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 announced the Committee voted to favorably report former Secretary Tom Vilsack to be U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Vilsack may now be considered by the full U.S. Senate for confirmation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: In San Antonio today, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery sentenced 45-year-old Luther Otis Foster IV, to a total of 90 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for pointing a shotgun at federal agents during the execution of a search warrant at his Bandera County residence, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division.
By Commerce 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 EPA 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: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Vistapharm, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $325,000 to resolve allegations that Vistapharm violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by failing to maintain records required by the CSA. In addition to paying a civil penalty, Vistapharm has agreed to sign separately a Memorandum of Agreement with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Sedalia, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing crack cocaine.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Great. Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for this background call to discuss the situation in Burma.
By DOE 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: SAVANNAH, GA: A Georgia man has been sentenced after admitting he attempted to sell 50 million non-existent facemasks to a foreign government.
By EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: One of three men who ran a methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering operation in Tulsa and the surrounding area was sentenced today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Cortez Weaver, a/k/a Corty and Tez, age 29, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing, brandishing, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, resulting in the death of Maurice Finney.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Major construction upgrades are progressing that will allow DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor Isotek to begin processing a high-dose inventory of uranium (U)-233 stored at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) later this year.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
Release: MODERATOR: Great. Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for this background call to discuss the situation in Burma.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging Peter R. Kiwitt, 62, of Rochester, NY, with sex trafficking of a minor, sex trafficking by coercion, sexual enticement of a minor, and possession of child pornography.
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Man Pleads Guilty to Violating Endangered Species Act.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: KANAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published preliminary route information for the 182,760-acre Trail Canyon Travel Management Area, in Kane County, Utah today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Cory Booker, D-N.J., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., issued the following joint statement regarding comprehensive cannabis reform legislation in the 117th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2021
News Release: Former Natural Gas Trader Pleads Guilty for Role in Commodities Insider Trading Scheme.
