News from April 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: DETROIT, MI - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, helped secure more than 200 federal personnel to help vaccinate more Michiganders. Peters supported a request from Governor Gretchen Whitmer and worked with the Federal Emergency Management...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), released the following statement on the Biden Administration's announcement of the U.S. nationally determined contribution (NDC) for the Paris Climate Agreement, setting a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52 percent below its 2005 level in 2030.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced Jeffrey L. Viken, District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Defendant Stole Over $30,000 Used in Ruse Undercover Drug Operation.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), joined Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), to announce an upcoming subcommittee hearing entitled, “Legislative Hearing on S.283, National Climate Bank Act" scheduled for Tuesday, April 27 at 2:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the April 2021 Federal Grand Jury B.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, May 4, at 11:30 a.m. (EDT) on legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs for the American people. The hearing is entitled, “Negotiating a Better Deal: Legislation to Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs."
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.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Bryce, UT - After almost 39 years of federal service, Linda Mazzu, Superintendent at Bryce Canyon National Park, will retire on April 24th. Mazzu has been the superintendent at the park since March 10, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement praising the reintroduction of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the Education Department’s proposed priorities on school curriculum, which would trample academic independence and unfairly reward schools that implement debunked, left-wing ideologies in America’s classrooms...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, John Boozman, (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, and Mike Braun announced that the Committee passed the bipartisan S.1251, Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021 by a voice vote. The legislation can now be considered by the full Senate.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Jackson, TN - Reggie Carnell James, Jr., 26, of Denmark, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon-in-possession of a firearm. Acting U.S. Attorney, Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today on President Biden’s intent to nominate Shalanda Baker for Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Dr. Asmeret Berhe for Director of the Office of Science, and Frank Rose for Principal Deputy Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Reagor Dykes Auto Group owner Bart Reagor has been charged with lying about using business loans for personal expenses, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest investments in land and water conservation and climate-smart agriculture.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Mr. President, thank you very much. And now it’s a true pleasure and honor to introduce another leader: climate activist Xiye Bastida.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
Release: We congratulate Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva and the Movement for Democracy (MpD) for the party’s victory in Cabo Verde’s April 18 parliamentary elections. We also would like to express our admiration for the Cabo Verdean people and the transparent conduct of their free and fair elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA - Acting U.S. Attorney Raj Parekh is encouraging community members in the Eastern District of Virginia to participate in DEA’s 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, to be held at participating locations on Saturday, April 24, 2021.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2021
News Release: Bill Text WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Earth Day, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act, bipartisan legislation that would establish a national mercury ...
