News from July 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Biden Administration’s OECD/G20 global minimum tax announcement is hardly a “foreign policy victory" for the American people, argues the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - After President Biden fell nearly 700K short of his jobs promises for the second quarter, top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) today appeared on Bloomberg TV, Fox News, and the Ben Shapiro Show to discuss Democrats’ sabotage of our economic recovery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) today joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss how President Biden is cooling off our jobs recovery and surrendering our tax base to foreign competitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Rafael Starks, 36, of Michigan, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Nematodes with a taste for "insect innards" may offer cranberry growers a natural alternative to fighting hungry crop pests with chemical insecticides.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2022 bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), filed a complaint in federal court in the U.S. Virgin Islands against Limetree Bay Terminals LLC and Limetree Bay Refining LLC (jointly Limetree Bay) alleging that the companies’ St. Croix...
By Andy Nghiem | Jul 12, 2021
Federal watchdog group Protect the Public Trust is questioning the recent appointment of the Department of the Interior's new deputy secretary.
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken:. We are writing to request that the Department prioritize efforts to reduce processing time for passport applications, an issue of significant concern to Members of Congress and their constituents. As American citizens are beginning to resume international travel for personal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to an escape charge. Jeremy Midkiff, 39, pleaded guilty to walking away from a halfway house last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Angel Castro of Pueblo, CO, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Raymond Moore to serve 120 months in prison for possessing a firearm after previously being convicted of a felony. Castro pled guilty to the present charge on April 22, 2021.
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken:. We are writing to request that the Department prioritize efforts to reduce processing time for passport applications, an issue of significant concern to Members of Congress and their constituents. As American citizens are beginning to resume international travel for personal...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: The House Appropriations Committee today released its reports accompanying the fiscal year 2022 Homeland Security and Defense appropriations bills.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Berlin MD-Chincoteague VA. A three-month old orphaned foal (N2BHS-CKPT) has been relocated to the Virginia portion of Assateague Island. Its mare (N2BHS-CKP, Moonshadow) was found dead by a park employee in the Oceanside Campground at Assateague Island National Seashore on July 6, 2021. It is believed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Attempted to Transfer Funds Across the United States and to China.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Investigators and Responsive Bank Employees Credited for Preventing Further Loss.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: URBANA, Ill. -Jeremiah Hill, 32, of the 14100 block of East Central, Pembroke Township, in rural Kankakee County, Ill., was sentenced today to 120 months (10 years) in federal prison for possession of firearms by a felon.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
Release: The Government of Peru has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of fresh dragon fruit ( Selenicereus costaricensis, S. megalanthus, S. monacanthus, and S. undatus) for consumption into the United States. APHIS has drafted a pest risk assessment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two men were sentenced to federal prison today for federal gun crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 16 years in jail, 5 years supervised release, and ordered to pay $30,162.96 in restitution on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
