News from February 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 19-year old Bloomington man has been charged with assault on a federal officer and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Michael Tae Kim Ahlers, 49, of Lenexa, Kansas, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of bank fraud and filing a false tax return related to a scheme to embezzle money from the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - Yesterday a federal jury convicted a Jacksonville man on charges of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess With the Intent to Distribute One (1) Kilogram or More of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Heroin, a Quantity of Marijuana, and Five (5) Kilograms or More...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER LUONG, 31, of Clinton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegal possession of a firearm.
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after a phone conversation with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau yesterday:
By USDA Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Committee released the text of the Agriculture and Nutrition Title of the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Reconciliation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Christopher Capozza, age 39, of Newington, Connecticut, was indicted on Feb. 3, 2021, by a federal grand jury for transportation with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, and interstate travel with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - EM workers took down another building at the former Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) last week, bringing the total number of structures demolished at the site to 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Florida man pleaded guilty today to unlawfully distributing thousands of prescription opioid pills in exchange for over half a million dollars through the “dark web.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Bethesda, Maryland man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for health care fraud. In addition to the prison term imposed, he was also ordered to pay $173,870.12 to the North Carolina Medicaid Fund as restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced today to 150 months imprisonment for possessing multiple firearms in connection with drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Today, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, opposing the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute at a committee markup of Democrats' partisan budget reconciliation scheme...
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of State’s actions to immediately suspend and soon terminate its Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after Committee Democrats released Energy and Commerce provisions of President Biden’s COVID-19 relief “plan."
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that the Cades Cove Loop Road will be fully closed for three weeks in September to resurface the popular roadway which is used by more than 2 million visitors a year. The one-way road will be closed to all motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, and horseback riders from Tuesday, September 7 through Monday, September 27.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on President Biden’s Community Health Centers Vaccination Program...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote to Apple CEO Tim Cook today urging review and improvement of Apple’s new App Privacy labels in light of recent reports suggesting they are often misleading or inaccurate.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
Release: CLEVELAND - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a loaded handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) Monday.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy today announced additional Biden-Harris Administration appointees joining the DOE team to deliver on President Biden’s climate priorities and create a clean energy future for the American people.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Republican Subcommittee Leader for the Environment and Climate Change David McKinley (R-WV) delivered remarks at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Back in Action: Restoring Federal Climate Leadership."
