News from September 2020
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on the growing prevalence of online extremism and social media’s role in its rapid spread. The hearing is entitled, “Mainstreaming Extremism: Social Media’s Role in Radicalizing America."
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management Taos Field Office has adjusted the hours of operation for the Santa Cruz Lake Recreation Area for the upcoming fall season. The hours of operation for day-use will be Thursday through Sunday, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. The area will remain closed Monday through Wednesday.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 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, released the following statement in response to a vaccine distribution plan released by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Defrauded clients in securities and investment fraud scheme.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Los Alamos County, New Mexico, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Promises Made, Promises Kept: Connecting Americans for Future Generations."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 23-year-old Joaquin, Texas man has been sentenced for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Trump FCC: Four Years of Lost Opportunities:"
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to a group of 15 stakeholders today requesting their input regarding whether and how collegiate athletes should be compensated for the use of their name, image and likeness...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - Edward “Eddie" Okenica, who exploited dozens of girls online for his own sexual gratification, has been sentenced to 28 years of imprisonment after pleading guilty to multiple counts of producing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar following up on recent press reports that call into question Azar’s prior congressional testimony on the Trump Administration’s family separation policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that Bruce Wayne Ford, 47, New Palestine, Indiana, has been charged with eleven counts of securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued this statement following the Committee’s passage of H.R. 8109, the Nonpartisan Postmaster General Act...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: America's Conservation Enhancement Act will reauthorize or establish several important government wildlife conservation programs.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
Release: BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at a Tri-Cities Airport (TRI) checkpoint this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: BILLINGS-A Laurel man was arraigned today on an indictment alleging he attempted to illegally obtain $35,000 from the Paycheck Protection Program, a federal loan program created through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to help businesses struggling with the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: A Cedar Rapids man who illegally possessed a different firearm on multiple occasions was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statements after the Senate unanimously passed America's Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act. The ACE Act language passed the Senate in the form of a substitute amendment that was negotiated with the House of Representatives. The legislation will now go to the House of Representatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in connection with an armed robbery of a T-Mobile store in Brockton, where multiple gunshots were fired at Brockton Police Officers during a high-speed chase.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Catherine Perry sentenced Abayomi Martin to 15 months in prison. The 43-year-old Lake St. Louis resident pleaded guilty, in March, to one count of wire fraud relative to a scheme to defraud and obtain money from Dallas Cowboy’s player Brandon Carr. Martin was also ordered to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $261,194.71.
