News from May 2020
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) announced that the Committee has hired Kelly Marie Fay Rodríguez to join the Trade Subcommittee staff supporting the Committee’s oversight of the Trump Administration’s implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Overview: The “Careless" Act-Democrats’ Recipe for a Prolonged Recession.
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has announced its intention to commit approximately $81 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects through the release of the draft funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0002180, Design Development...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Founder and CEO of Iranian Financial Services Firm Extradited on Money Laundering, Wire Fraud, and Conspiracy Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Dr. Leonard Marino claimed to have used some of the more than $1M in unreported income to pay extortion money to a known associate of organized crime.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Torrey, UT - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Capitol Reef National Park is increasing recreational access. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, May 18, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Colorado, Missouri, and Wyoming have 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 18, 2020
News Release: Today, Attorney General William P. Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray announced significant developments in the FBI’s investigation of the December 6, 2019 shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola that killed three U.S. sailors and severely wounded eight other Americans. On Jan. 13, 2020, Attorney...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management issued the draft environmental assessment for a proposed magnesium/dolomite quarry mine in Luna County. The BLM will host a virtual public meeting on May 28 from 5 to 7 p.m., which will provide the public with the opportunity to learn more about the EA, discuss it with specialists, ask questions, and submit comments on the document.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - United States Attorney Nick Hanna is asking anyone who has witnessed or experienced sexual harassment by a landlord, property manager, maintenance worker, or anyone with control over housing to report that conduct to the Department of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Prince William County man with 14 prior felony convictions has been arrested and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Chino real estate agent pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for coordinating a scheme that used millions of dollars to purchase nine residential homes in San Bernardino County that were then converted into illegal marijuana grow houses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on May 15, 2020, United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Jason Rodriguez, age 25, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to 18 months’ imprisonment and a three-year term of supervised release, for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - CHRISTA DAWN JACKSON, 46, of Tuttle, has been sentenced to serve 48 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $1.2 million from her employer through wire fraud and 24 months for signing a false federal income tax return, with the sentences to be served concurrently, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Blue Flame Medical LLC today with a series of questions following reports that the company failed to follow through on contracts to provide critical medical...
By EPA Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Blue Flame Medical LLC today with a series of questions following reports that the company failed to follow through on contracts to provide critical medical...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Colton resident and her boyfriend have been arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging they collected ransom money as part of a kidnapping conspiracy where California residents were kidnapped in Mexico and two of them were murdered, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: FBI Director Christopher Wray’s Remarks at Press Conference Regarding Naval Air Station Pensacola Shooting Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the unsealing of a six-count federal indictment against SEYED SAJJAD SHAHIDIAN, 33, VAHID VALI, 33, and PAYMENT24 for conducting financial transactions in violation of U.S. sanctions against...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Misty Mecham, 31, of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced May 18, 2020 to 60 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. There is no parole in the federal system. Upon her release from prison, she will serve four years of supervised release.
