News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On February 9, 2021, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Ira Lee Clark, age 29, of Davenport, to 168 months in prison for Distribution of Cocaine Base, announced Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal. Following his prison term, Clark was ordered to serve five years of supervised release, as well as pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Fire Management Officials at Zion National Park are planning to implement a small prescribed burn in South Campground, beginning Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. The South Campground is located near the main entrance of Zion National Park in Springdale. Prescribed fire is an important technique...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was arrested yesterday on charges of fraudulently using someone else’s Social Security number.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 10, 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) during today’s markup to consider legislative proposals to comply with the reconciliation directive included in section 2001 of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2021, S. Con. Res. 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Va.- Ana Bella Sanchez-Rios, the former owner and operator of a Martinsville business used to launder more than $4.3 million in profits for an international drug cartel, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court to 96 months in federal prison. Sanchez-Rios laundered the funds for the Jalisco...
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
Release: We are deeply concerned about declining media pluralism in Hungary. The imminent loss of the broadcasting license of one of the country’s most popular radio stations, Klubradio, threatens the departure of yet another independent voice from Hungary’s airwaves. The United States shares the concerns of international press freedom advocates and many Hungarians over the decline of media pluralism in Hungary.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Oil and water may not mix, but adding the right nanoparticles to the recipe can convert these two immiscible fluids into an exotic gel with uses ranging from batteries to water filters to tint-changing smart windows. A new approach to creating this unusual class of soft materials could carry them out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, February 9, park rangers were notified that a 21-year-old female from Texas had suffered serious injuries near Emerald Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. The woman slid down a snow-covered slope approximately 70 to 100 feet into a talus slope on the south side of Emerald Lake. Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue team members provided advanced medical care.
By State Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients today, commending the Biden Administration’s swift action to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and requesting a briefing and written response on its efforts to quickly increase the number of Americans vaccinated across the country.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
Release: SUMMARY of TITLE I - AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION RECONCILIATION PROVISIONS.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Ten people have been charged in a federal indictment alleging a conspiracy to obtain and sell large amounts of opioids through fraudulent prescriptions.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: With that, I will now turn to the subject of our meeting today; putting the American people first by advancing legislation to confront the economic and health challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 11:30 a.m. (EST) entitled, “A Smarter Investment: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., today introduced legislation that would establish one set of technology and security capabilities for state unemployment offices.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 11:30 a.m. (EST) entitled, “A Smarter Investment: Pathways to a Clean Energy Future."
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement regarding the food, agriculture, and rural provisions in the latest COVID-19 assistance package, which strengthens the food supply chain, addresses the hunger crisis, supports farmers of color, and invests in rural hospitals.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), announced the following staff hires for the committee’s minority side for the 117th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. -- Ana Bella Sanchez-Rios, the former owner and operator of a Martinsville business used to launder more than $4.3 million in profits for an international drug cartel, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court to 96 months in federal prison. Sanchez-Rios laundered the funds for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell, of the Northern District of West Virginia, has announced his resignation effective midnight on Feb. 28, 2021.
