News from April 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on for-profit college conversions...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor is extending an invitation to teens, parents, educators, employers and other interested stakeholders to join a national online dialogue through April 30 to gather ideas on how the department can connect with teens better.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: DOE Kicks Off 100-Day Plan to Address Cybersecurity Risks to the U.S. Electric System, Seeks Input from Stakeholders on Safeguarding U.S. Critical Energy Infrastructure
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve will host two summer Youth Archeology Expeditions (YAE) for San Luis Valley middle school and high school students. YAE is a 6-day program that introduces participants to the discipline of prehistoric and historic archeology through place-based learning. Participants...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHAIM STERN, 72, of Flushing, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzlement and tax offenses related to his operation of nursing homes in Bridgeport and Waterbury.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - A Goldsboro man was sentenced today to 216 months in prison for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine and Distribution of 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine, as well as Aiding and Abetting.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on Democrats’ plan to reintroduce the Green New Deal-the latest push to advance their socialist agenda and a complete government takeover of the economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas joins communities nationwide in commemorating the 40th anniversary of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) from April 18-24, 2021. This year’s theme, Support Victims. Build Trust. Engage Communities, emphasizes the importance of leveraging community support to help victims of crime.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) reintroduced the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act, which will break down barriers for farmers and foresters interested in participating in carbon markets so they can be rewarded for climate-smart practices. The bill has broad, bipartisan support from over 60 leading agricultural and environmental organizations.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: Thank you, Ambassador Kupchyna and good day everyone. Let me start by thanking the OSCE and Sweden, as Chairperson-in-Office, for bringing all of us together today. Thank you also to my fellow panelists for their respective sides’ contributions to the shared battle against terrorism.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSEPH GATT, age 75, a citizen of Canada and Malta, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Greg G. Guidry to one year of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release and payment of a $100 special assessment fee, after...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Dublin, Ohio man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for conspiring to steal exosome-related trade secrets concerning the research, identification and treatment of a range of pediatric medical conditions.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) awarded former cleanup contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) more than $6.3 million, or about 78% of the available fee of more than $8.1 million for the first four months of the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, 2020.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
Release: On behalf of the United States, we offer the people of Chad our sincere condolences as they mourn the passing of President Idriss Deby Itno.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.) reintroduced the Green New Deal.House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s Energy Subcommittee hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK - With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration is holding its 20th Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24th. DEA’s October 2020 Take Back Day brought in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2021
News Release: Gold Eagle Mining, Inc., a Colorado company, is revising its reclamation plans for mines on lease tracts managed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Uranium Leasing Program (ULP).
