News from March 2021
By DOE Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s hearing about why the Majority’s bills will fail to lower the cost of health care.
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee nomination hearing for the Honorable Samantha Power, nominee to be administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Obed Wild & Scenic River announces a new program for those who visit the park with their canine companions. The BARK Ranger program encourages “pawsitive" experiences for canine-visitors and their human companions, while keeping people, pets, and wildlife safe while visiting the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A North Attleboro, MA, man arrested twice for leading a conspiracy to import and distribute large quantities of steroids faces up to 40 years in federal prison and will, according to a plea agreement filed with the court, forfeit more than $640,000 derived from his criminal activity, after pleading guilty today in federal court in Providence to conspiracy and money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former University of Pittsburgh employee has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “Building on the ACA: Legislation to Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs:"
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave remarks at a subcommittee hearing on bolstering democracy in Georgia. The subcommittee heard witness testimony from Mr. George Kent, deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the Department of State, and Ms. Kara McDonald, deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the Department of State.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled, “Building on the ACA: Legislation to Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs:"
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Brett Guthrie delivered opening remarks at Tuesday’s hearing about why the Majority’s bills will fail to lower the cost of health care.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Republican Leader on the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), along with U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, ...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member David Rouzer (R-NC) from today’s hearing entitled, “Water Resources Development Acts: Status of Implementation and Assessing Future Needs":
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: CAPE GIRARDEAU - A jury found Marcus Nelson, 39, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine following a two-day jury trial on March 23, 2021. He appeared before the United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Sylvester Deangelo Walker, of Cleveland, Ohio, has admitted to a drug charge, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced the Committee’s Republican staff for the 117th Congress.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) re-introduced the Survivors’ Access to Supportive Care Act (SASCA), a bipartisan, bicameral bill...
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
Release: Two years ago, the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, together with our local partners, liberated all territory controlled by ISIS in Iraq and Syria, a major milestone in the effort to ensure the terrorist group’s enduring defeat. We commend the bravery and sacrifice of the Iraqi Security Forces, the Iraqi...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered opening remarks during Tuesday’s Health Subcommittee hearing on the Affordable Care Act and the Left’s march toward socialized medicine. Her remarks focused on achievable solutions Republicans and Democrats should be working on to lower health care costs, not give the government more control in health care.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: For the first time in 100 years, the endangered California condor will return to the Pacific Northwest. Once on the brink of extinction, this iconic species has made significant steps towards recovery. Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and the Yurok Tribe announced a final...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: Join clean energy thought leaders as they discuss game-changing technologies and opportunities in the geothermal workforce at NextGen Geo. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will host the live virtual event on March 31, 2021, from 1:00-3:30 p.m. ET.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - With a call to the public to report hate crimes to law enforcement authorities, Acting United States Attorney Tracy L. Wilkison and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Kristi K. Johnson today condemned bigotry, racism and hatred against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
