News from December 2021
By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
The House of Representatives passed a pair of bills to provide certainty and transparency in cattle markets—H.R. 5609, the Cattle Contract Library Act introduced by Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Republican Leader Dusty Johnson, and H.R. 5290, a one-year extension for the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) Act introduced by Chairman David Scott.
By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
Chairman David Scott of Georgia and Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee Chair Antonio Delgado released the following statement congratulating Rostin Behnam on his confirmation as Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
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By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
The U.S. Census Bureau today released the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey report for data year 2020.
By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced an $18 million funding opportunity to help state, local, and tribal governments enhance the impact of DOE's existing residential Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and help lower energy costs for consumers.
By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) released new safety standards to govern the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) Sea Year.
By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced that the agency will begin developing a new regulation to better protect communities from exposure to lead in drinking water.
By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
A federal investigation has uncovered overtime pay violations at a Bellevue restaurant that state labor investigators in Washington cited in 2020 for underpaying workers.The U.S.
By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
A New York man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.
By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
USCIS is reminding the public that we offer immigration services that may help people affected by unforeseen circumstances such as natural disasters.
By Press release submission | Dec 17, 2021
The Bureau of Land Management is announcing that the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will hold virtual meetings January 19-20 and April 20-21, 2022.
By John Suayan | Dec 16, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently celebrated the restoration and reuse of contaminated land at the former Griffiss Air Force Base in central New York state.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
Release: Mexico. Overview: Counterterrorism cooperation between Mexico and the United States remained strong in 2020. There was no credible evidence indicating international terrorist groups established bases in Mexico, worked directly with Mexican drug cartels, or sent operatives via Mexico into the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Versailles, Ky., man, Randall “Rocky" Blankenship, Jr., 49, pleaded guilty on Thursday, before U.S. District Judge Karen C. Caldwell, to a conspiracy to commit wire fraud to obtain Paycheck Protection Program loans under false pretenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three Middlesex County, New Jersey, residents were arrested today for their roles in fraudulently obtaining over $2.1 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Calvin Strong, age 29, of Watervliet, New York, was ordered detained today pending trial on a charge that he unlawfully possessed a firearm as a felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Representatives Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), and David Trone (D-Md.) today led over 100 democrats in the Senate and House in reintroducing the Comprehensive Addiction...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 24 months’ incarceration for violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2021
News Release: Two Florida Men Plead Guilty to $35 Million COVID-19 Relief Fraud Scheme.
