News from September 2020
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: U.S. Accountant in Panama Papers Investigation Sentenced to Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Saville Thomas, age 18, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher to 60 months’ imprisonment for traveling to the Omaha Nation Indian Reservation and committing an act of domestic violence. Thomas will also serve three years of supervised release after he is released from prison. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to President Trump announcing several new executive orders regarding health care, even as he argues in court to strike down the Affordable Care Act-including protections for pre-existing conditions, Medicaid expansion, cost protections for patients, and more.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service has developed a vehicle reservation system to reduce severe traffic and parking congestion so visitors can plan ahead and have a more enjoyable visit to Acadia National Park. As a pilot to prepare for the 2021 season, reservations will be required for vehicles to enter the Sand Beach Entrance and Cadillac Summit Road from October 1 to 18, 2020. Vehicle reservations are available for purchase only online at Recreation.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 110 months’ imprisonment followed by 10 years of supervised release on his conviction for distributing material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) led a letter today with seven other House Committee Democrats to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt questioning the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) effort to rush forward a road-building project through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area (NCA) in Southern Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Chairman, CEO, and President of Concorde Group Holdings Inc. Charged with Defrauding Investors Out of Approximately $4.4 million.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - The National Park Service has mobilized the Eastern Incident Management Team to Gulf Islands National Seashore in response to the effects of Hurricane Sally. Responders began arriving at the park on Monday and immediately set to work addressing critical needs to assess damage, stabilize...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: In Western Pennsylvania, Prosecutions Have Increased and Overdose Rates Have Decreased.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on Democrats’ $135 billion energy package.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10 a.m. (EDT) on ensuring vulnerable communities have access to clean, affordable energy. The hearing is entitled, "Generating Equity: Improving Clean Energy Access and Affordability."
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A Fontana man is expected to make his initial court appearance late this afternoon after being charged today with federal child pornography offenses for allegedly uploading explicit images to the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Andrew James Sarnowski, 22, of Rosamond, charging him with separate counts of production of child pornography and distribution of child pornography, and two additional counts of receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) today introduced the Support for Workers, Families, and Social Security Act. This legislation ensures that workers, families, and small businesses can have financial relief and certainty by creating a temporary payroll tax holiday from September 1 through Dec. 31, 2020 for all workers.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on Democrats’ $135 billion energy package.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today led the filing of an amicus curiae brief alongside House and Senate colleagues with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a case filed by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and other Native American tribes against the Army...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: “Thank you, Chairman Thompson for calling today’s hearing on the consequences of failure to complete the next round of COVID legislation.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released the following statements today in response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: Miami, Fl. - Two men have made their initial appearances in the Southern District of Florida on charges that they participated in an alien smuggling ring that involved kidnapping and torturing Cuban nationals and extorting victims’ family members for money.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2020
News Release: A woman who lied to a federal grand jury about her boyfriend’s drug use was sentenced to federal prison on Sept. 16, 2020.
