News from April 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties hearing on "Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: The Evolving Landscape of Voting Discrimination"...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Norfolk, Virginia - FEMA continues support to the vaccination mission in Hampton Roads with additional temporary clinics opening in the coming days to ensure access and equity in providing the essential COVID-19 vaccine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Liana Karapetyan, 41, of El Dorado Hills, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Robert Whitley, a/k/a Mr. Bob, and Noni Whitley, father and daughter, have each pleaded guilty to a separate criminal information charging them for their roles in operating Closeout Express and Essential Daily Discounts, which for years sold millions of dollars of stolen retail product online.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - Acting United States Attorney Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., joins the Drug Enforcement Administration in announcing that on April 24th, DEA will hold its 20th.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's Members Day hearing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Timothy D. Coughlin (619) 546-6768.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: On the heels of largest collection to-date, federal, state, and local partners prepare to hold events.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) led 15 of their colleagues on introduction of the Healthy Flights Act of 2021. This legislation would issue a set of commonsense, ...
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul sent a letter to Secretary of State Blinken expressing concern over the decision to fully withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021. The letter asks for assessments on how the withdrawal will affect U.S. counterterrorism capabilities and the Administration’s plan to bridge any intelligence gaps created as a result of this decision.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following joint statement in the lead-up to the elections in Albania scheduled for this weekend:
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Booneville, Kentucky pharmacy, Public Drug Company, d/b/a Booneville Discount Drugs, has agreed to pay the United States $250,000 to settle civil allegations that it failed to make and maintain complete and accurate records of its controlled substances, in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA").
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON - A 63-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison after attempting to obtain sexual images of a young boy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAVIER MARTINEZ, 40, of Meriden, pleaded guilty today to fentanyl and heroin trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: ROCKFORD - A federal grand jury returned indictments in separate cases charging two men with illegally possessing machine guns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Six defendants were arrested in San Antonio on criminal charges related to their alleged participation in a scheme to defraud two transportation companies of over $1 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson and Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to Attend.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $5.5 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Texas prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the release of new states in the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) experimental data product: Louisiana, Ohio, Maine and Connecticut. With the addition of these new states, 336 institutions are included in the PSEO covering approximately 16% of all graduates...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced that Raul Rodriguez-Romero, 32, formerly of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was extradited from Mexico to Denver, Colorado, so he can face money laundering and drug charges. The defendant made his initial appearance in federal court in Denver yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak.
