News from April 2021
By EPA Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge this week sentenced a Tuscaloosa man for being a felon in possession of a machine gun, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Mickey French.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to BOC Capital Corporation, Brooklyn, New York, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund that...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, Subcommittee on the Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader David B. McKinley (R-WV) advocated for the need to both unleash innovation in carbon capture technology and protect pipeline workers in America.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: The management of Denali National Park and Preserve has determined that there is not adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobile for traditional activities in the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve on both sides of the Alaska Range.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Diana Xiong, 39, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 90 months in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives New Jersey Field Office Craig B. Kailimai, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals vital to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division announced today that $3,355,416 in federal funding has been made available to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) for costs related to the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal disaster declaration of March 27, 2020.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republican Leader Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan asking for transparency...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Joseph Purcell (619) 546-7643 and Paul Starita (619) 546-7701.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Omar Fair, 31, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Acting U.S. Attorney, Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., announced the guilty plea today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Norfolk, Virginia - Hampton Roads residents can receive the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine beginning May 5 through May 22 at the FEMA-supported Community Vaccination Center in Military Circle Mall. Walk-ins are welcome, but those interested can book an appointment ahead of time at www.norfolk.gov/COVID-Vaccine-Informatio n.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - A woman living in Provo, Utah, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for her participation in an illegal Jamaican-based lottery scheme in which she targeted the elderly. The case was investigated by multiple law enforcement agencies including Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tucson.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its commitment to advancing two tobacco product standards to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following remarks in today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - Two convicted felons with lengthy criminal histories, one of whom is a validated gang member, pleaded guilty in separate illegal possession of firearms cases, said Peter D. Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas woman was sentenced today to 12 months and a day in federal prison for fraudulently applying for and receiving nearly $23,000 in unemployment benefits debit cards, 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 29, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - A Wilmington man was sentenced on April 27 to 10 years in federal prison by the Honorable Colm F. Connolly, U.S. District Judge for the District of Delaware, for receipt of a firearm and ammunition with the intent that a felony would be committed with that firearm and ammunition. David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, made the announcement.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 29, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works' (EPW) Committee, today voted in favor of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (DWWIA 2021) , legislation she introduced and co-wrote along with Senators Tom ...
