News from June 2021
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) today announced legislation to permanently authorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program to support the...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
Release: Washington, D.C., June 2, 2021 -- The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is launching a new outreach effort specifically aimed at helping youth and student poultry owners learn about and practice good biosecurity. This new effort is called ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Yorktown, Virginia - Effective May 20, 2022 the National Park Service (NPS) at Colonial National Historical Park will align the Road Based Commercial Tour operator’s fee schedule to a per person fee to provide consistency in fees across all visitors to the park. The NPS is required to notify commercial tour operators one year prior for any change in any entrance fee that may affect their rates.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: MISSOULA - A man accused of trafficking methamphetamine in Montana admitted to charges today after law enforcement recovered a package containing 10 pounds of the drug that was addressed to his residence in Butte, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Richfield man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for conspiring to commit arson of the Target Corporation’s headquarters building.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today kicks off a month-long celebration marking 10 years since the introduction of the MyPlate nutrition guidance symbol, which helps consumers make healthy food choices. Throughout June, USDA will offer a collection of activities and resources, including a Start Simple with MyPlate app challenge.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Republicans on the Oversight and Reform Committee led by Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) called on National Economic Council Director Brian Deese to provide answers about how the Biden Administration plans to fix its self-made inflation crisis. The Biden Administration’s economic policies have disproportionately impacted middle class Americans, especially those hit hardest by Democrat lockdowns.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will implement fire restrictions for public lands managed by the Redding Field Office in Shasta, Siskiyou, Butte, Trinity and Tehama counties, beginning Friday, June 4. The restrictions will remain in effect until further notice. These seasonal restrictions are in addition to the BLM’s year-round statewide fire prevention order.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Vice Chair Tony Cardenas (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted to finalize a new safety standard for infant sleep products...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a Florida woman was arrested for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) today announced legislation to permanently authorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program to support the...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued the Final Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Management and Operating (M&O) Acquisition.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: The governments of Denmark, Norway, and the United States, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, today announced that they will lead a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of Mission Innovation. The Mission aims to accelerate international...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man who illegally possessed nine firearms has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene and Cass counties.
By State Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
Release: The U.S. security relationship with Vietnam grew rapidly in recent years, and the two countries share a common vision for the future of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Our security cooperation is based on our mutual commitment to deepen defense cooperation and shared resolve to address regional security challenges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) today announced legislation to permanently authorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program to support the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A Madison, Wisconsin man pleaded guilty and was sentenced today on a federal charge of arson during the civil unrest in Madison in June 2020. Marquon Clark, 26, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson, who imposed a sentence of 7 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Luis D. Marcano-Agosto, 36, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of theft of firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee and possession of firearms by a convicted felon, was sentenced to serve 156 months in prison by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2021
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On May 27, 2021, Michael LaPaglia, 49, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by the Honorable Katherine A. Crytzer in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. LaPaglia was also ordered to pay restitution to the health care providers who were victims in this case.
