News from July 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - More than 2,200 drums containing Cold War weapons waste at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site recently received the green light for certification to be shipped out of state in compliance with the 1995 Idaho Settlement Agreement.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) plans to update mask guidance for vaccinated people to wear masks indoors...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for information (RFI) to inform the creation of a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Institute focused on industrial decarbonization. Released by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the RFI seeks input from stakeholders in identifying key opportunities to decarbonize energy-intensive sectors across America’s economy through public-private collaboration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A man has been arrested on a federal arson charge for allegedly setting fire to a building in Chicago last year.
By Commerce 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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that two men from Vieques, Puerto Rico were arrested on July 26, 2021 in St. Thomas on criminal charges related to their alleged involvement in concealing or attempting to conceal more than $100,000 in currency aboard a vessel outfitted for smuggling.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: ABINGDON, Va. - A Pound, Virginia man, who conspired with others to fraudulently file more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits, was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Jarvis Wayne Madison (62, New Albany, Indiana) to life in federal prison for interstate stalking resulting in death. Madison was indicted in January 2017 and had pleaded guilty in March 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Alexis Rebecca Lovato, 24, of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and Cristian Adan Mora-Hernandez, 22, of Mexico, made an initial appearance in federal court on July 26 facing charges of transporting illegal aliens resulting in death. The defendants will remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for July 29.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) opened today’s hearing titled “Defending the U.S. Electric Grid Against Cyber Threats" by emphasizing cyber-attacks are becoming more frequent, particularly from state sponsored groups in Russia and China. He noted any attack or extended disruptions by foreign actors pose significant risks to all Americans and threatens the integrity of our national defense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: EL PASO - Late last Friday, a federal jury found Gilberto Morales guilty on six counts, including one count of conspiracy to possess marijuana; one count of possession of marijuana; one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm; one count of conspiracy to transport aliens; one count of conspiracy to harbor aliens; and one count of harboring aliens.
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, pressed the Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, on the decrease in the number of unlawful migrants that have been arrested and removed...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
Release: Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, the Legislative Branch appropriations bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Miami, FL - A federal grand jury in Miami returned an indictment today charging two Bahamian nationals, a Jamaican national, and a United Kingdom national with felony offenses related to a maritime smuggling event.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: CINCINNATI - The United States Attorney’s Office filed a motion today requesting a federal judge to find local landlord John Klosterman in civil contempt of court for failing to meet the requirements of a negotiated federal consent decree.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after receiving letters from the Department of Justice (DOJ) authorizing former Trump Administration officials to sit for Committee interviews regarding former President Trump’s efforts to enlist DOJ officials to help him overturn the 2020 election...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: ANCHORAGE - A federal jury in Anchorage has convicted a Philippine national for possessing more than 1,000 doses of pure methamphetamine and a Glock 19 semiautomatic pistol.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
Release: State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations bill.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
Release: “The United States and India are working together on so many of the most important challenges of our time and ones that are having a profound impact on the lives of our citizens. The partnership between the United States and India is vital, it’s strong, and it’s increasingly productive."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 27, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) plans to update mask guidance for vaccinated people to wear masks indoors...
