News from September 2020
By DOE Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette joined Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Lisa Murkowski in announcing the reestablishment of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Arctic Energy Office (AEO), which will be located on the campus of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
By EPA 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: OKLAHOMA CITY - A federal jury has found DOMINIC EUGENE HUNT, 26, of Oklahoma City, guilty of numerous firearms, ammunition, and drug-related charges after five years of criminal conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
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 the following statement after the Committee passed H.R. 7548, the Made in America: Preparation for a Pandemic Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jerry Twaddle, 40, of Carlsbad, New Mexico, was sentenced on Sept. 9 in federal court to 20 years in prison on drug trafficking charges.
By EPA 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 DOE 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: CAMDEN, N.J. - Three former executives of a Louisiana compounding pharmacy are charged in a 24-count indictment with using the pharmacy to defraud New Jersey and military health benefits programs, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Washington - The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $7 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in South Carolina. This investment is part of the $550 million Congress allocated to the second round of the ReConnect Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jean R. Lavanture, a/k/a Rudy Lavanture, age 47, of Saugerties, New York, was arrested today on a bank fraud complaint alleging that he fraudulently obtained nearly $5 million in government-backed loans meant for businesses struggling with the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic. FBI agents arrested Lavanture this morning at a 8.54-acre New Jersey estate that he is alleged to have bought with the fraudulently obtained funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: A doctor of osteopathic medicine who formerly worked at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Beckley, West Virginia, pleaded guilty today to three counts of depriving veterans of their civil rights under color of law by sexually abusing them.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: CHICAGO - A Naperville man was arrested today on a federal child pornography charge for allegedly enticing an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photos of himself.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: DETROIT - The United States Attorney’s Office will convene a community webinar on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Speakers at the webinar will talk about Sextortion. Sextortion is a type of online child exploitation where victims are coerced into providing sexually explicit images or videos often in compliance...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Two Contractors Charged with Bribery, Two More to Plead Guilty, Including One Who Will Cooperate with Authorities.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah - On Sept. 21, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cedar City Field Office will begin gather operations to remove excess wild horses from within and outside of the Frisco Herd Management Area (HMA) in western Utah. The gather is expected to last approximately eight days.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that 15 more schools have been selected to participate in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Defendants Also Charged with Additional Campaign Finance Crimes in the Superseding Indictment.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) 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 (NIL), and other related matters.
By EPA 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 DOE 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.
