News from July 2021
By Commerce 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 State Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to the U.S. Capitol for a meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - FEMA has approved a grant of $1,095,026 for the State of Florida to help the Florida Department of Health (DOH) defray the cost of its emergency response to Hurricane Dorian in 2019.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to examine the potential benefits of investing in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water infrastructure projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: ELY, Nev. - White Pine Community Training Center clients and staff got more than an inside look at the world of wildland firefighting during last week’s fire operations tour at the Bureau of Land Management Ely District Office. They received hands-on training.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2021
News Release: Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ULYSSES LOPEZ was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Román to 87 months in prison for leading a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed kilograms of cocaine out of a grocery store located in New Rochelle, New York. LOPEZ pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith C. McCarthy on Aug. 27, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Glassport, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for robbing Great Southern Bank in Joplin, Mo., last week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Hattiesburg man pled guilty to Hobbs Act robbery, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Kurt Thielhorn, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Lascelles Peter Francis, III (30, Daytona) to 15 years and 10 months in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced its decision to employ a competitive lease strategy to redevelop Caneel Bay at Virgin Islands National Park. The NPS aims to solicit qualified applicants for the long-term partnership needed to successfully manage hotel accommodations at Caneel Bay while protecting natural and cultural resources.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) released the following statements after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas approved four projects in the Rio Grande Valley, San Diego, and El Centro Sectors to address life, safety, environmental, and operational considerations related to the Department’s plan for the use of Border Barrier funds.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement on President Biden’s nominations of Bill Valdez as DHS Under Secretary for Management and Erik Hooks as FEMA Deputy Administrator: “Bill Valdez and Erik Hooks are distinguished leaders and recognized experts ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 27, 2021 – United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Justin Maxson today announced that USDA is investing $14 million in rural economic development projects in 10 states.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 27, 2021 — Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Adrienne Wojciechowski as Assistant Secretary of Congressional Relations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: New Tool Provides Nutrition Tips for Feeding Infants and Toddlers WASHINGTON, July 27, 2021 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the launch of its first ever Alexa skill, a digital tool for parents and caregivers of infants and toddlers between four and 24 months old. Families who use the MyPlate Alexa skill receive nutrition information on what and how to feed their child based on their age.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: A Tennessee man was sentenced today to 45 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered the forfeiture of a rare cuneiform tablet bearing a portion of the epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian poem considered one of the world’s oldest works of literature. Known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, it originated in the area of modern-day ...
