News from April 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released a report that examines trends in computer and internet use in 2018. The report, Computer and Internet use in the United States: 2018, is based on statistics from the American Community Survey (ACS) and examines trends at the national, state and county levels.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 1333, the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released legislation - the Lower Costs, More Cures Act - to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that Andrew V. Thomas, 35, of Maple Heights, Ohio, was sentenced on Tuesday, March 20, to 39 months imprisonment by U.S. Judge Donald C. Nugent. Thomas pleaded guilty in December of 2020 to wire fraud and aggravated identify theft. Thomas devised a scheme to defraud three elderly victims out of more than $62,000.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader for Communications and Technology Bob Latta delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s hearing on securing America’s wireless networks.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued $26.9 million in payments from Fiscal Year 2020 to 18 counties in western Oregon under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS Act). Most of the funding will go directly to the counties, supporting investments in education, infrastructure, public safety, and health services.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities this morning arrested a Temecula man on federal fraud charges that allege he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) after obtaining more than $7 million in PPP loan funds on behalf of his company that purports to repair potholes.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member John Katko (R-N.Y.), along with Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform and House Homeland Security Committees, wrote U.S. Department of Health and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: California Man Charged with COVID-Relief Fraud Scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management’s announcement that it will not hold oil and gas lease sales on public lands for the second quarter of the year, pending the results of Biden administration’s ongoing review of climate...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Johnathon Lawrence Rose, age 33, of Clinton, to 210 months in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Felon in Possession of a Firearm announced Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. Rose was ordered to serve four years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced additional details today on the fully remote hearing the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold on Thursday, April 29, at 11 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2022 EPA Budget." Last week, the two Committee leaders announced that EPA Administrator Michael Regan will testify.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lee’s Summit, Missouri, man has been sentenced in federal court for his leadership role in a multi-million dollar conspiracy that distributed more than 2,000 kilograms of cocaine in the metropolitan area.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) announced Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) will serve as Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded approximately $10.5 million to replace 473 older diesel school buses across the country, ...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today released legislation - the Lower Costs, More Cures Act - to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the capture of a Memphis juvenile murder suspect in North Mississippi.
By State Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
Release: Introduction . Chairman Deutch, Ranking Member Wilson, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you about U.S. policy on Yemen. The Biden-Harris Administration has prioritized bringing about an end to the conflict in Yemen, in full support of UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths’...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Moss was in possession of stolen handgun and meth when captured by police.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, April 28, at 11 a.m. (EDT). The hearing is entitled, “The Long Haul: Forging a Path through the Lingering Effects of COVID-19."
