News from February 2021
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), incoming Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing to consider former Secretary Tom Vilsack to serve as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Coalition for Sustainable Automotive Regulation (CSAR), a group that represents automakers including Toyota, Hyundai, and Fiat Chrysler, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today wrote the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the lack of transparency and uniformity of fees charged to marina owners and businesses. Ranking Member Comer is requesting documents from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers regarding their fees to ensure marina businesses are not unfairly charged and burdened by an unruly and inconsistent process.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: To protect the health of those who live, work, and visit national parks and National Park Service (NPS) facilities, and in support of President Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing, NPS is immediately implementing a mask requirement for employees, visitors, partners, and contractors.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
Release: TRAVERSE CITY, MI - Residents of the Traverse City area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA PreCheck® application program inside Cherry Capital Airport (TVC) from Monday, Feb. 8 through Friday, Feb. 12.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Employees with the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) achieved $12.7 million in cost savings in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2020, exceeding the $12.5 million in cost savings EM tasked them to find and reinvest toward improving processes, programs, and infrastructure across the site.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Springdale, Utah - Zion National Park will receive $33 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to begin replacing its aged shuttle bus fleet with new battery-electric transit buses. The fleet replacement project will couple funding through USDOT’s Nationally Significant Lands and Tribal Program with contributions from the National Park Service, Iron and Washington Counties and the Zion National Park Forever Project, the park’s official nonprofit partner.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area is once again partnering with Knoxville Track Club to hold the annual Oscar Blevins Trail Run event during the Spring Planting & Music Festival on Saturday, April 24, 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled, "No Time to Lose: Solutions to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations in the States:"
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Phillip Thomas, Madison, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 100 months in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and an additional 30 months for revocation of his federal supervised release. This prison term will be followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Charles Daye, 28, of Nashua, was sentenced to 35 months in federal prison on Monday for possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on Russia’s sentencing of Alexei Navalny to two years and eight months in prison:
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Lilliana Alvarez Soto, age 22, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma entered a guilty plea to Drug Conspiracy in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846, punishable by not less than 10 years...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Tuesday, February 9, at 12 p.m. (EST) entitled "Back in Action: Restoring Federal Climate Leadership."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: DURANGO - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Ryan Wilkinson, age 42, of Durango, Colorado was sentenced on Feb. 2, 2021, to serve 3 months in prison, followed by 6 months of home confinement to be served during 3 years of supervised release for tax evasion. Wilkinson was also ordered to pay restitution of $228,300.41 to the IRS. Wilkinson pleaded guilty on Oct. 23, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 53-year-old Los Ebanos resident has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Acting Special Agent in Charge Craig Larrabee of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - To protect the health of those who live, work and visit our national parks and facilities, and in support of the President’s Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing, the National Park Service (NPS) today implemented a mask requirement for employees, visitors, partners and contractors.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Marco Bisa Hawkins Moran, 45, of Clinton, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 120 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiring to commit health care fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca, Special...
