News from April 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing titled “In Their Own Words: Paid Leave, Child Care, and an Economy that Failed Women" on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET in room 1100 Longworth House Office Building. The hearing will also be accessible via Cisco WebEx.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 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 today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, April 29, on President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget request for fiscal year 2022. EPA Administrator Michael Regan will testify.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Defendants Misappropriated More Than $10 Million and Used the Proceeds to Purchase Luxury Items, Plastic Surgery and a Bentley Automobile.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, April 21, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) on ensuring a secure and coordinated wireless network future. The hearing is entitled, “Leading the Wireless Future: Securing American Network Technology."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Several local businesses defrauded of over $500,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Finance Committee is joined by IRS Commissioner Rettig for our annual hearing that typically marks the end of tax filing season. However, 2021 is no typical year. There’s a lot for us to talk about, so I’ll start with the tax gap, the difference between taxes owed and what’s collected.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Following a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) probe, U.S. District Judge Pedro A. Delgado-Hernández sentenced, April 7, a Puerto Rican man to 354 months in prison for a conspiracy to possess, with intent to distribute, heroin, crack cocaine, cocaine, marijuana, oxycodone and alprazolam; and the possession of firearms in the commission of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Logan County man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge. Terrindez Xsidrick Bryant, 36, pled guilty to distribution of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement ahead of Ambassador John Kerry’s trip to China after further reports reveal forced labor central to the Chinese Communist Party’s green energy policies.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, John Hoeven (R-ND) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) reintroduced legislation that would help develop and retain highly-skilled cybersecurity professionals in the federal workforce. Agencies...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: USDA Also Informs Dairy Producers and Processors about New Dairy Donation Program WASHINGTON, April 13, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of more than $330 million to help agricultural producers and organizations in the food supply chain recover from the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Note: A full copy of the unsealed court documents can be viewed here.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement, through a court-supervised settlement agreement, with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) resolving the United States’ claims that PSP’s use of physical tests as part of the entry-level hiring process for state troopers resulted in a pattern or practice of employment discrimination against women, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: The Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Illinois have announced an amendment to the 2005 Clean Air Act (CAA) consent decree signed with ExxonMobil Oil Corporation to resolve violations at its petroleum refinery in Joliet.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: A federal grand jury in Waco, Texas, returned an indictment today charging a Texas tax preparer with 11 counts of assisting in the preparation of false tax returns.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its interest rate meetings from February 8 through March 17, 2021.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Brussels. Secretary Blinken affirmed the United States’ unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s ...
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. I am very, very glad for this chance to meet with Foreign Minister Kuleba. We’ve – this is our first opportunity to meet in person. We’ve spoken on the phone on several occasions. In fact, President Biden has spoken with President Zelenskyy as well. ...
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Shanghai and Seoul April 14-17, 2021, to discuss raising global climate ambition ahead of President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate April 22-23 and the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change later this year.
By State Newswire | Apr 13, 2021
News Release: On behalf of the people of the United States, I congratulate Guillermo Lasso on his election as the next President of Ecuador. We also extend our congratulations to the Ecuadorian people for exercising their right to select their leadership, especially during these uniquely challenging times. Our partnership ...
