News from February 2021
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
Release: The United States is gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. We strongly condemn the killings, forced removals and displacements, sexual assaults, and other extremely serious human rights violations and abuses by several parties...
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
Release: We honor the memory of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot and killed within sight of the Kremlin’s walls six years ago. As a public servant, Nemtsov dedicated his life to building a free and democratic Russia. As we remember Nemtsov, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms.
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I send congratulations to the people of the Dominican Republic as you celebrate the 177th anniversary of your independence on Feb. 27, 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: Concord, NH - The United States Marshals Service is extremely happy to announce the arrest of the third and final suspect accused in the death of a New Hampshire toddler. The Londonderry Police Department had requested the assistance of the U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force to locate the three people accused of crimes related to the death of a NH toddler last November.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) today blasted House passage of the $1.9 trillion Pelosi Payoff to Progressives Act...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after Democrats passed their partisan budget reconciliation scheme, squandering $1.9 trillion while only allocating nine percent to support COVID-19 related public health initiatives...
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has released the following statement in response to reports of ethnic cleansing and mass violence in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
By State Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
Release: The United States is gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. We strongly condemn the killings, forced removals and displacements, sexual assaults, and other extremely serious human rights violations and abuses by several parties...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s $1.9 trillion package, the most expensive single bill in U.S. history.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C.- Today, Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-01) led a motion to recommit to redirect $140 million that was earmarked for a failed rail project near Speaker’s Pelosi’s district towards funding mental health and suicide prevention services in states where children do not have the opportunity to receive in-person instruction in school.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) released the following statement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, allowing it to be distributed across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C.- Today, Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-01) led a motion to recommit to redirect $140 million that was earmarked for a failed rail project near Speaker’s Pelosi’s district towards funding mental health and suicide prevention services in states where children do not have the opportunity to receive in-person instruction in school.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s $1.9 trillion package, the most expensive single bill in U.S. history.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) today issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s $1.9 trillion package, the most expensive single bill in U.S. history.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C.- Today, Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-01) led a motion to recommit to redirect $140 million that was earmarked for a failed rail project near Speaker’s Pelosi’s district towards funding mental health and suicide prevention services in states where children do not have the opportunity to receive in-person instruction in school.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Tonight, House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan...
