News from July 2021
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: HUNGRY HORSE, Mont. - The Bureau of Reclamation is conducting an inspection of a fixed wheel gate at Hungry Horse Dam Aug. 2-13, 2021. The public may experience potential traffic delays during that time. Hungry Horse Dam is located off Highway 2 in Hungry Horse, Mont.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Yesterday, GUY WESLEY WHITE, 53, of Edmond, was sentenced to serve 36 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Hattiesburg man pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered an opening statement at a hearing with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, to examine the resources and authorities...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Dewey K. Sims, age 32, of Albany, pled guilty today to illegally possessing a.25 caliber pistol as a felon.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at an Energy Subcommittee hearing titled, “The Changing Energy Landscape: Oversight of FERC:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tang Vue, 35, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 60 months in federal prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, 70 members introduced the bipartisan Resilient Federal Forests Act with the backing of 90 organizations.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Dear President Biden: On this day in 1953, Fidel Castro began his violent, communist revolution in Cuba. After roughly six years, Castro seized control of the Cuban government, installing himself as dictator and ruling the Cuban people with an iron fist. Communism has contributed to the deaths of hundreds...
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security hearing on "A Fine Scheme: How Court-Imposed Fees and Fines Unjustly Burden Vulnerable Communities...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks in today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A noted art dealer was arrested today on federal charges accusing him of embezzling more than $260,000 from the bankruptcy estate of Ace Gallery, a Miracle Mile-based art gallery, while acting as the estate’s trustee and custodian.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for enticing a 15-year-old victim through social media to engage in illicit sexual activity.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
Release: House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of, a minibus of seven fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
Release: KETCHIKAN, Alaska - Alaskans take pride in looking out for each other. So, it was not unusual that Destiny Madewell who lives in Ketchikan, Alaska, shared a post she saw on Facebook about a woman from the Anchorage area who had lost the diamond from her ring after landing at Ketchikan International Airport (KTN). The woman, a coach for the Nanuka Valley Little League, had flown into KTN the night before ahead of a state softball tournament.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: EAU CLAIRE, WI - The success of the partnership between the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Chippewa Valley Technical College has led OSHA to reaffirm its commitment to training employers and workers on workplace safety, and in recognizing the college by elevating CVTC to Ambassador Alliance status.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) delivered opening remarks at today’s Energy Subcommittee hearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently drilled a new well at the north end of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site that will help EM enhance a groundwater treatment system that has been removing a hazardous solvent from the underlying aquifer for two decades.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Today, 139 lawmakers wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to urge him to promptly reinstate the Clean Air Act waiver for California’s Advanced Clean Cars program. The waiver would restore the authority of California and other states to impose emission standards on...
