News from May 2020
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that the Full Committee will hold a teleconference forum on Friday, May 8, at 12 pm (EDT) on COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and surveillance.
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a teleconference forum on Monday, May 11, at 12 p.m. (EDT) with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph J. Simons to discuss critical consumer protection issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a teleconference forum on Monday, May 11, at 12 p.m. (EDT) with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph J. Simons to discuss critical consumer protection issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On May 7, 2020, United States District Senior Judge James E. Gritzner sentenced Tofyk Ali Oro, age 32, a former resident of Texas, to 30 months in prison for Access Device Fraud Conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. On Dec. 12, 2019, Senior Judge Gritzner sentenced...
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s May 2020 Total Water Supply Available (TWSA) forecast for the Yakima basin indicates the water supply will fully satisfy senior water rights, while the junior water rights will be limited to an estimated 91% of their full entitlements this irrigation season.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: UPDATE. The indictment in this case has been dismissed pursuant to a pretrial diversion agreement. PITTSBURGH - A New York resident was arrested and criminally charged for his role in allegedly advertising and selling stolen COVID-19 testing services for $135 to $200, falsely claiming that he was connected...
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced the Kansas recipients of the first round of funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect Broadband program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On May 7, 2020, United States District Senior Judge James E. Gritzner sentenced Tofyk Ali Oro, age 32, a former resident of Texas, to 30 months in prison for Access Device Fraud Conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. On Dec. 12, 2019, Senior Judge Gritzner sentenced...
By EPA Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced that the Full Committee will hold a teleconference forum on Friday, May 8, at 12 pm (EDT) on COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and surveillance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ismael Huazo-Jardinez, 34, a Mexican citizen previously residing in Yuba City, pleaded guilty today to a charge of possessing a firearm while being an alien unlawfully in the United States, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: President’s Continued Regulatory Relief Is Helping Medical Providers Defeat COVID-19-Let’s Make It Permanent.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - The U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force arrested Jerry Lee Vickers, 72, of Martinsburg, West Virginia.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Researchers will soon have access to the full genomic sequences for 23 marine mammal species preserved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), thanks to an ongoing collaboration between NIST and a scientific consortium called the DNA Zoo.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, released new information detailing how federal officials failed to conduct effective coronavirus screenings of passengers entering the United States from Italy and South Korea during a period of rapid expansion in coronavirus cases in those countries.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - David Clay Fowlkes, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Eugene Blackwood, age 47, of Westville, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 146 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) carrier will make his initial appearance today on charges that he stole from the mail prescription drugs issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Daniel Jimenez, 32, of Clovis, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque on May 6 to three years in prison for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a firearm not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Like people, some plants handle stress better than others.
By USDA Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on April 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Justin Harless (Harless) of Hattiesburg, Miss., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Lonnie J. Gardner, Jr. 32 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to Hobbs Act robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
