News from September 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Dear Inspector General Donaldson: The United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) and the United States Senate Committee on Finance (SFC) are concluding an investigation into potential conflicts of interest related to executive branch officials who are responsible...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: BAYFIELD, WISCONSIN - Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and its partners will celebrate its 50th year with a year-long series of virtual and carefully planned community events beginning on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: I’ve spoken before about the need to reform the multiemployer pension system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Billings man who admitted distributing methamphetamine in Missoula and Great Falls was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: “Driving Equity: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program."
By USDA Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: 1:00 p.m. *NOTE: **House Office Buildings are closed to the public. The hearing will be broadcast live via YouTube for press and the public.**. WITNESS LIST. Mr. John Phipps, Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Sept. 22, 2020, Jonathan Griffin (age: 28); Jason Spinks (age: 37); Shakie Davis (age: 25); and Treon Dennis (age: 36) of Fond du Lac, were indicted with conspiracy to make a false statement to a licensed firearms dealer and possession of firearms by felons, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371, 922(g)(1) & 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-Two of the FBI’s key hiring programs have been launched and are now accepting applications from now through Sept. 30, 2020. The FBI Honors Internship Program and the FBI’s Collegiate Hiring Program are programs that broaden the talent search for the FBI to attract the top tier college students to support the FBI’s mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: For Second Child Pornography Conviction in 10 Years.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-Ore.), and Science, Space, and Technology Committee Republican Leader Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) released the following statement on H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy and Jobs Innovation Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BARBARA MEYZEN, a/k/a "Bobbie Meyzen," the former owner and operator of La Cremaillere Restaurant in Banksville, New York, was sentenced in White Plains federal court to two years in prison for fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Memphis, TN - Erik Macklin, 24, has pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen gun. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERRIE McCLENDON, also known as “Buck," 29, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 41 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury today returned a superseding indictment charging Andre Ricardo Briscoe, a/k/a Poo, age 37, of Baltimore and Cambridge, Maryland, with federal drug distribution charges, use of a firearm to commit murder in relation to the drug trafficking crimes, killing a witness to prevent communication with law enforcement, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - United States District Court Judge Henry E. Autrey held a joint plea and sentencing hearing today for Damond Jackson. The 22-year-old defendant, a resident of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 60 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: South Carolina Man Sentenced for Making a Bomb Threat to a Clinic and Lying to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for committing two armed robberies at local hotels, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By State Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul, Republican Leader on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on snapback sanctions against Iran.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: “I will be doing absolutely everything I can to make sure everyone from Washington state to Washington, D.C.-and my Republican colleagues here in Congress-know just how much is risk if President Trump gets to appoint another hard-right nominee an unprecedented 41 days before a presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for offenses related to the possession of two firearms and fentanyl trafficking, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
