News from July 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday, July 27, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. It is entitled, “The Changing Energy Landscape: Oversight of FERC."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: PLANO, Texas - An Ohio man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2668, the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act, to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) section 13(b) consumer protection powers...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: BILLINGS - A former Billings rheumatologist and his business agreed to settle alleged civil False Claims Act violations regarding his practice for a $2,070,664 total payment, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - After deliberating less than one hour, Chief United States District Judge Mark R. Hornak found Tyler Mucci guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today in the Western District of Pennsylvania for trafficking in endangered and invasive fish in violation of the Lacey Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Leader of the Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement about the energy infrastructure bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigation Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered remarks today on the need for more rigorous cybersecurity protections to defend against mounting attacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, Administrative Law Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) issued the following joint statement after President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Jonathan Kanter for Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -West Kinioki Mpetshi, 38, formerly of Jacksonville, Ill., was sentenced on July 16, 2021, to 33 months in federal prison, to be followed by a year-long term of supervised release, for filing false income tax returns and aiding the filing of false tax returns.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management hosted the Utah Conservation Corps this summer for two weeks of trail improvement projects at the Four Bear and Peaks Divide trails near Cody.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: By: U.S. Senator John Barrasso July 19, 2021 USA Today President Joe Biden has called domestic terrorism one of the most serious security threats facing America. In June, his National Security Council even issued a strategy to combat it. So why is he standing by one of his own nominees who collaborated ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after a Department of Commerce Inspectors General’s report found that former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross misled Congress regarding the origins and purpose of the Trump Administration’s campaign to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kevin J. Nugent, age 43, of Halfmoon, New York, pled guilty today to attempting to coerce and entice a minor to engage in criminal sexual conduct with him. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Jodi Cohen, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va., - On Friday, a federal jury convicted a Kennewick, Washington man on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and distribution of cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a final environmental assessment (EA) that addresses the environmental impacts of releasing leaf-spotting fungus (Ramularia crupinae) to manage common crupina (Crupina vulgaris). After careful ...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON—Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced an 18-month extension and re-designation of Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). This extension and re-designation will be in effect from Sept. 18, 2021, through March 17, 2023.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: DACA Decision in State of Texas, et al., v. United States of America, et al., 1:18-CV-00068, (S.D. Texas July 16, 2021) (“Texas II”): On July 16, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas held that the DACA policy “is illegal.” The Court granted summary judgment on plaintiffs’ ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice today formally adopted a new policy that restricts the use of compulsory process to obtain information from, or records of, members of the news media acting within the scope of newsgathering activities. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the new policy, effective immediately, in a memo to Department leadership.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2021
News Release: One of the largest hospital systems in the nation and two of its doctors will pay $37.5 million to resolve violations of the False Claims Act and the California False Claims Act. The settlement is a joint resolution with the U.S. Department of Justice and the California Department of Justice.
