News from December 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) today submitted the following statement for the record as the House began consideration of H.R. 1155, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - An inmate at United States Penitentiary (USP) Lee in Jonesville, Virginia was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison for possessing a weapon inside the prison.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, everyone. Great to see you folks on the screen. Greetings. It’s a particular pleasure to be with all of you today, and I don’t know if I’m kicking it off or if we have one of our colleagues doing that.
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul voted for the House National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 2022 fiscal year. The legislation passed the House with broad bipartisan support.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Saugus woman pleaded guilty today to her role in a bank fraud scheme that fraudulently obtained more than $300,000 from customer accounts.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Brady: Democrats Hold Patients and Access to Local Doctors Hostage to Increasing Debt Limit on Children and Grandchildren.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
Release: Private exporters report sales of: * 1,844,040 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico. Of the total, 1,089,660 metric tons is for delivery during the 2021/2022 marketing year and 754,380 metric tons is for delivery during the 2022/2023 marketing year. * 130,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: JUNEAU - A Las Cruces, New Mexico woman was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess today to 270 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: NYT: Yellen Still Supports IRS Surveillance Scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Today the U.S. Census Bureau released a list of 331 jurisdictions (counties and minor civil divisions) across the nation and three states that are required under the Voting Rights Act to provide language assistance during elections for citizens who are unable to speak or understand English adequately enough to participate in the electoral process. The Census Bureau made these determinations in accordance with specifications in the Voting Rights Act, as amended in July 2006.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Michigan pharmacist and two pharmacies agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare for a drug used in rapid reversal of opioid overdoses.
By Bob Martin | Dec 8, 2021
Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins attended events in Europe Dec. 1-8 to discuss nonproliferation and disarmament issues ahead of the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago-area physician unlawfully used veterinary catheters to perform intrauterine inseminations on his patients, according to a federal criminal charge filed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Rodymar Lelis also pleaded guilty to providing false answers in his visa application.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has awarded grants totaling $3,904,527 for the State of Florida to reimburse applicants for administrative costs and emergency response following Hurricane Irma in 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Kenai Fjords National Park opened the Exit Glacier Developed Area to off road snowmachine use at noon on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Open areas include, the Exit Glacier Road, a designated route through the Exit Glacier campground to Exit Creek, and the Exit Glacier outwash plain. Before heading out...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Winston-Salem woman pleaded guilty today to attempting to tamper with consumer products, announced U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Hairston for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 4977, the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Hartford, Conn.- For Connecticut survivors of Hurricane Ida, there is still time to get face-to-face help from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration. Two FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) will open this week in Milford and New Haven to help Connecticut residents affected by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, took to the Senate floor to slam Republicans’ dangerous political ploy to overturn the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)-a key tool to protect workers, get more people vaccinated, help end the pandemic, and keep our economic recovery on track.
