News from July 2021
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led a letter joined by Republican Leader of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Burgess Owens (R-UT) and Republican Leader of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 48-year-old resident of Mission has pleaded guilty to violating the Travel Act by unlawfully accessing federal documents in order to assist a known drug trafficking organization, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ronald Pleasant, 26, of St. Albans, pleaded guilty to distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Gabriel Galvan (32, Sarasota) to seven years and two months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Galvan to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Cyber threats to our nation’s energy systems are rising. Recent cyber incidents, like the Colonial Pipeline attack, have demonstrated the power of malicious actors to shut down our nation’s critical energy infrastructure and disrupt our energy supplies, economy, and everyday lives. For the Department of Energy (DOE), the resiliency and security of America’s energy infrastructure is a top priority.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, and Rep. Ro Khanna, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Environment, sent a letter to Keith McCoy, a senior lobbyist for ExxonMobil, requesting his appearance at a transcribed interview regarding efforts by ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies to mislead the public and Members of Congress about the dangers of fossil fuels and their role in causing global climate change.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: .
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Flat Rock, NC - Carl Sandburg Home NHS will increase outdoor access to the dairy goat barnyard and pasture beginning July 30. Hours of outdoor access to the barnyard and pastures will be 10 am - 3 pm daily, with a capacity limit of 40 visitors. Staff and volunteers will be available to answer questions...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Dr. Richard Davidson (Delray Beach, 42) to six years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit health care fraud. As part of his sentence, the court ordered Davidson to forfeit approximately $650,000 in funds traceable to the offense or as substitute assets. The court also entered a money judgment of $2.47 million and ordered $10.72 million in restitution. Davidson lost his medical license due to his conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Lance McClendon, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 100 months of incarceration for a drug charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Defendant’s scheme tricked victims into believing their tax obligations were fulfilled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A Nigerian national residing in Boston has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty in connection with online fraud schemes.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
Release: U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland visited Tripoli, Libya July 26 where he met with interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba, attended a signing ceremony for a new 5G telecommunications contract between Libyan company Hatif and U.S. company Infinera, and held other meetings with...
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Ted Deutch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism, issued the following statement in response to Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissing the country’s prime minister and suspending its parliament over the weekend...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Columbus, Ohio man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Rashawn Akmed Miller, 37, was one of 14 defendants charged as a result of a long-term investigation known as “Second Wave," which dismantled a poly-drug network operating in Kanawha and Fayette counties.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: On Sunday, July 25, at approximately 3:30pm, the Alaska State Troopers (AST) received a 9-1-1 call reporting an individual in distress located at mile 3.9 near the emergency shelter on the Harding Icefield Trail. The Alaska State Troopers requested LifeMed Alaska to respond with a helicopter and assist with extracting the dehydrated hiker off the mountain. National Park Service staff were on standby in case assistance was needed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his role in a carjacking in which a firearm was brandished, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - A Toomsuba man pleaded guilty today to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 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 Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2021
Release: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) today delivered the following remarks to the House Rules Committee in support of an appropriate rule for the House to consider, a minibus of seven fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills.
