News from September 2020
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 327,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2020/2021 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Hines, Ore. - On Sept. 21, 2020, the Bureau of Land Management plans to begin a wild horse gather by helicopter on private property within and outside of the South Steens Herd Management Area (HMA) in Harney County, located about six miles south of the small town of Frenchglen, Oregon. The HMA contains...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig sentenced Justin McGee to 18 years in prison for robbing a dozen businesses. The 39-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty in February to 12 robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, attorney who allegedly fraudulently obtained nearly $9 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans has been indicted, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a hearing titled “Stakeholder Reactions: The Navigable Waters Protection Rule under the Clean Water Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA - The City of Atlanta’s former Chief Financial Officer, Jimmie “Jim" A. Beard, has been charged in an eight-count federal indictment with wire fraud, theft from the government, possession of machine guns, making a false statement, and obstructing federal tax laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Dennis Daniels, 69, of Romulus, NY, with two counts of mail fraud. The charges carry a maximum of penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
Release: Washington, DC, Sept. 16, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of assistance for residents and agricultural producers affected by recent wildfires.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing titled; “Stakeholder Reactions: The Navigable Waters Protection Rule under the Clean Water Act." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering the sale of two small parcels of public land to resolve longstanding residential encroachments near the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Opportunities for an Equitable, Low-Carbon Recovery:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - Antwan Johnson, an inmate at the USP Lee in Jonesville, Virginia, was sentenced earlier this month for unlawfully possessing a weapon inside the prison, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) has formally established its steering committee with the signing of participation agreements by Boeing, ColdQuanta, Google, IBM, QC Ware and Zapata Computing. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee legislative hearing entitled, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Opportunities for an Equitable, Low-Carbon Recovery."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald for the District of Minnesota today announced that ABDELHAMID AL-MADIOUM, 23, of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, has been charged by indictment with providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Finance Ranking Member...
By State Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently spoke with Keir Simmons of the TODAY Show to discuss yesterday’s Abraham Accords signing ceremony at the White House.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
Release: Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2020-The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing changes to the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) regulations to reduce the administrative burden for research facilities, while ensuring that research animals ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Dominican Republic national was sentenced today to 32 months in prison for illegally using the identity of another person to fraudulently obtain a U.S. passport, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Sept. 15, 2020, David A. Hay (age: 40) most recently of Brooklyn, New York, entered a guilty plea to a charge of receiving child pornography.
