News from August 2021
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today on the passing of AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today commended the Biden Administration for its new plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks and embrace zero-emission vehicles.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Finance Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today launched an effort to develop bipartisan legislation to address barriers to mental health care as the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened alarming trends in Americans’ mental health care.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man with three previous felony convictions was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison today for being a felon in possession of firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $713,300 grant to the city of Caldwell, Texas, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to support the growth of manufacturing in the region. This EDA grant, to be matched with $287,860 in local investment, is expected to create 23 jobs, retain 201 jobs, and generate $3.1 million in private investment.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced legislation to close loopholes that allow wealthy investors to use derivatives contracts to not pay tax on the underlying investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH _ A resident of California has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ probation on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, woman who pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 29, 2021, by Judge Karen E. Schreier, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sussex county man appeared in court today on charges that he possessed an arsenal of weapons, ammunition, and marijuana, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on President Biden’s plan to impose unattainable electric vehicle goals and vehicle mileage and tailpipe emissions standards across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Defendant Also Must Pay $320,000 in Restitution.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on President Biden’s plan to impose unattainable electric vehicle goals and vehicle mileage and tailpipe emissions standards across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Woburn, Massachusetts man pleaded guilty today in federal court to being an unlawful user of controlled substances in possession of firearms, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader for the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on President Biden’s plan to impose unattainable electric vehicle goals and vehicle mileage and tailpipe emissions standards across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A multi-agency drug trafficking investigation has culminated in the criminal conspiracy indictment of 21 defendants in the Southern District of Georgia.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Biden Administration announced a series of measures to address pollution from the transportation sector, including proposed fuel economy and tailpipe emissions standards for model years 2023-2026...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A multi-agency drug trafficking investigation has culminated in the criminal conspiracy indictment of 21 defendants in the Southern District of Georgia.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Biden Administration announced a series of measures to address pollution from the transportation sector, including proposed fuel economy and tailpipe emissions standards for model years 2023-2026...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher Cahill, 42, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 15 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. This term of imprisonment is to be followed by a life-time period of supervised release.
