News from April 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: The Finance Committee meets this morning to discuss two key health care nominations. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is nominated to serve as Administrator for the Centers on Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Andrea Palm is nominated to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
By State Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
Release: Today, the United States announced more than $95 million to support the response to the South Sudan humanitarian emergency. On behalf of the American people, this funding will provide critical protection, economic opportunity, shelter, essential healthcare, emergency food assistance, safe drinking water...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Stefen Knoche, age 55, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 70 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for trafficking in counterfeit drugs. Knoche was also ordered to pay $3,648,911.18 in restitution.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla -- FEMA has approved an additional $9,232,418 to reimburse the Florida Division of Emergency Management for emergency protective measures during and after Hurricane Michael.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Belleville, Ill. - Earlier today, Joseph L. Hughes, a/k/a “Joe King," 29, of St.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Mario Rayshawn White, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-This month’s Fly Safe campaign topic looks at the importance of aircraft angle of attack awareness.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 37-year-old local Corpus Christi resident and member of the Texas Syndicate gang has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By State Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Good to see everyone. I’ve come to Afghanistan today because it was important to me and important to President Biden to convey in person America’s commitment to an enduring partnership with Afghanistan and the Afghan people.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $3.9 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help communities and businesses in Virginia respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
By State Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s new sanctions against Russia for the Putin regime’s widespread SolarWinds cyber hack, attempts to influence U.S. elections and other malign activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Enoch Ben Buckley III, 37, of Bassfield, was convicted today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett for being a felon in possession of multiple firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF").
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of the City of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to a violation of the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (commonly known as RICO), Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Today, the House passed H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which uses women’s “equality" as a pawn to bog employers down with limitless lawsuits.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Waterford, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-This week, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-K.Y.) and Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) led a delegation of seven Committee Republicans to El Paso, Texas and New Mexico to witness firsthand the humanitarian and national security crisis unfolding at the U.S.-Mexico border as a result of President Biden’s open borders policies.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) from today’s hearing entitled, “Practical Steps Toward a Carbon-Free Maritime Industry: Updates on Fuels, Ports, and Technology":
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the fourth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began Feb. 15. Results will be released weekly Feb. 25 to April 22. The SBPS includes questions on topics such as location closings, changes in employment, disruptions in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Darryl Corradini, age 63, and Vicki Hackenberg, age 57, both of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, were charged on April 13, 2021, by a federal grand jury with perpetrating a bank fraud and money laundering scheme that included nearly $300,000 in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
By DOE Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Today, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Kelly Speakes-Backman officially kicked off the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon ® Competition Event during the Solar Decathlon Opening Celebration.
