News from January 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, urged passage of H.R. 22, a bill that would increase transparency of federal government spending-including all funding dedicated to addressing the coronavirus pandemic. The bill passed the House overwhelmingly 412-2.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement after meeting with Pete Buttigieg, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation. Senator Carper's statement on the announcement of Pete Buttigieg's nomination can be found here.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: A Benton man pleaded guilty today in federal court to distribution of cocaine and marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of firearms by an unlawful user of controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - On Dec. 23, 2020, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the results of Operation LeGend, which was first launched in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 8, 2020, and then expanded to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 22, 2020; to Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 29, 2020; to St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, on August 6, 2020; and to Indianapolis, Indiana, on Aug. 14, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Three Louisiana men have been sentenced for their involvement in the trafficking of dangerous illegal drugs in the Western District of Louisiana, Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to collaborate with the Georgia Department of Agriculture to raise awareness and further examine the significant increase in seed coat fragments in cotton...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $17.1 million to California as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, USDA ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, or Wounding was sentenced on January 4, 2021, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Memphis, TN - On Dec. 23, 2020, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the results of Operation LeGend, which was first launched in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 8, 2020, and then expanded to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 22, 2020; to Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 29, 2020; to St. Louis, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee, on August 6, 2020; and to Indianapolis, Indiana, on Aug. 14, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the Pandemic Scams Act (H.R. 6435) into law.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Providence, RI- Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park will once again offer its annual winter lecture series discussing the Blackstone Valley’s role as an incubator for revolutionary thought and action. In partnership with the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, lectures will...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the Pandemic Scams Act (H.R. 6435) into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Tyler Sando, 30, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Jemez, made his initial appearance today in federal court where he was charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Sando will remain detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for Jan. 7.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the Pandemic Scams Act (H.R. 6435) into law.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) released the following statement on the finalization of a rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishing how scientific data will be included in future regulatory action. The rule, ‘Strengthening...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating almost $60,000 to Nebraska from Section 7721 of the Plant Protection Act as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: House and Senate Democratic health care leaders called on the Trump administration to rescind policies in a proposed rule that would allow states to end the use of Healthcare.gov and state exchanges to enroll consumers in coverage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Mario Alberto Rangel, 29, of Fresno, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to four years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on January 4, 2021, by Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2021
News Release: RODRICK DOW CRAYTHORN, 52, of Syracuse, Utah entered pleas of guilty to charges of.
