News from December 2021
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
Release: LAS VEGAS - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS) this week completed installation of touchless, automated photo identification scanners at all of the airport's security screening checkpoints, making it one of a few airports to be fully outfitted with this technology.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - An inmate at United States Penitentiary (USP) Lee in Jonesville, Virginia and his visitor pleaded guilty this week for their roles in introducing Buprenorphine into the prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for distributing and conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott issued the following remarks in support of H.R. 5290, To extend authorization for livestock mandatory reporting...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Miami, Florida - Yesterday, a federal district judge in Fort Lauderdale sentenced 31-year-old Justin David Alban to 70 months in federal prison and 15 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health Committee, and Kevin Wren, a type 1 diabetic and health care advocate from Seattle, joined Protect Our Care to discuss the Build Back Better Act’s critical provisions to make insulin more affordable. A Washington...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the top Republican of the Senate Finance Committee, led a press conference with other Republican Senators on the budget gimmicks and job-killing tax hikes in the Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend legislation, which do nothing to address supply chain issues, nor inflation or rising consumer prices. The senators noted that Democrats’ proposals would, in fact, make a bad situation worse.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that STERLING ROBINSON, also known as “Scooter," age 31, a resident in the New Orleans area, was convicted on December 7, 2021 by a jury in the Eastern District of Louisiana of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) and obstruction of justice in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1512(c)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Nixa, Missouri, physician pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to making a false statement to Medicare to obtain insurance coverage for a fentanyl prescription and to conspiring with others to use his DEA registration number to issue Schedule II controlled substances to patients in his absence.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled, “Promoting Economic and Community Redevelopment and Environmental Justice in the Revitalization and Reuse of Contaminated Properties."
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
Release: MR ICE: Thank you, operator, and good afternoon. Glad to have everyone with us today for this briefing. As we announced officially this morning, Secretary Blinken is preparing to travel to the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers meeting in Liverpool, the United Kingdom, followed by travel to Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Hawaii. We’re very glad to have with us today two colleagues from the Department of State who are going to preview the trip for you.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo today announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $196 million in American Rescue Plan State Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation grants to 24 states and territories.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Eric Neville, age 40, of Arizona, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, felon in possession of a firearm, and using a firearm during...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: WaPo: Two Pinocchios on Yellen Claim that Dems’ Tax-and-Spend Bill is Paid For.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Defendant Accused of Using Chemical Spray Against Officers.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. December 8, 2021 - The Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park will reopen to the public on a limited schedule beginning on Saturday, December 11. This area has been closed to public access since mid-September due to the KNP Complex Fire, which has burned more than 88,000 acres, mostly within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
By David Beasley | Dec 8, 2021
The U.S. National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Coordination Center and Europol arrested 12 suspects and seized almost $3 million in counterfeit goods on Cyber Monday, according to a news release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: The Acting United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Giovanni Joseph, 34, formerly of Dix Hills, New York, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Rutland to time served following his guilty plea to one count of bank fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey W.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2021
News Release: Luray, VA: Shenandoah National Park will implement changes to the Park's fees after reviewing public comments on its proposal to increase or establish new fees for three recreational activities: 1) camping in established campgrounds, 2) hiking Old Rag, and 3) backcountry camping. The proposal does not include an increase in entrance fees and focuses only on specific user fees.
