News from September 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Democrats held yet another hearing on their conspiracy theory about the Postal Service. Instead of holding a meaningful hearing to discuss real reform to improve the Postal Service’s operations, fiscal sustainability and service to Americans, Democrats held another partisan hearing to speculate and make unsubstantiated claims about the Postmaster General and invited no witnesses from the Postal Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Florida man was arrested earlier this month in Wisconsin on charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A Princeton woman pled guilty to conspiring with another person to distribute child pornography, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Elizabeth Kaye Haway, 43, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: The Cleveland Division of the FBI Announce the Arrest of Ronald E. Grab.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: A Birmingham jewelry buyer, auctioneer and appraiser pleaded guilty today to devising and executing a scheme to obtain money by means of false material promises and representations from a client in the course of his business, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 14, 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), released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that it has denied small refineries' petitions for hardship relief under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Small refineries filed the petitions in response to a ruling by a federal court in January of this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Co-defendant Pleaded Guilty in July. CAMDEN, N.J. - A Texas woman today admitted her role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Cristina Godinez, 36, of San Antonio, Texas, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez to an...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites Idahoans to show their nearly 12 million acres of public lands in the Gem State some love. How? By participating in one of the 13 in-person or virtual National Public Lands Day events that will be held in September and October!
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Fall River County, South Dakota, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 14, 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), released the following statement on the Department of Commerce's preliminary deal to limit Russian uranium imports through 2040. The Department of Commerce previously found the Russian Federation was undercutting the uranium market, which harms America's uranium producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. Attorney John W. Huber announced today that three Utah school districts are receiving funding through the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP). SVPP provides up to 75 percent funding for school safety measures in and around primary and secondary schools and school grounds.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) called for an immediate briefing with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar following a series of alarming new reports detailing ongoing efforts by Trump...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) called for an immediate briefing with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar following a series of alarming new reports detailing ongoing efforts by Trump...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the House of Representatives passed several critical, good government bills to improve and clarify current federal government operations. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, issued the following statement in response to Assistant to the President and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro refusing to testify before the Subcommittee about...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade, announced a new report from the nonpartisan U.S.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Today, House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray sent a letter urging Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) called for an immediate briefing with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar following a series of alarming new reports detailing ongoing efforts by Trump...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYRELL COX-HENDERSON, 27, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final rule today amending the agency's crane standard. The final rule will maintain safety and health protections for workers, while reducing compliance burdens.
