News from January 2021
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Jackson, TN - Bobby Earl Oliver, 33, of Adamsville, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney announced the sentence today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 11 a.m. (EST) on federal COVID-19 response efforts related to vaccines, testing, and medical supply chain. The hearing is entitled, “Road to Recovery: Ramping Up COVID-19 Vaccines, Testing, and Medical Supply Chain."
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 11 a.m. (EST) on federal COVID-19 response efforts related to vaccines, testing, and medical supply chain. The hearing is entitled, “Road to Recovery: Ramping Up COVID-19 Vaccines, Testing, and Medical Supply Chain."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, doctor was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his role in a telemedicine scheme to prescribe expensive compounded medications to patients who did not need them, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Senators Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and John Boozman, R-Ark., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing to consider the nomination of Tom Vilsack to be Secretary of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Sade Tyel Bronson, 34, of Lapwai, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to ten years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Bronson to serve five years of supervised release following her prison sentence. Bronson pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 14, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Baldwin Park city councilmember has pleaded guilty to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes - including $20,000 in cash - from a Baldwin Park Police officer working at the FBI’s direction, in exchange for the councilmember’s political support of the Baldwin Park Police Association’s contract with the city, the Justice Department announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to President Biden’s Executive Orders prioritizing the climate crisis at the national level, spurring the creation of new good-paying jobs, securing environmental justice, and rebalancing the energy sector in favor of clean energy...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Subsistence Resource Commission will hold a virtual meeting by teleconference and videoconference on Thursday, Feb. 11, and possibly Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 to consider a range of issues related to subsistence hunting and fishing in the park.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 27, 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 on President Biden's executive orders to jumpstart a whole-of-government approach to the climate crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: CINCINNATI - Thomas Winkelbach, 79, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 240 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for taking sexually explicit photos of a toddler victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON- Three individuals associated with the Oath Keepers, a paramilitary organization focused on recruitment of current and former military, law enforcement, and first responder personnel, were indicted today in federal court in the District of Columbia for conspiring to obstruct Congress, among other charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Incoming Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged the Biden administration to halt implementation of a Trump-era Health and Human Services Department final rule that would allow taxpayer-funded discrimination. The final rule could make it difficult for vulnerable...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former chief financial officer (CFO) of a Sussex County retail construction company was indicted today on five additional tax charges stemming from his failure to collect, account for, and pay over hundreds of thousands in federal payroll taxes, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and a resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. This Indictment is related to four...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to President Biden’s Executive Orders prioritizing the climate crisis at the national level, spurring the creation of new good-paying jobs, securing environmental justice, and rebalancing the energy sector in favor of clean energy...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) questioned Jennifer Granholm, President Biden’s nominee to be the next secretary of energy. Granholm testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 11 a.m. (EST) on federal COVID-19 response efforts related to vaccines, testing, and medical supply chain. The hearing is entitled, “Road to Recovery: Ramping Up COVID-19 Vaccines, Testing, and Medical Supply Chain."
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, senior Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent letters to Safeguard Medical and AutoMedx, Inc. demanding documents regarding the purchase of the SAVe II and SAVe II+ ventilators following reports that the Trump Administration potentially wasted $70 million in taxpayer funding.
