News from February 2021
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today following up on recent information that calls into question the extent of his role in the formation of the Trump Administration’s inhumane family separation policy.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
Release: Research to Unleash Enhanced Geothermal Systems Can Unlock Innovative Carbon-Free Clean Energy Source
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: A Coffee County man faces up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting to distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the New Bedford Chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced today on drug conspiracy charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Craig Killmeyer, age 56, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced yesterday to five years’ imprisonment to be followed by ten years of supervised release, by Chief U.S District Court Judge John E. Jones III, for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A man who admitted illegally possessing a shotgun after a shooting incident at a Billings motel was sentenced today to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: A health care executive was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $3.4 million in restitution for defrauding the IRS, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Stefani Amber Goodwin, age 38, of Iowa City, to 96 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 24, 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), questioned the Honorable Debra Haaland, President Biden’s nominee to be the next secretary of the interior. Barrasso also entered a letter from the Northern Arapaho on job loss due to the Biden administration’s ban on oil and gas leasing into the record at the hearing.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing about government censorship and the silencing of political views.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA-Today the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched a new comprehensive law enforcement and prevention initiative aimed at reducing drug use, abuse, and overdose deaths. Operation Engage allows participating field divisions to focus on the biggest drug threat and resulting violence...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Ricky Runner, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, was sentenced today to 51 months of incarceration for a firearms violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing about government censorship and the silencing of political views.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas is pleased to announce a new speaker series and welcomes as its first guest The Honorable Jason K. Pulliam, United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, the U.S. International Trade Commission released their findings pursuant to a Tariff Act of 1930 section 332 investigation requested by Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) last year. The report analyzes the potential economic impact of increased renewable energy commitments in New England and Massachusetts and the role of renewable electricity imports in meeting these commitments.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Alexandria, Va. - An Arlington man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute over seven kilograms of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Darasomalee Thach, age 36, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Feb. 23, 2021, to two years of probation, by Chief U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III, for conspiring to defraud the United States by failing to pay employment taxes. Thach was ordered to pay $360,897.86 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell has announced that Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, West Virginia, has agreed to pay $320,175.71 for false medical claims.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works joined her colleagues Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) wrote to former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today following up on recent information that calls into question the extent of his role in the formation of the Trump Administration’s inhumane family separation policy.
