him to pay a $2,000 fine as well as a $100 special assessment fee.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) applauded the introduction of H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, in the House of Representatives today. The legislation...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after The Heroes Act was introduced in the House of Representatives...
