News from July 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) sent a letter to Tracy Stone-Manning, President Biden’s nominee to be director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), demanding answers on her involvement with eco-terrorists.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ashley Nichole Bennett, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 121 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2022 bill.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Biogen Inc. Chief Executive Officer Michel Vounatsos requesting documents related to the approval process, marketing, and pricing of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm.
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: Memphis, TN - Ronald Freeman, 39 has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for distribution of marijuana and using a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr., announced the sentence today.
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to widespread protests in Cuba...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Summary: On July 10, 2021 the Color Country Interagency Communication Center received a report of a wildland fire start. Local resources are on scene and aerial resources are currently being used. Drifting smoke from wildland fires from neighboring states as well as smoke from the Snap Point fire can be seen in the area.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, & Innovation, released the following statement after Jen Easterly was confirmed by the Senate to be Director of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Louis Hamlin II, 77, of Huntington, Vermont, was sentenced on July 12, 2021, in United States District Court in Rutland, Vermont, to serve 72 months in prison after his guilty plea to one count of knowingly producing with intent...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: SPRING HILL, Tenn. - An undercover investigation, aimed at addressing human trafficking in middle Tennessee, resulted in the arrest of 18 men accused of seeking illicit sex from minors.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2022 bill.
By State Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Sao Tome and Principe on the 46th anniversary of your independence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Pedro Alvarez-Alcazar, 28, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to five years in prison for conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Kelsey Donnel Jackson, 28, of Edisto Island, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to maliciously damaging a police vehicle by means of fire during violent and destructive riots in downtown Charleston on May 30, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: DENVER - National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Mike Reynolds announced the selection of James Hill as superintendent of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area located in Montana and Wyoming. James will also serve as the superintendent lead for the Powder River group of parks that includes Devils...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Thomas Del Borrello, 42, of Sewell, NJ, was sentenced to one year in prison, two years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine by United States District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe for filing false currency...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republicans, led by Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Representative Fred Keller (R-Pa.), today wrote Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) calling for a hearing on the records request backlog at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) National Personnel Records Center (NRPC).
By USDA Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Jahana Hayes delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled “Examining the SNAP Benefit Cliff.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2021
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent a letter to Biogen Inc. Chief Executive Officer Michel Vounatsos requesting documents related to the approval process, marketing, and pricing of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm.
