News from March 2021
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 11, 2021-The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today announced that a vaccine used in combination with safer pesticides has eradicated a multi-pesticide resistant population of cattle ticks from a dairy and beef production farm in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: "Today, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the judgment and sentence of Shaun Michael Bosse and remanded the case to the state district court with instructions to dismiss. The court ruled that the State of Oklahoma did not have jurisdiction to prosecute the defendant because the historical...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at a Consumer Protection and Commerce subcommittee hearing on child safety online and reopening schools.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, held a hearing to discuss how farmers, ranchers, and foresters can be a part of the solution to the climate crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Albion, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: All 32 Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee today introduced the Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow’s America Act, or LIFT America Act. The sweeping legislation will modernize the nation’s infrastructure, rebuild the economy, combat climate change, and protect public health and the environment. The legislation invests more than $312 billion in clean energy, energy efficiency, drinking water, broadband, and health care infrastructure.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: (St. Marys, GA) Public docking space on the north extension of the Dungeness Dock located on Cumberland Island is closed during the repair phase of dock reconstruction. This closure is in the interest of public safety, is immediate, and will remain in place until the construction of the Dungeness Dock is complete. This is anticipated to be by the end of March.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: All 32 Democratic members of the Energy and Commerce Committee today introduced the Leading Infrastructure For Tomorrow’s America Act, or LIFT America Act. The sweeping legislation will modernize the nation’s infrastructure, rebuild the economy, combat climate change, and protect public health and the environment. The legislation invests more than $312 billion in clean energy, energy efficiency, drinking water, broadband, and health care infrastructure.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and committee Republicans today issued letters to Facebook, Google, and Twitter insisting on transparency and accountability from Big Tech.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: The following statement was released by the governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Friday, March 12 at 12:00 PM EST, Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Jim...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, touted the progress American agriculture has made in reducing its environmental impact while stressing that new programs must be flexible, voluntary and farmer-focused.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: “The friendship and alliance between our two nations is unshakeable, and only strengthens our resolve to stand with the people of Japan as they overcome this tragedy." - Former President Barack H. Obama on March 11, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Lopez-Castillo was pulled over for a traffic offense, and found with a.22 revolver in his waistband.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the anniversary of the COVID-19 shutdowns. Rodgers called for forward-thinking and bipartisan leadership to restore, renew, and rebuild the American Dream.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
Release: “The friendship and alliance between our two nations is unshakeable, and only strengthens our resolve to stand with the people of Japan as they overcome this tragedy." - Former President Barack H. Obama on March 11, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Thursday, March 18, at 11 a.m. (EDT) on the Climate Leadership...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a business meeting to consider the nomination of David M. Turk to be deputy secretary of energy. Barrasso voted to support Turk’s nomination.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered remarks at a Consumer Protection and Commerce subcommittee hearing on child safety online and reopening schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO - A member of a violent Chicago street gang has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for engaging in a pattern of racketeering activity that included attempted murder, drug trafficking, and obstruction of justice.
