News from September 2020
By DOE Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $24 million in funding for 2 projects as part of the first stage of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. These ...
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Shawnee man was sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison for buying a membership to access a child pornography site on the internet, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, he was fined $5,000 under the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) sent a letter to U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller Gene L. Dodaro requesting that the GAO investigate...
By EPA 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: NASHVILLE, TN-The FBI Memphis Field Office-Nashville Resident Agency is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown female believed to be related to the “Felony Lane Gang" (FLG), a group of organized burglary and identity theft rings originating in South Florida and operating in multiple jurisdictions throughout the U.S...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) released the following statement on Committee Democrats’ continued attempts to politicize the search for a COVID-19 vaccine and the administration’s response efforts.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: The legislation is inspired by principles authored by the bipartisan Western Governors' Association to prioritize recovery and elevate the role of states in conservation efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that two defendants, SCOTT ROBINSON and SARAH IZHAKI, each pled guilty today to conspiring to unlawfully distribute adulterated and misbranded drugs for the purpose of doping racehorses in connection with...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, couple who owned and operated construction businesses in Morris County admitted their roles in filing false tax returns that failed to report all their personal income, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that on Friday, September 4, 2020 TERRAN WILLIAMS, a/k/a “Funky," age 22, and ALLEN GRAY, a/k/a “Kyedi," age 24, both residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged in a sealed three-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Kevin Ronny Williams Masqueraded as a Letter Carrier and Used Postal Key to Steal Mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of a 16-count indictment charging Steven Chun (57, Sarasota) and Daniel Tondre (50, Tampa) with conspiring to pay and receiving kickbacks in connection with prescribing a fentanyl spray. Chun is also charged with five counts...
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: 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 Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced that 52 organizations - including nonprofits, institutions of higher education, and entrepreneurship-focused organizations - from 36 states will receive grants totaling $35 million to support entrepreneurship, acceleration of company growth, and increased access to risk capital across regional economies.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s refusal to hand over documents related to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) denial of an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request to use hydroxychloroquine for certain COVID-19 patients...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s refusal to hand over documents related to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) denial of an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) request to use hydroxychloroquine for certain COVID-19 patients...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on September 8, 2020, United States District Judge Lynn Adelman sentenced Alberto Fernandez Ramirez (51) and Ana Delia Dominguez (45), of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to 24 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining...
By DOE 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:"
