News from July 2021
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers issued the following statement on a comprehensive package of discussion draft bills to hold Big Tech accountable by improving transparency and content moderation accountability, reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, promoting competition, and preventing illegal and harmful activity on their platforms.
By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
Release: The United States is taking action to promote accountability for entities and individuals that have perpetuated the suffering of the Syrian people. The United States is sanctioning eight Syrian prisons, five Assad regime officials in the institutions that run those facilities, two militia groups, and two militia leaders. These actions underscore the U.S. commitment to promote respect for human rights and accountability for abuse against Syrians.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) reintroduced legislation that aims to address the needs of the offshore wind industry and train new and incumbent workers through a new grant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Twelve people are facing multiple firearms and drug charges after a federal Grand Jury handed down a firearms and drug trafficking indictment on July 21, 2021, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the United Nations Transparency and Accountability Act to strengthen U.S. engagement and leadership at the United Nations and hold our adversaries accountable for failure to uphold the United Nations Charter.
By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
Release: The Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State, Concordia, and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society announce the finalists for the 2021 P3 Impact Award. The Award recognizes exemplary public-private partnerships (P3s) that provide solutions...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
Release: APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is excited to announce the new APHIS eFile PPQ 587 plants and plant products application for cut flowers and greenery, and sugarcane and sugarcane products permits. The following plant and plant products applications are available in APHIS eFile:Go to APHIS ...
By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
Release: QUESTION: Welcome to The Times of India, and -.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) released the following statement regarding their draft discussion bill to rein in Big Tech abuses of Section 230 protections.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
Release: 24 University- and Industry-Led Projects Focus on EV and Battery Technology, New Mobility Systems and Vehicle Lightweighting to Cut Pollution
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven Lockhart, of Davisville, West Virginia, has admitted to trying to meet a minor for sex, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) today joined Bloomberg Business to warn that while Republicans want an infrastructure bill, they won’t support a $3.5 trillion expansion of the welfare state.
By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
Release: More information about Kosovo is available on the Kosovo Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Charged with Illegally Possessing Two Firearms, One Stolen in Vehicle Theft.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia inmate pleaded guilty today to his involvement in a scheme to obtain pandemic-related unemployment benefits by using the personal identifying information of over 30 other Virginia prison inmates.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers issued the following statement on a comprehensive package of discussion draft bills to hold Big Tech accountable by improving transparency and content moderation accountability, reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, promoting competition, and preventing illegal and harmful activity on their platforms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Xiao Liu, 27, a resident of Canada, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to possessing with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS - Floyd Barber, 25, of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared before United States District Court Judge Ronnie L. White on today’s date and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with an intent to distribute controlled substances, conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime resulting in death.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “Transforming the FTC: Legislation to Modernize Consumer Protection:"
