News from April 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2022 Department of Veterans Affairs budget.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: The 2020 Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections provides a comprehensive look at state governments and contains statistics on the tax collections of all state governments, including receipts from compulsory fees. State governments and businesses have been using these statistics to make policy and investment decisions since 1951.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia -New River Gorge National Park and Preserve will be increasing access to campgrounds this weekend with the reopening of six additional areas in the park including Army Camp, Brooklyn, Gauley Tailwaters, Meadowcreek, Thayer, and War Ridge. Grandview Sandbar, Glade Creek, and Stone Cliff Campgrounds remain open for a total of nine areas in the park where camping is available.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a teleconference meeting May 19, 2021, to solicit public comments and suggestions on key issues facing OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An Arizona man has been sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for possessing multiple unemployment benefits debit cards - all in different names - and intending to fraudulently obtain nearly $239,000 in benefits, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou for the District of Nevada and Special Agent-in-Charge Quentin Heiden of the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG), Los Angeles Region.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Maine man was charged today in federal court in Springfield in connection with setting the Dec. 28, 2020 fire that destroyed a predominately Black church in Springfield, Mass.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: POCATELLO - Richard Neils Dutton, 52, of Idaho Falls, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 200 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of children, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Dutton serve the remainder of his life on supervised release, following his prison sentence. Dutton pleaded guilty to the charge on November 4, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Today, Irv Anglin, 29, of Tempe, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 8 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release. Anglin previously pleaded guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact of a Ward. Anglin will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office will not hold a physical meeting in 2021 for the Pinedale Anticline Project Area wildlife, air, water and operator planning sessions. Instead, wildlife monitoring reports, operator reports, and agency updates typically presented at the meeting will be available on the Jonah Interagency Office/Pinedale Anticline Project Office (JIO/PAPO) website:.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the Democrats’ CLEAN Future Act, Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) warned how this plan will raise energy costs, hamper reliability, destroy jobs, and hurt American families.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers removed a man April 9, wanted by the Government of Guatemala for charges including aggravated robbery, attempted murder and murder.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “The CLEAN Future Act and Environmental Justice: Protecting Frontline Communities:"
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C.-Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), yesterday led his EPW Committee colleagues in a unanimous vote reaffirming support for S.914, the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 , the first infrastructure legislation ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Sierra Front Field Office has approved the Moon Rocks Off-highway Vehicle (OHV) Area Public Health and Safety Improvements. These improvements will address immediate public health and safety issues on BLM-administered land in the north Reno area, also known a Moon Rocks.
By State Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
Release: Today, we announced actions to hold the Russian Government to account for the SolarWinds intrusion, reports of bounties on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, and attempts to interfere in the 2020 U.S. elections.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a nomination hearing for Andrea Palm to be HHS Deputy Secretary, and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to be CMS Administrator.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke in opposition to H.R. 7, Democrats’ so-called Paycheck Fairness Act, which offers no new protections against pay discrimination and rewards trial lawyers with limitless paydays at the expense of working women.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing on the Democrats’ CLEAN Future Act, Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) warned how this plan will raise energy costs, hamper reliability, destroy jobs, and hurt American families.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brian K. Griffey, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 180 months incarceration for a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2021
News Release: Twenty-two defendants from San Antonio, Del Rio and Laredo face federal drug trafficking charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division.
