News from September 2020
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the House passed four bipartisan Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee bills.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed four consumer protection and commerce bills...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City police officer today admitted to conspiring to defraud Jersey City by obtaining compensation for off-duty work that she did not perform, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - This week, federal, state and local law enforcement in the Pine Belt executed arrest warrants in and around Hattiesburg and Forrest County, including a number of individuals indicted and arrested on federal criminal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Samuel Chavez, 61, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court today to 16 years and eight months in prison for kidnapping and firearms charges. Chavez pleaded guilty on Nov. 18, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Thirteen members of a drug trafficking organization were indicted by a federal grand jury for trafficking significant quantities of cocaine and fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement after the House unanimously passed three bills to strengthen the cybersecurity of our electric grid and other energy infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jonathan “Baby G" Gomez, a member of the Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico prison gang, pleaded guilty on Sept. 25 to a racketeer influenced and corrupt organization (RICO) indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for cocaine trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to being a felon in possession of a semi-automatic pistol.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Newport, Arkansas, to construct an information technology training center that will assist...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC -Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the House passed four bipartisan Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan), a New York, New York-based global banking and financial services firm, has entered into a resolution with the Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges related to two distinct schemes to defraud: the first involving tens of thousands of episodes of unlawful trading...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass the American Competitiveness on More Productive Emerging Tech Economy (American COMPETE) Act. The bipartisan bill, led by Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement after the House unanimously passed three bills to strengthen the cybersecurity of our electric grid and other energy infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man who trafficked methamphetamine in the metro Kansas City area was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Judge Ronnie L. White sentenced Miles Davis to 51 months in prison. The 36-year-old St. Louis resident pleaded guilty to one count of felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of possession with intent to distribute.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed three energy bills...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today they will invite new airports to participate in the Preclearance program for the first time since 2016. Interested foreign airports may apply for Preclearance by submitting an application through the CBP website.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2020
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Following jury selection, as his trial was about to begin, Franshon Stapleton, 47, entered pleas of guilty to sex trafficking young women in Central Illinois from 2016 to May 2018. Stapleton pleaded guilty to all the charges against him on Sept. 28, 2020, in Peoria, Ill., before U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid. Sentencing for Stapleton has been scheduled on Jan. 29, 2021.
